GREENVERSITY RENEWABLES	WOSFL Premier Division	Match 14
Glenafton Athletic	2 (0)	Kerr, Mullen
Darvel	2 (1)	Love, Barbour
Sat 25 Jan 2025	KO 2:00 pm	Loch Park, New Cumnock

Massive thanks to Marie Walker for sponsoring the match ball for yesterday’s match.Marie sponsors the match ball each year in memory of her husband and lifelong Glens fan Jim Walker.Marie is pictured before the match, with Darren Jamieson from Glenafton U20’s who was part of yesterday’s match day squad.Thanks again Marie.

Glenafton made four changes to the starting eleven at Tranent last Saturday Lyall Holding, Jared Willet, Sam McKee (injured) and Craig Pettigrew (injured) making way for Cammy Ross. Jordan Allan, Ryan McCubbin and Hugh Kerr. Meanwhile in the Darvel line-up was former Glens player Leon Murphy.

Darvel kicked-off and enjoyed the best of the few chances on show. Glens keeper David Markey blocked a shot from Ally Love and later had the ball in the net but from an offside position. On 37 minutes the visitors broke the deadlock after Connor McGlinchey drilled a low diagonal corner kick from the right for the inrushing Ross Barbour and although his shot was blocked the ball, after a stramash in a packed box, eventually fell for Ally Love to lash the ball into the roof of the net.

Glens responded through Michael Mullen playing a slick one-two with Chris Erskine gathering the return ball, in the right-hand side of the box, before cracking a low shot that beat keeper Andrew Wilson only to bounce off the inside of the far post and cleared. Soon after the keeper palmed away a close-range shot from Ross Lindsay.

HT Glens 0 Darvel 1

The visitors doubled their lead on 57 minutes after winning a corner on the left. McGlinchey clipped the ball into the box where Steven Boyd played it back towards the corner flag under pressure from Lindsay tight on his back, McGlinchley duly returned the ball which deflected off Linday’s hand down at his side. Ross Barbour stepped up and slammed the spot kick low beyond the reach of Markey and into the left corner of the net.

The home side halved the deficit on 62 minutes after winning a shy on the right midway into the Darvel half. Ryan McCubbin returned a short throw to Lewis Currie who then curled a glorious towards the back post by which time Shuggy Kerr had peeled away from his marker to leap unchallenged and send a looping header over the advancing keeper and into the net.

Back came Darvel with a couple of excellent chances from corner kicks floated in front the right, the first saw Jason Naismith’s effort headed off the line by Jared Willet while the second saw McGinchley meet the ball sweetly only for his shot to crash off the post.

At the other end Lindsay floated a free kick into the box that Kerr met on the drop only for the ball whizzed wide of the far post.

On 89 minutes Glens drew level with a stunning equaliser. Jordan Allan from tight on the left just inside the Darvel half launched a high ball upfield where Michael Mullen watching its flight broke into the box with his back to goal and then timed his swivel to perfection and hook the ball first time past the keeper at full stretch and into the net.

In the closing minutes Glens came close to clinching all three points Mullen weaved his way into the right-hand side of the box and squared the ball across the face of goal for the inrushing Kerr only for a defender to force a mishit and the keeper grab the ball.

FT Glens 2 Darvel 2

GLENAFTON ATHLETIC
1. David Markey 2. Cammy Ross (14. Jared Willet) 4. Lewis Currie 5. Ollie Rowe (captain) 3. Jordan Allan; 7. Jamie Taggart (12. Ryan Walker) 6. Ryan McCubbin 8. Ross Lindsay 11. Chris Erskine 9. Hugh Kerr 10. Michael Mullen. Subs not used: Lyall Holding, Darren Jamieson, Mason McDougall 21. Keon Thurston (gk)

DARVEL
1. Andrew Wilson 2. Ross Barbour (captain) 3. Nick Docherty 5. Jason Naismith 7. Leon Murphy 8. Scott Walker 9. Scott Lewis 10. Steven Boyd 14. Ally Love 15. Archie Graham 22. Conner McGlinchey Subs: 21. Jack Howie 6. Keiran Healy 12. Evan Edgar 16. Johnny Black 17. Aidan Callaghan 20. Cammy Williamson 25. Aidan Laverty