The Oban side sit proudly at the top of the league with a 100 per cent record with 11 wins from 11 games

Saturday 31 August Stedfast K 1 Oban Saints 4

Saints continued their winning start to the Central Scottish Amateur Football League campaign with a 4-1 away victory against Stedfast K at Scotstoun Sports Campus.

A first minute own goal from Stedfast full back Robert McIntyre gave Saints an advantage which they never looked back from before further strikes from Matty Kelly, Craig MacEwan and James Ford consolidated Saints position at the the top of the fledgling Division 1B table.

The match got off to the best possible start for Saints when Stedfast fullback Robert McIntyre headed past his own keeper inside the first minute.

Saints doubled their advantage after 20 minutes from a patient build-up involving Craig MacEwan, Ross Maitland and Matt Rippon. Getting forward to support the attack, Matty Kelly picked up Rippon’s lay off and took full advantage of the space created to clip the ball from the edge of the Stedfast box away from the despairing right hand of George Riddick and into the bottom corner of the net.

Matty Kelly was upended by William Plommer wide on the Saints left in the 29th minute giving Ross Maitland a chance to show his prowess with the dead ball. Maitland didn’t disappoint and sent an excellent ball to the near post which was met perfectly on the run by Craig MacEwan who bulleted a header into the roof of the net to further stretch Saints advantage.

Stedfast Skipper James Harvey blazed a 32 yard freekick high over the crossbar before top scorer Grant Cathro pulled one back for the home side.

From the restart Saints worked the ball up the left wing where a sensational jinking run into the box by James Ford was rewarded when his dinked finish evaded a last gasp attempted goalline clearance to nestle in the back of the net and restore Saints three goal cushion.

Saturday 7 September Bridgewater 0, Oban Saints 3

Saints made it five wins out of five to extend their lead at the top of the league table to five points but it was far from a five star performance at the Palace of Art as the D&K Lafferty sponsored side struggled to overcome determined hosts Bridgewater.

After surviving a couple of early scares a successfully converted Matt Rippon penalty kick gave Saints a first half lead with second half strikes from Craig MacEwan and David Beaton securing the points with a slightly flattering scoreline.

The deadlock was broken in the 29th minute when Saints profited from a mix-up in the home defence. David Beaton pounced on a stray back pass and was sent sprawling in the box by Bridgewater keeper Graeme Macrae. Matt Rippon

assumed responsibility for the spot kick and sent Macrae in the wrong direction to give Saints the lead.

Attacking the pavilion end Saints made a better start to the second half with Matty Kelly hooking a right wing James Ford cross over the crossbar.

Saints Management duo Donald Campbell and Willie Gemmell made an early change replacing goalscorer Matt Rippon with Lewis Cameron in the 52nd minute.

Cameron’s introduction paid instant dividends when he retrieved a David Beaton left wing cross which central defender Ross Gemmell had helped on it’s way. Cameron picked out Craig MacEwan in the middle with a low cross which the Saints leading scorer gleefully tucked away from close range.

Saints made the points secure with 20 minutes remaining when Matty Kelly’s driving run and cut back from just short of the bye-line was met by David Beaton sliding in at the near post to divert the ball past Graeme Macrae and into the far corner of the net to make the final score 3-0.

Saturday 14 September Oban Saints 4, Cambusnethan Talbot 0

A hat-trick from Lewis Cameron and a further strike from leading goal scorer Craig MacEwan helped maintain Oban Saints 100% record at the top of the Central Scottish Amateur Football League Division 1B at a rain soaked Glencruitten.

Resplendent in their new grey and black strips, kindly supplied by principal sponsors D&K Lafferty Contractors, Saints were made to work hard for the points against a battling Cambusnethan Talbot side still in search of their first league victory of the season.

Prior to kick-off Referee Kevin O’Neill led both sets of players and officials in a silence of remembrance for former Saints player and manager Henrik Madej who sadly passed away during