COWDENBEATH FESTIVAL

SUN THE 10th DEC SAW SPURS TAKE PART IN THE COWDENBEATH FOOTBALL FESTIVAL. ON A COLD & WINDY DAY THE SPURS PLAYED FOUR GAMES, WINNING THREE, AND LOOSING ONE.


SPURS 1 EAST FIFE 0

SPURS HAD MOST OF THE CHANCES IN THIS GAME, WITH LOW SHOOTING OVER THE BAR ON THREE OCCASIONS, THE SPURS BACK LINE OF LEITCH, HERD, THAW, & BAND KEPT THE METHIL TEAM'S CHANCES TO A MINIMUM.
IN THE LAST MINUTE A BOUNCE BALL ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX WAS WON BY LOW, WHO THEN WALTZED PAST TWO DEFENDERS BEFORE LIFTING HIS SHOT OVER THE FIFE KEEPER TO SCORE THE WINNER.



SPURS 5 KIRKCALDY TOWN 1

SPURS ATTACKED FROM THE OFF, WHEN LOW WENT ON A MAZY RUN, BEFORE BEING FOULED ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX. LOW TOOK THE FREE KICK HIMSELF & SHOT PAST THE KEEPER TO GIVE SPURS THE LEAD. SPURS TWO CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS RUTHERFORD & GUTHRIE WERE SEEING A LOT OF THE BALL, & SET UP LOW TO SCORE ANOTHER TWO. SHAUN THOMSON GOT HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE DAY WITH A FINE FINISH INSIDE THE BOX. BOTH GUTHRIE & RUTHERFORD HAD SHOTS HIT THE POST BEFORE LOW SCORED HIS FOURTH WITH A SUPERB LOB OVER THE KEEPER.
TOWN SCORED A CONSOLATION GOAL, WITH TOO MANY FORWARD FOR SPURS, A BREAKAWAY FOUND A TOWN PLAYER IN SPACE, & HIS SHOT GAVE SPURS KEEPER BARCLAY NO CHANCE



SPURS 0 ELGIN STAR 2

SPURS FAILED TO GET GOING IN THIS GAME, WITH THE DUNFERMLINE TEAM LOOKING LIVLIER THROUGHOUT. ELGIN SCORED EARLY IN THE FIRST PERIOD, & SCORED THEIR SECOND MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND PERIOD.



SPURS 3 BLUE BRAZIL 1

SPURS FINISHED THE FESTIVAL WITH THEIR BEST PERFORMANCE, PLAYING SOME NEAT PASSING FOOTBALL.BRAZIL TOOK THE LEAD WHEN A SHOT DECEIVED KEEPER BARCLAY, & SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP TO END UP IN THE NET. SPURS WENT STRAIGHT UPFIELD FROM THE KICK OFF & CREATED A GOOD CHANCE, FINISHING WITH A SHOT FROM GUTHRIE THAT JUST WENT WIDE. SPURS DREW LEVEL WHEN A LOW CUT BACK WAS MET BY RUTHERFORD, HIS SHOT WAS WELL SAVED BY THE COWDENBEATH KEEPER, BUT THOMSON WAS ALERT TO KNOCK THE BALL HOME AT THE POST
IN THE SECOND PERIOD SPURS WERE PASSING THE BALL WELL, WITH THE TWO WIDE PLAYERS LEITCH & McINTOSH CREATING SEVERAL CHANCES. SPURS WENT AHEAD WHEN A GOOD CROSS FROM LEITCH WAS HELPED ON BY LOW TO RUTHERFORD WHO MADE NO MISTAKE IN FINDING THE NET.
SPURS MADE SURE OF THE WIN WHEN A GOOD THROUGH BALL BY THAW FOUND LOW WHO STRUCK A POWERFUL DRIVE IN TO THE NET FOM OUTSIDE OF THE BOX TO GIVE THE KEEPER NO CHANCE.


FESTIVAL TEAM
S.BARCLAY
J.LEITCH
R.THAW
F.HERD
P.BAND
S.STUBBS
G.RUTHERFORD
G.GUTHRIE
R.LEITCH
S.McINTOSH
L.LOW
S.THOMSON