SPURS LOOSE BATTLE OF THE SAINTS; ST JOHNS 2 SPURS 1

SPURS WERE NARROWLY DEFEATED AT BEVERIDGE PARK ON SUNDAY 18th FEB, ON A MUD-BATH OF A PARK THAT MADE FOOTBALL VERY DIFFICULT.

SPURS GOT OFF TO A VERY SLOW START, GOING BEHIND AFTER ONLY A FEW MINUTES ON THE CLOCK, A STRONG RUN DOWN THE RIGHT FOLLOWED BY A POWERFUL DRIVE, GIVING BARCLAY IN GOAL LITTLE CHANCE.
SPURS STARTED TO PLAY THEMSELVES BACK INTO THE GAME, HAVING SOME GOOD POSSESION & PRODUCING SOME GOOD MOVES, WHICH LED TO A DESERVED EQUALISER, AFTER GOOD PLAY IN MIDFIELD THE BALL WAS MOVED OUT WIDE LEFT WHERE THOMSON & MURRAY COMBINED WELL BEFORE RELEASING THAW, WHO SHOT THE BALL PAST THE KEEPER INTO THE NET.
PLAY RAGED END TO END WITH THE SPURS REARGUARD OF MATTHEWS, BAND, GUTHRIE, & J LEITCH COPING WELL WITH THE STRONG DIRECT PLAY OF ST JOHNS.
BARCLAY IN THE SPURS GOAL HAD TO BE ALERT TO SAVE A SHOT AFTER A QUICK BREAK FROM ST JOHNS.
MURRAY HAD A CHANCE TO GIVE SPURS THE LEAD AFTER BEING SENT CLEAR BY STUBBS, BUT AFTER BREAKING CLEAR OF THE ST JOHNS DEFENCE HE DRAGGED HIS SHOT JUST WIDE OF THE POST.
ST JOHNS SCORED WHAT PROVED TO BE THE WINNING GOAL, AN ATTACK FROM THE KIRKCALDY TEAM WAS ONLY HALF CLEARED, & WHEN THE BALL FELL TO A BLUE SHIRT, HE HAD TIME TO LOOK UP & MEASURE HIS SHOT WHICH BARCLAY TRIED TO TIP OVER, ONLY TO SEE THE BALL DIP IN UNDER THE BAR.
SPURS NEVER STOPPED LOOKING FOR THEIR SECOND GOAL , WITH THAW MAKING SEVERAL STRONG RUNS OUT OF MIDFIELD, BUT THE ST JOHNS DEFENCE REMAINED FIRM.
MAN OF THE MATCH; REF FOUND THIS A HARD ONE TO CALL, WITH MATTHEWS, BAND, STUBBS, & THAW ALL HAVING STRONG GAMES, BUT GUTHRIE WON THIS WEEKS AWARD FOR HIS STRONG PLAY THROUGHOUT THE MATCH.

NO PHOTOS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK.