D&K Lafferty Cup Tournament

Manager Ross Maitland and secretary David Buchanan are busily working on the club’s pre-season schedule and have already confirmed the return after a three-year hiatus of the Oban Saints pre-season tournament which will once again be sponsored by D&K Lafferty Contractors. The tournament will take place at Mossfield and Glencruitten on Saturday 8 July where the hosts will be joined by teams from Kilmarnock, Livingston, Hamilton Academical, Alloa Athletic, with other participants still to be confirmed.

replacing them with Ruaridh Horne and Drew Murray. There was also a change to a 3-5-2 formation with Myles McAuley being flanked by Craig Livingstone and Drew Murray in the three and Ruaridh Horne and Scott Maitland the wingbacks.

Saints made an encouraging start to the second half with James Ford and Scott Maitland combing well on the left. Maitland’s 46th minute cross to the back post was returned across the face of goal by Ruaridh Horne but with no takers in the middle.

James Ford fired wide of target in the 47th minute before finding the target five minutes later only to be denied by a fine block by Stuart Wilson. The Cosh number one was

Wilson crashed into Bonar with neither appearing to get a touch on the ball, however, Mr Fraser saw no infringement and waved away the Saints’ appeals for a penalty kick.

For the closing stages Craig Livingstone and James Ford made way for Scott Johnston and Jack Wright respectively. The hosts also made changes with Thomas Fegan, son of former Saints goalkeeper John “Ching” Fegan and club chairman David Quate making appearances.

Saints kept pressing forward in search of a way back into the game and with nine minutes remaining got the break they so desperately needed when a lapse in concentration from Alan McCrum gifted possession to Martin Bonar who

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