Busby Amateur Football Club

Our first game since before Christmas and again our rustiness showed with a terrible start with a goal conceded in the first couple of minutes against a team that we beat comfortably in the first game of the season. A bumpy pitch did not help our play and we struggled to get the ball down and to play good football. A further goal scored in the last minute of the half made it an uphill struggle for the second half.

Home game which we switched to Nethercraigs in order to get the game played. The coaches switched a few of the boys starting positions to freshen things up and try to find a successful formula. A loss was Alistair Gardner who broke a finger at school on Friday.

Home game which we switched to Nethercraigs in order to get the game played. The coaches switched a few of the boys starting positions to freshen things up and try to find a successful formula. A loss was Alistair Gardner who broke a finger at school on Friday.

The game was played in perfect conditions,the all weather pitch making for a fast flowing game.Only one point separated the two teams in the league so there was a lot to play for. After a even start the A team got the break from a well worked corner Craigy smashed the ball from outside the box to open the score after 15 minutes. Five minutes later another corner set up the A"s second goal that Andrew Cunningham headed in. The first half ended 2 -0.

It proved to be unlucky 13th for Busby,.Three call offs meant the team only had 9 players so were under pressure from the word go, despite this disadvantage the team put up a spirited fight and were unlucky to go a goal down after 15 mins. A spell of Busby pressure and great work from the defence bringing the ball out to feed the solo forward Liam Kinney who linked well with Callum Young and Callum tucked the ball away to give Busby a equalizer. The first half finished all square.the second half started well for Busby until the shortage of players caught Busby out to go behind.

Busby returned to league action after last weekends regional cup victory and ended the day with the same scoreline. Due to illness and players away, there were only 12 players available for selection. In a very one sided match Busby raced into a 3 goal lead and that would be the scoreline at half-time, with goals coming from David Cosgrove(double) and Jack Cain. The second 40mins continued in the same fashion with Busby seemingly on constant attack, David Cosgrove completed his hat-trick before adding another two to his tally to give him five for the day.

This was always going to be a tough match against a team who have alreadybeaten us twice this season - in the league and the Scottish Cup. Howeverafter last week's league win against leaders Celtic we were all confidentdespite being several players short through injuries and other absences.Pollok started slightly the better team and hit the bar early on but Busbytook the league when Rudy Kingwaya was put through and coolly slotted pastthe keeper. The game went from end to end and in the last minute of the