Red Star put nine past 10-man East End

SAFL Premier Two Lochgilphead Red Star 9 East End United 0

RED STAR played host to Greenock’s East End United at the Joint Campus 3G on Saturday April 7, and produced a totally dominant performance against a visiting side who played more than half the match with 10 men.

Star got out of the traps early and had the match sewn up as they raced into a 3-0 lead after only eight minutes.

Ian McGuinness opened the scoring after some good attacking play down the right between Kieran Moore and Rab Docherty.

Docherty then squared the ball to McGuinness who made no mistake from close range.

Kieran Moore was on hand to double Star’s lead after six minutes when some more quick passing proved too much for the East End defence.

The third goal came from the penalty spot when Gregor Peacock’s surging run was ended as he was brought down by the visiting full-back and referee Peter Laing correctly pointed to the spot.

Up stepped Rab Docherty to send the goalkeeper the wrong way and put Star well in command at 3-0.

The home side continued to press with the midfield trio of Ben Forbes, Aaron Moore and Innes Meikle giving their opponents no time to settle in possession.

It was no surprise when Star added to their lead just after the half hour when some more neat buildup play saw the ball crossed to Docherty who hammered his shot home for his second of the day.

Star added a fifth goal soon after when some good link up play between Gregor Peacock and Ian McGuinness saw Peacock get his shot away from the edge of the box, leaving the keeper helpless and Star 5-0 up.

The day got even worse for East End when their goalkeeper was ordered off having handled the ball outside the area and left Mr Laing no option but to show a red card.

Into the second half Star took a bit longer to get started with several chances being wasted along with the deputy keeper proving hard to beat.

The goals did eventually come again, however, with Cammy McDonald, on as a second-half sub, chipping the ball home from the edge of the box to make it 6-0.

Gregor Peacock then added his second of the afternoon along with Cammy McDon- ald who finished at the second attempt to give Star an 8-0 lead with 10 minutes to go.

As the clock ticked down, it was Kyle Selfridge who popped up from defence to round off the scoring as Star declared at 9-0.

There was time for Ben Pollock in the Star goal to be called into action at the other end. However, the stopper was on hand to keep his clean sheet intact as he touched a wellstruck free kick past the post.