Dookers take the draw in face of stiff competition
Tarbert AFC 1
Clydebank AFC 1
Greater Glasgow Premier AFL
Tarbert AFC welcomed Clydebank AFC to Cil Andreis last Saturday (March 2) for a league match in terrific overhead conditions.
The pitch is particularly poor at the moment and does not encourage good football to be played.
Coach MacNab had to make six changes from the previous week’s victory because of player unavailability.
A number of players strapped themselves up to play through the pain barrier and their efforts were rewarded with a spirited performance.
The Dookers should have taken the lead in the first few minutes when Ryan Casci raced through, but his shot went the wrong side of the post.
The game went from end to end, with home keeper Sam McAlpine suffering a cut lip when challenged on the ground by the Clydebank centre forward.
To the crowd’s surprise, the referee failed to caution the player, a familiar pattern that developed throughout the game.
The home side stuck to their task and took the lead when MacKay drove forward from midfield, releasing Casci who hit a cracker high into the net.
The visitors equalised within minutes of the second half starting when a cross from the right was chested into the net.
But the home side were up for the fight and kept taking the game to the opposition, with Casci on sparkling form.
From one mazy run, he was set to shoot from 10 yards, only for the ball to spin away from him off the poor surface.
Clydebank kept pressing for the winner with Jack MacNab clearing off the line, then McAlpine making a brilliant save to keep the scores level.
Johnstone and Talbot, with some heroic defending, prevented a further goal after Clydebank hit the post.
All three subs were used in an effort to freshen up the side, with Ryan Caskie getting on the end of a Ronald cross to direct his header on goal, the keeper making a good save just under the bar.
Full time 1-1.
This week the boys head to Bishopbriggs to play Glasgow Harp.
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