The Scottish cup fixtures are now beginning and the under 16’s were the first team to get their cup campaign started.   This was the team who won the Scottish cup last year.   Braidhurst were due to play St Maurices in the first round.   Although the boys have managed to beat St Maurices before, they were facing a tough challenge.

 

In a changed formation to last year, Braidhurst started positively, moving the ball around quickly creating spaces on the park.  After some very good short range passing, Braidhurst found space behind the St Maurices defence allowing Jack Keary to cross the ball in for Jordan Falconer to score at the back post within four minutes.

 

Braidhurst continued to dominate possession with St Maurices trying to play the long ball up the park but the Braidy defence were wise to the tactic.   Braidhurst continued to push forward and it was only a matter of time until they scored another.    Lewis Gamble hit a shot from 25 yards out which flew into the back of the net to make it 2-0.

 

The second half began much the same as the first with Braidhurst enjoying most of the possession, although not moving the ball as quick as they could have.  As the game progressed, St Maurices started committing more players forward and were rewarded when they won a free kick at the edge of the box.   They scored from the resulting free kick to make it 2-1.

 

Braidhurst continued to have the majority of possession but knew they needed another to secure the victory.   With 15 minutes to go, Jack Keary provided the goal with a very nice finish after a cross from Greg Miller.

 

Well done to all the boys who played.   Best of luck in the next round.