Lossiemouth FC Match Reports - 21-Aug-2004 - Wick Academy v Lossiemouth

Report by Chris Souter

First Half

The first half started in brilliant Wick sunshine and it wasn't long before the Lossie fans were cheering as some clever play from Thomson in midfield saw the ball fall to SCOTT, via a neat pass from Shalliker, and the Lossie striker was able to stroke the ball with ease past the diving Wick keeper to open the scoring in only the 2nd minute of play.

The bulk of the first half from then on seemed to see Lossie sit on their lead and let the home side come into the game more - and their chances started to come as the half wore on.

The Lossie fans breathed a sigh of relief a minute before half time when a free kick from Wick's goalie was flicked on towards goal by Wick's number 11 - but Dunn did well to stretch out and palm the ball off the base of the woodwork.

And then, just as we thought we were escaping with a 1-0 lead into half time, Wick decided to upset us by scoring a goal right on the half-time whistle when Wick's number 10 (apparently the son of the Wick fan standing next to the Lossie support) found himself in space and was able to shoot low past Dunn to make it 1-1.

Half-time: Wick 1-1 Lossie

Second half

The second half started just as the first one finished-off with Wick dominating the play and creating chance after chance - especially when Wick's number 9 made a great run into the Lossie box in 50 minutes and paused in face of the attention of the Lossie defence and calmly passed back to the oncoming number 10, who blasted the ball narrowly over the bar - and on to the A9 (or whatever it is called at Wick).

Around the hour mark Lossie started to come into the game a bit more and Wick's goalie was forced to make a good save from Hendry before Biscuits blasted the ball over after some clever play several minutes later.

Lossie finally regained the lead halfway through the second half when SHALLIKER lined up a free-kick directly in front of goals and shot the ball perfectly into the top left corner to please the Lossie fans after a torrid time.

It wasn't to last long though as Wick equalised again a few minutes later when an out of the blue shot deflected off Wick's number 10 and past the helpless Dunn.

Lossie were starting to look the better side and got reward via what seemed to be a soft-looking penalty decision when Shally was toppled in the box. And it was SHALLIKER himself who took the penalty and he slotted the kick low to the right of the diving Wick keeper to make it 3-2, and that's how it finished.

FULL TIME: WICK ACADEMY 2-3 LOSSIEMOUTH