Darling win for Campsie Black Watch
Startling success for under-19s...
AMAZING Campsie Black Watch under-19s have made history.
The young Black Watch side, who were entered into the prestigious Lady Darling juvenile competition by mistake, culminated an astonishing run by beating yet another under-21 team to lift the trophy.
Before even 10 minutes had elapsed, Blackies were ahead.
Chris Duff was pulled down in the penalty area by East Kilbride's MacDowall and Steven Davis confidently tucked his left-footed spot-kick into the bottom corner.
The young Watch side played with verve and real determination throughout.
Midway through the first-half Paul Milloy blazed a shot over the bar when well-placed and in 37 minutes Paul McGeough's thumping header produced an excellent save from Graeme McLaren's free kick.
East Kilbride's opportunities were limited to the closing stages of the half when Campsie's Jonathan Boal made an excellent tackle at the back post to deny winger McMillan, who then minutes later should have done better than fire high and wide from close range.
Manager Differ's half-time words of advice paid dividends when Campsie added to their lead four minutes into the second period.
Persistent play by the impressive Ciaran Milroy down the right saw his cutback reach Duff at the near post.
The Milton of Campsie-based striker lifted his head before sweetly curling a left-footed effort into the far corner and then setting off on a sprint of delirium in celebration.
Afterwards, Duff said: "As soon as it came to me I knew I was putting it in that corner."
It proved to be the decisive goal.
Goal hero Duff said: "We've never felt daunted playing against teams two or three years older than us.
"We're all really proud and delighted at what we've done – this is something no-one can ever take away from us."
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