Goals galore as Pupils hit seven

Campbeltown Pupils 7 Centre 1

A rare day for the McFadyen-sponsored Campbeltown Pupils, as the team ran riot against dispirited opponents from East Kilbride.

The game was all but over within 15 minutes of the kick-off, a period in which the Kintyre side raced into a three-goal lead.

The first arrived in two minutes, Gregor McFadyen outpacing the visitors’ defence before cutting inside to send a low drive into the bottom corner of the net. When Ryan Gilchrist added a second in the seventh minute of the match, the flood gates were well and truly opened.

The home side were playing with confidence as move after move was laced together in a precise fashion, however, a piece of luck summed up the visitors’ day.

As a defender tried to clear his lines, the ball struck Gary Grumoli and rebounded into the net for a killer third goal.

Liam Renton got into the act on the half hour mark, a flowing attack completed in clinical fashion with a strike from the edge of the box.

The home players could be well pleased with their work at half-time, a four-goal cushion and what seemed an unassailable lead.

McFadyen grabbed a fifth early in the second from close range, this, before Gilchrist added further pain with his second and the team’s sixth with more than half an hour still to play.

Centre pegged a goal back with a fine drive across the face of the advancing goalkeeper, a brief respite before substitute Martin McCallum completed the scoring with an absolute beauty from all of 30 yards.