Cove Rangers                              Nairn County
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK Mump Stitchell            26 10  a     GK Dylan MacLean             14 10  n
SW Jacob Jones               16 10  a     SW Fraser Dingwall           26 10  n
DF Scott Mercer              22 10  n     DF Cameron Lisle             26 10  n
DF Jason Naismith            20 10  a     DF Jakob Kiwior              25 10  n
MF Rumarm Burrell            22 10  n     DF Thenn Warg                12 10  n
MF Mikey Milnes              21 10  n     MF Declan Rice               26 10  n
MF Humza Yousaf              19 10  n     MF Andrew MacLeod            21 10  n
WG Distinctly Minty          23 10  a     MF Alasdair Gillies          14 10  n
WG Sconnor Cully             17 10  a     WG George Armstrong          25 10  n
FW Boel Jitonio              29 10  n     FW George Robesten           26 10  n
FW Mark Dalgety              17 10  n     FW Koushik Vutha             19 10  n

Min 0: Cove opens up with a 3-3-4 N while the NAI will play a 4-3-3 N.
Min 0: Today's referee is Craig Bucknall (HOMER/FAIR).
Min 2: Alasdair Gillies (NAI) fires in a cross...
        ...which takes a deflection...
        ...and Declan Rice takes advantage to fire on goal...
        ...but Mump Stitchell is there to handle the danger.
Min 11: Rumarm Burrell (COV) finds Mikey Milnes steaming through the middle...
        ...he gets into the area...
        ...and strikes the ball just wide of Dylan MacLean's net.
Min 12: Mark Dalgety (COV) finds Boel Jitonio steaming through the middle...
        ...he gets into the area...
        ...but Cameron Lisle (NAI) is there to make a key tackle.
Min 13: Distinctly Minty (COV) escapes the offside flag...
        ...as a ball is played up to him...
        ...but Jakob Kiwior (NAI) muscles out the big striker before he can control.
Min 14: Thenn Warg (NAI) crosses after some neat tricks inside the area...
        ...and George Robesten heads in from close range...
        ...but Mump Stitchell was there to save that one.
Min 19: The ball comes in to the area from Boel Jitonio...
        ...he rattles it off Dylan MacLean...
        ...Rumarm Burrell (COV) pauses and shoots but Dylan MacLean recovers and the big eejit makes the save.
Min 20: Distinctly Minty (COV) fouls Cameron Lisle...
        ...and he gets a yellow card by the looks of things.
Min 21: After a brief skirmish at midfield, Jakob Kiwior is awarded a yellow card!...
        ...the official is clearly playing to the home crowd on this occasion!?
Min 28: George Armstrong (NAI) puts in a cross...
        ...but Jacob Jones (COV) clears with ease.
Min 32: Humza Yousaf (COV) down the wing...
        ...he plays it across to Boel Jitonio...
        ...and the American knocks it in GOAL!!...
        ...it's a lead that Steve Gregory's side deserve - can they add to it before the break?...
        ...score now: COV 1 - NAI 0
Min 35: Highlanders build down the left...
        ...Boel Jitonio sends a cross to the middle...
        ...Mark Dalgety beats Jakob Kiwior to the ball...
        ...and hooks a left-footer right at Dylan MacLean who catches the ball.
Min 36: Jason Naismith loses the ball to Alasdair Gillies (NAI) on the right-hand side of the area...
        ...he takes it on and steers the coolest of shots at Mump Stitchell%who makes a superb save.
Min 43: Distinctly Minty finds some space in the middle of the pitch...
        ...hits an audacious 30-yard shot...
        ...Dylan MacLean palms the shot onto the bar...
        ...it spins back to Mikey Milnes who heads the ball...
        ...but Jakob Kiwior (NAI) is there to knock it out of danger.
Min 45: Pluto Neill on for Jacob Jones(SW)...
        ...Pluto Neill will play SW.
Min 45: Ikiaki Sa on for Jason Naismith(DF)...
        ...Ikiaki Sa will play DF.
Min 45: David Templeton on for Sconnor Cully(WG)...
        ...David Templeton will play WG.
Min 45: Jamie Carnihan on for Thenn Warg(DF)...
        ...Jamie Carnihan will play DF.
Min 45: Horace Ormsby on for Alasdair Gillies(MF)...
        ...Horace Ormsby will play WG.


