SPURS 3 LOCHLEVEN UTD 2

LOCHLEVEN WERE THE VISITORS AT BANKIE PARK ON A BRIGHT DAY IDEAL FOR FOOTBALL.
SPURS TOOK THE LEAD IN THE FIRST PERIOD WHEN MURRAY TAPPED THE BALL HOME AFTER A SCRAMBLE IN THE BOX.
LOCHLEVEN DREW LEVEL WHEN A DANGEROUS CORNER WAS PUNCHED CLEAR BY SPURS KEEPER BARCLAY, ONLY TO FALL TO A LOCHLEVEN FORWARD AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX, SPURS WERE SLOW TO CLOSE HIM DOWN AS HIS SHOT FOUND THE NET.
IN THE SECOND PERIOD SPURS WERE AWARDED A FREE KICK OUTSIDE THE BOX AFTER A CLUMSY CHALLENGE ON LOW, WHO THEN STRUCK A POWERFUL SHOT TO GIVE THE KEEPER NO CHANCE TO MAKE IT 2.1
IN THE LAST PERIOD LOCHLEVEN AGAIN FOUGHT BACK TO TIE THE SCORE, A THROUGH BALL CAUGHT THE SPURS KEEPER IN TWO MINDS, WITH THE KINROSS FORWARD GETTING TO THE BALL FIRST & HITTING IT PAST BARCLAY.
IN THE FINAL TEN MINUTES SPURS TOOK THE LEAD AGAIN, ALTHOUGH LOW WAS TIGHTLY MARKED HE MANAGED TO GET A CROSS TO THE BACK POST WHERE AN UNMARKED MURRAY CALMLY HEADED THE BALL IN TO THE NET FOR HIS SECOND OF THE GAME.
WITH THREE MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING A STRONG TACKLE BY LOW WAS ADJUDGED TO BE LATE BY THE REFEREE, WHO SHOWED LOW A YELLOW CARD, HOWEVER THE LOCHLEVEN COACH REFUSED TO ALLOW HIS TEAM TO PLAY ON, LEAVING THE REF NO CHOICE BUT TO ABANDON THE GAME.