Glasgow Irish were at Toryglen this Sunday against Westwood FC who were unbeaten in Division 2 in their opening 3 fixtures up to this point.
With no fewer than 8 players missing through injury The Irish were up against it before a ball was kicked.
From the first minute of the game GIFC were up for this and went at Westwood at pace from the word go.
Paul Ruby and Tony Deveney were causing the opposing defence all sorts of issues with clever running in behind the defence.
GIFC went ahead on 7 mins when after collecting a pass from Deveney, Kevin Barr seen his shot land at Paul Ruby’s feet and from 8 yards he slotted the ball under the Westwood keeper for a goal on his second debut for the club. 0-1
The Irish could smell blood and doubled the lead on 12 mins when Tony Deveney crossed for Jay McCann to side foot home at the back post. The 17 year old making a very difficult chance look easy. 0-2
GIFC continued to press and Deveney should have scored on a couple of occasions as The Irish looked to kill the game off early and Paul Ruby seen a couple of efforts come close.
To Westwood’s credit they kept at it and found their footing in the game with some nice passing around midfield.
They got back in the game with 10 mins left of the first half when the Irish defence went to sleep and the Westwood forward broke free to round O’Donnell for a fine finish. 1-2
The Irish responded immediately and Tony Deveney cut in from the left wing and sent a superb shot curling into the far top corner with the Westwood keeper making no attempt to save. The Gorbals Vampire with a stunning strike. 1-3
GIFC almost got a fourth when they were awarded a penalty but for Jack Gordon to see his effort from the spot saved well by the Westwood number 1.
HT:1-3
The second half followed the same narrative as the first with GIFC creating chance after chance and a mixture of good goalkeeping and poor finishing meant GIFC never added to the lead.
Singh, Verdejo, McCahill and Paterson all got some minutes as GIFC continued to dominate proceedings.
Westwood pulled a goal back in the final minute but it was all too little too late.
FT:2-3
GIFC: Owen O’Donnell, Chris Hopkins, Cameron McIntyre (c)(Juan Carlos Verdejo, Shaun McCafferty, Ciaran English, Jay McCann(Mark Paterson), Kevin Barr, Jack Gordon(Daniel Singh), Tony Deveney, Tony Garth, Paul Ruby(Aidan McCahill)
A score line a lot closer than the game suggested as The Irish should have been far and away out of sight with the chances created.
Next week we face the same opponents in a cup game away from home yet again.
Acacia Coaches Man of The Match this week was shared by both Kevin Barr and Tony Deveney
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