12 midday 24 November 2018
West of Scotland Amateur Cup, Third Round
Quayside Thistle 1 Third Lanark 4 (att 14)
It was a quirk of the fixtures that meant I got to watch Third Lanark just minutes after a match at Cathkin Park. I'd been looking for alternative games in case the earlier game was off when I spotted this cup tie had a noon start.
The kick off time was perhaps a good compromise as Quayside Thistle compete in the Strathclyde Saturday Morning League while Third Lanark play afternoon football in the strong Central Scottish Amateur League.
The away win was no surprise, but the Strathclyde League is a good standard of football and Third Lanark had to play well to progress. They had a 2-0 lead, the second goal a penalty, before Quayside got one back just before half time.
I felt the away side might need a third goal to make the game safe. It took them until well into the second half to get it, and not long later a fourth followed.
This cup time had been abandoned a week ago due to a serious injury, and thankfully there were no such problems today.
Last week Quayside had hired a pitch at Toryglen, but this time the venue was the 3G pitch at Glasgow's Greenfield Football Centre, close enough to Cathkin Park to allow me to see all of both games.
West of Scotland Amateur Cup, Third Round
Quayside Thistle 1 Third Lanark 4 (att 14)
It was a quirk of the fixtures that meant I got to watch Third Lanark just minutes after a match at Cathkin Park. I'd been looking for alternative games in case the earlier game was off when I spotted this cup tie had a noon start.
The kick off time was perhaps a good compromise as Quayside Thistle compete in the Strathclyde Saturday Morning League while Third Lanark play afternoon football in the strong Central Scottish Amateur League.
The away win was no surprise, but the Strathclyde League is a good standard of football and Third Lanark had to play well to progress. They had a 2-0 lead, the second goal a penalty, before Quayside got one back just before half time.
I felt the away side might need a third goal to make the game safe. It took them until well into the second half to get it, and not long later a fourth followed.
This cup time had been abandoned a week ago due to a serious injury, and thankfully there were no such problems today.
Last week Quayside had hired a pitch at Toryglen, but this time the venue was the 3G pitch at Glasgow's Greenfield Football Centre, close enough to Cathkin Park to allow me to see all of both games.
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