The Marr boys took to the field this afternoon full of confidence from their impressive season opener against Kyle Academy. In an attempt to make it two wins in a row however, the team would first need to overcome a physical Cumnock side made up, almost entirely, from S3 boys. It didn’t take long for the home side to take the lead however, with the boys from Troon having the ball in the net after only five minutes. A terrific pass from Harris found Inglis on the edge of the box, who managed to help the ball on to McInness in the middle of the Cumnock penalty box. The Cumnock keeper rushed out to close down the angle, but McInness finished calmly pushing Marr into an early lead. The game settled down after this early goal, but it was Marr who again found themselves celebrating 20 minutes in, after a silky one-two interchange between Harris and McInness created space on the right wing for Harris to sail in an inch-perfect cross, which Craig nodded home with a bullet header at the back post. Two minutes later, and the same move caught out the Cumnock defence once more. This time, the link up play was between Harris and Craig, with Carson meeting Harris’ cross with a volley to give Marr a very comfortable lead. Everything Cumnock threw at Marr was being dealt with and thrown straight back at the visitors, and this was highlighted one minute later on the stroke of half time. A troublesome ball through the middle was calmly cleared by Bilham, which McInness then gave chase to. The Marr striker skilfully lobbed the keeper and watched his effort cleared onto the post by an out-stretched Cumnock defender. McInness had kept up his chase though, and was on hand to knee the ball over the line for his second of the match. 4-0 to Marr at half time and the team was very worthy of the lead!
Cumnock had a bit of a fight-back in the second half, and yet again, there were plenty of goals for the spectators. Marr found themselves 5-0 up after an overhead flick from Craig fell into the path of McArthur who fired a terrific shot from a tight angle straight into the top corner of the Cumnock net. Cumnock were to register on the score sheet five minutes later though, with the referee awarding a penalty for an overly-physical challenge on the visiting team’s centre forward. Rowan guessed the right way in goals for Marr, but the pace of the penalty just beat the out-stretched fingers of the Marr shot stopper. Not to be disheartened by this, Marr went straight on the attack again and two minutes later scored their 6th goal. A terrific lob from Carson over the top of the Cumnock defence found Craig in acres of space, who lobbed his shot over the on-rushing Cumnock keeper to make it 6-1. There was a late fight-back again from Cumnock who scored two goals in the last five minutes to make the final score 6-3. Overall, a fantastic performance from the Marr boys, who find themselves unbeaten thus far this season! Well done boys!
Player’s Man of the Match: Darien Harris
Mr McLaughlin/Mr Moncrieff’s Man of the Match: Blair Craig
Cumnock had a bit of a fight-back in the second half, and yet again, there were plenty of goals for the spectators. Marr found themselves 5-0 up after an overhead flick from Craig fell into the path of McArthur who fired a terrific shot from a tight angle straight into the top corner of the Cumnock net. Cumnock were to register on the score sheet five minutes later though, with the referee awarding a penalty for an overly-physical challenge on the visiting team’s centre forward. Rowan guessed the right way in goals for Marr, but the pace of the penalty just beat the out-stretched fingers of the Marr shot stopper. Not to be disheartened by this, Marr went straight on the attack again and two minutes later scored their 6th goal. A terrific lob from Carson over the top of the Cumnock defence found Craig in acres of space, who lobbed his shot over the on-rushing Cumnock keeper to make it 6-1. There was a late fight-back again from Cumnock who scored two goals in the last five minutes to make the final score 6-3. Overall, a fantastic performance from the Marr boys, who find themselves unbeaten thus far this season! Well done boys!
Player’s Man of the Match: Darien Harris
Mr McLaughlin/Mr Moncrieff’s Man of the Match: Blair Craig