It’s a stroll in the park for Motherwell but Hamilton suffer setback at Clyde

Motherwell enjoyed the second win of their pre-season programme with a 5-1 Sunday afternoon stroll at the Blackwell Meadows home of Vanarama League North side Darlington.

The Fir Park men raced into a 3-0 half-time lead thanks to Cedric Kipre’s tap-in, Danny Johnston’s volley and Allan Campbell’s strike. The Quakers pulled a goal back through Harvey Saunders before Ryan Bowman chipped in the fourth and James Scott’s last-minute strike.

Hamilton manager Martin Canning was not overly concerned by Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at Clyde where David Goodwillie’s first-half double earned the Bully Wee their win.

He explained: “It was a working exercise. We are nine days into pre-season and the boys were given a good ‘doing’ on Friday so the result was not the important thing.”

Falkirk saw off Airdrie 3-2 with Deimantas Petravicius and Kevin O’hara having the Bairns two ahead before Chris O’neil pulled a goal back. Tom Dallison made it 3-1 at halftime with Leighton Mcintosh grabbing Airdrie’s second.

Dunfermline Athletic went down 4-0 at home to Tranmere Rovers with Larnell Cole, Amadou Soukouna, Danny Walker-rice and Nick Long on target. Inverness Caley Thistle defeated neighbours Clachnacuddin 3-1 with Nathan Austin scoring twice and Daniel Mackay also finding the net.

Morton played out a goalless draw at Forfar, Alloa defeated Berwick Rangers 3-1 and, in closed-door games, Dundee United went down 1-0 to Raith Rovers and Ayr beat Flyde 2-1.

East Fife’s Kevin Smith scored twice in the 4-1 defeat of Lochee and Jordan Allan and Peter Macdonald netted as Stirling won 2-0 at Stranraer.

Montrose came from two down to defeat Cove Rangers 3-2, Kalvin Orsi scored as Brechin defeated Formartine 1-0 and Kane Hester grabbed a brace for Arbroath in their 4-1 success over visitors Huntly.

Queen’s Park won 2-1 at Cumbernauld Colts, Elgin saw off Buckie 4-0 and Kelty Hearts beat Cowdenbeath 2-1. Peterhead won 2-1 at Fraserburgh on Saturday and 4-0 at Inverurie Locos yesterday.