Super League Premier Division

Glenafton Athletic 4

Girvan 0

GLENAFTON returned to action as well as getting back to winning ways.

Kyle McAusland demonstrated their commitment with an early crunching tackle before sending a long ball to Chris Dallas, who was caught offside.

Glens took the lead in 14 minutes when Darren McGill embarked on a solo run and sent a ball into the box.

It was dummied by Dallas giving Andrew a clear shot at goal, which was blocked, but Connor Lynass pounced on the loose ball to open the scoring.

Craig McEwan’s side were dominating proceedings and came close with a McGill free-kick, followed by a Cammy Marlow screamer which brought out a good save.

Although forced to defend in depth, Girvan themselves came close when Craig Reid’s back-post header was just over.

Then McAusland intercepted a pass which was meant for Keiran Balfour, who was in a good position.

The home side then had a spell of intense pressure with an Andrew shot deflected for a corner and a Marlow header cleared off the line.

Goal number two was inevitable and it was Andrew who scored it with a cracking low shot from the edge of the box in the 23rd minute.

Girvan’s cause was not helped when Michael Reilly was sent off for dissent and the 10 men fell further behind in 29 minutes.

Dallas showed his natural striker’s instinct by following up a Lynass shot to make it 3-0.

It could have been four within 60 seconds when an Ally Park shot clattered the post with the Seasiders’ defence all at sea.

They were almost sunk with a one-man wave of attacks as McGill was running amok, although in between times Girvan did launch their own offensive.

Jack McDowall side stepped Craig Menzies but his final ball was poor and the three-goal margin remained as the whistle blew for half-time.

In the first action of the second half McDowall picked up where he had left off when his shot was spilled by Brian McGarrity but the keeper recovered well.

Michael Mossie had defended well in difficult circumstances and broke up a Glens attack involving Jamie McKernon and Andrew.

Darren Mitchell then found McDowall with a good pass but he opted for precision over power and his sidefooted shot was ineffective.

Mitchell was pushing forward at this stage and attempted to hit Glens on the break but he was quickly closed down.

Just to show they had no intention of taking their foot off the gas, Glens engineered a few chances of their own with Dallas coming close with a low shot.

With less than 20 minutes remaining, McDowall beat three players and played a great pass to Mitchell.

Just as he was about to take a touch he was barged in the box and it looked like a clear penalty, but referee Stephen Brown waved play on.

To his credit, Mitchell had stayed on his feet - it’s a sad reflection of football in general that the phrase ‘ he was entitled to go down’ is so prevalent.

Back to the action, though, and the match was end-to-end throughout the closing stages.

Girvan sub Stephen O’Donnell dispossessed Glens sub Mick McCann to set up McDowall, who fired just wide.

McCann was also the provider when he slid a ball through to McAusland, whose shot nearly broke the crossbar in half.

Mossie then joined the attack and tested McGarrity with a header from a corner but the final goal came at the other end, from Dale Moore, in the final minute.

Glenafton - McGarrity; Park (McChesney 64), Cairns, Menzies, McAusland, Marlow, Lynass, McKernon, Dallas, Andrew (McCann 61), McGill (Moore 61) Subs not used - Borris, Watson (g/k)