Blasties Nock ‘em out cold

Cumnock ....................... 0 Kilbirnie ......................... 7

Liam McGuinness revealed a scouting mission made Blasties go “gung-ho”.

Five second-half strikes earned a first Premiership win for Kilbirnie.

Nock drew at Troon four days ago and the Ladeside boss said: “One of the boys watched and by all accounts they were a bit leggy at the back. That was the plan – to go gung-ho for the first 10 to 15 minutes, see if they could keep up with the pace and it worked.”

Gavin Mitchell’s drive and a Chris Craig free-kick made it 2- 0 at halftime before Connor McVey poked in and Cory Hughes’ header.

Sub Jon Scullion then struck either side of feeding new boy David Waite.

Nock boss Paul Burns said: “I don’t think we lost goals due to fatigue.”

Carnoustie .................... 2 North End ...................... 2

Panmure preserved their unbeaten league run with a second-half revival.

Liam McArtney fired North End one up in 19 minutes as Ryan Rigden added No.2 moments from half-time.

But Carnoustie dug deep as Jake Mair struck in 57 minutes then Ryan Dignan four minutes later.

Pollok ............................. 4 Troon .............................. 0

Jordan Morton’s 30-yarder was the pick of the goals as Pollok went top.

Iain Russell’s penalty doubled their lead after Ray Montgomerie caught him five minutes from half-time.

Del Esplin and Chris Duff’s clever work led to a Neil McGregor own goal before Chris Dallas slid in to turn Stuart McCann’s cross home.