Olde Mill 1 Bonargrove 9

After last season's run to the last 16 of the Scottish Cup Bonargrove began this season's campaign with a trip to Lochee Park to face off against Welfare side Olde Mill. Bonar were expected to win but after rattling 9 goals past the opposition the team were left annoyed that they didn't score many more after a dominant display.

Scottish Cup fever coupled with the unusual afternoon kick-off meant a squad of 17 showed at 12:30 meaning manager Scrimmy had some difficult selection decisions prior to the game. Goalkeeper Deek and defender Young Scrim made their first appearances of the season, whilst Lee Lee Lee returned to the middle of the park to partner Ascot Dave. After a shocker in defence against Tayport, Big Mark was moved to a more familiar striking role. Stanton, Gav, Scotty, Robbie, Dunny and Craig Stevens also made the starting 11. Andy, Mussy and Chico were amongst the subs. Many were surprised that Dunny made the game after rumours he got action off a young thing the previous night.

Bonar got off to a flying start with Dunny scoring two early goals, one an overhead fluke and the other a scuff. Dunny's brace was quickly added to as Mark and Robbie netted but this only made the entire team want to get on the scoresheet as a combination of a lacking of passing and too much passing meant no more goals in the first half. Scotty was showing good attacking flair from left back and showed why many liken him to Roberto Carlos in his prime. Craig Stevens had a half to forget as he missed a few good chances, much to the bemusement of the supporters.

The second half began like the first as Bonar grabbed a couple of early goals through Robbie and top scorer Ascot Dave. There was much debate after the game as to whether it was Dog Shit Dave's goal or an own goal but after a quick vote Davie was awarded the goal. Olde Mill managed to score at some point as Dunny lost his man.

After opening up a big lead, assistant manager Andy decided to make changes and Rada replaced Big Mark and Mussy came on for Scotty. This was not to Mark's liking and he stormed up to the tunnel. Bonar controlled the remainder of the game and Rada grabbed two goals whilst Craig Stevens finally scored when a thunderbolt toe-poke which seemed to break the keeper's hand. Disappointingly, Young Scrim limped off with what looked like a reoccurence of his knee injury.

Spirits were high after the high scoring win but in reality Bonar should have scored at least 15. Stanton took the majority of the stick for getting his mum to iron his fresh pants and socks.

Scorers: Robbie 2, Rada 2, Dunny 2, Ascot Dave, Scheva and Craig Stevens.

Match Ratings:

Deek 7 - had very little to do.
Stanton 7 - another solid performance.
Scotty 7 - rolled back the years.
Gav 7 - dominant in the air.
Young Scrim 7 - kept back 4 together well.
Robbie 8 - another non-stop performance.
Dunny 8 - best performance in 2-3 years.
Ascot Dave 6 - hates a pass.
Lee 7 - hates a pass.
Scheva 7 - loves kicking water bottles.
Craig Stevens 6 - had better days.

Rada 7 - grabbed two good goals from the bench.
Mussy 6 - neat performance in middle of park.
Chico 6 - little time to impact.