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Match Reports
Lossiemouth v Brora Rangers @ Grant Park, Lossiemouth
| 15-Apr-2006 | Lossiemouth v Brora Rangers - Scot-Ads Highland League |
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The
last home game of the season saw Lossiemouth run out winners against Brora
Rangers. A poor first half saw little in the way of entertainment but
second half goals from David Hendry and Kyle Stewart ensured the points
stayed at Grant Park and saw Lossie move up to eleventh in the table. The
first half struggled to get into gear and neither side created anything
like a chance for long spells. Martin McMullan made his return to a Lossie
shirt after a spell offshore and threw a few long range shots at the Brora
goalkeeper but none were of the quality needed to open the scoring. As
the half progressed Brora came more into the game, forcing a number of
corners and retaining possession to keep the home side penned in their own
half. A few minutes before the break Lossie had the ball in the net through McMullan, who produced a tidy finish from a dozen yards but saw his strike disallowed after a push by Ellis in the build up. Half time - Lossiemouth 0 Brora Rangers 0 Lossie
started the second half with a bit more appetite and again had a goal
disallowed early on. David Hendry saw his header on target disallowed for
a push. Moments later Morrison raced down the right hand channel and only
the bounce of the ball on a less than ideal surface prevented him from
firing a shot in on goal. The
home side were growing in confidence and were creating many a chance, the
best of which fell to Morrison who headed over a corner from Ellis. It was
to be the Lossie sides top scorers last contribution of the afternoon as
he was given his second booking shortly after for kicking the ball away,
and was ordered off. Brora
took advantage immediately, and Kevin Stewart was well placed to clear a
shot off the line minutes later. The visitors then managed to bundle the
ball into the net but were foiled by the referee who disallowed the third
goal of the afternoon. Despite
a short spell of domination from Brora, Lossie continued to play like the
team with a one man advantage and Jordan Main came closest yet to opening
the scoring but blazed his shot from six yards just over the bar. Lossie
took the lead with just under a quarter of an hour to go. Jordan Main
swung a corner into the box and David HENDRY powered a header
towards goal. The ball appeared to take a deflection from a hand on its
way in and the referee momentarily considered awarding a penalty, but
decided the goal should stand and Lossie were on their way. Five
minutes from time Lossie sealed the points with another corner play. Ellis
landed a delicate cross on the head of substitute Kyle STEWART who
lost his man and headed home from six yards. Full time - Lossiemouth 2 Brora Rangers 0 |
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Team |
Dunn, Dixon, Youngson, Kevin Stewart, Hendry, Smith, Ellis, McMullan, Coull, Morrison, Andrew Stewart |
| Subs | Main (Coull, 59), Kyle Stewart (Andrew Stewart, 76) |
| Unused Sub | K. McIntosh |
| Scorers | Hendry (78), Kyle Stewart (85) |
| Booked | Dixon, Ellis, Morrison |
| Sent Off | Morrison |