HALFTIME SCORE: Cove 1 - Nairn 0

Min 51: Boel Jitonio almost penetrates NAI's sheilds with a dazzling volley...
        ... a little more power and Jamie Carnihan would have lost his well placed foot.?
Min 52: Andrew MacLeod (NAI) collects on that right flank...
        ...his cross ricochets to the Scotsman striker Cameron Lisle...
        ...whose finish is saved by Mump Stitchell.
Min 55: WTAF!  Time wasting?  The manager taps where his watch would have been only some scamp from the crowd has half inched it. Scottish rascals! 
Min 59: Andrew MacLeod opts to attack the goal on his own...
        ...Pluto Neill greets the intruder at the gate and strips him of the ball.?
Min 60: Humza Yousaf (COV) finds space for a cross from the left...
        ...Dylan MacLean doesn't know whether to go for the ball or stay on his line...
        ...Ikiaki Sa rises highest at the back post...
        ...and its punched over the bar by Dylan MacLean who stayed on his line.
Min 60: NAI now playing Press
Min 65: George Robesten (NAI) finds space on the left...
        ...he skirts the edge of the box...
        ...and hits a right foot shot...
        ...Horace Ormsby sticks a leg out and deflects the ball past Mump Stitchell...
        ...who had already started to dive the other way. GOAL!!!!!!...
        ...great response from Nairn...
        ...score now: COV 1 - NAI 1
Min 68: Terrible NAI defending as Jakob Kiwior gave it away to Ikiaki Sa (COV)...
        ...his poor shot was parried by Dylan MacLean...
        ...but it came back to Rumarm Burrell who shoots and Dylan MacLean fists it away!
Min 70: Ikiaki Sa (COV) picks up the clearance...
        ...and plays it left to Boel Jitonio in midfield...
        ...Ikiaki Sa continues his run through the defense...
        ...and gets the return ball from Boel Jitonio...
        ...Ikiaki Sa knocks it on goal but Dylan MacLean is there to make an incredible save!
Min 72: Superb sliding block by Pluto Neill (COV) denies Koushik Vutha a sure goal...
        ...after great work from Horace Ormsby in the Cove box.
Min 73: Boel Jitonio (COV) now gets a chance to cross...
        ...he looks for Rumarm Burrell but it evades him...
        ...sadly Dylan MacLean missed it too and it drifts into the back of the net GOAL!...
        ...and Cove have the lead...
        ...score now: COV 2 - NAI 1
Min 76: Brilliant play by Distinctly Minty (COV) on the right...
        ...he whizzes clear and crosses low for Boel Jitonio...
        ...who plants a superb finish into the top corner from around the penalty spot GOAL!...
        ...Cove are looking strong now...
        ...score now: COV 3 - NAI 1
Min 77: Brilliant play by Scott Mercer (COV) on the right...
        ...he whizzes clear and crosses low for Distinctly Minty...
        ...who plants a superb finish into the top corner from around the penalty spot GOAL!...
        ...yet another one for Cove; Coach Richard Burnett is furious...
        ...score now: COV 4 - NAI 1
Min 82: Rumarm Burrell (COV) looks up and spots David Templeton arriving in the box...
        ...the American tees up David Templeton for the shot...
        ...he finds the back of the net with a low drive. GOAL!!!...
        ...Richard Burnett suggests to Dylan MacLean that he might want to dust off his resume...
        ...score now: COV 5 - NAI 1
Min 84: Jakob Kiwior's appalling clearance goes right to Boel Jitonio (COV)...
        ...who knocks the ball onto the head of Humza Yousaf...
        ...who heads it on goal but Dylan MacLean is there to collect it.
Min 87: Superb sliding block by Scott Mercer (COV) denies George Robesten a sure goal...
        ...after great work from Cameron Lisle in the Cove box.


FINAL SCORE: Cove 5 - Nairn 1


Man Of The Match: Boel Jitonio (COV)

Cove Rangers
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Mump Stitchell            26 26 26 11  2  a  0  4  0  0 90  7
SW Jacob Jones               16 20 20 11  6  a  0  0  0  0 45  6
SW Pluto Neill               17 21 21 11  6  a  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Scott Mercer              22 22 22 17  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Jason Naismith            20 25 25 16  6  a  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Ikiaki Sa                 22 27 27 17  6  a  0  0  0  2 45  6
MF Rumarm Burrell            22 22 22 22  4  n  0  0  0  3 90  6
MF Humza Yousaf              19 19 19 17  4  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
MF Mikey Milnes              21 21 21 18  4  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
WG Sconnor Cully             17 21 21 15  6  a  0  0  0  0 45  6
WG Distinctly Minty          23 28 28 20  2  a  4  0  1  1 90  6
WG David Templeton           20 25 25 18  6  a  0  0  1  1 45  6
FW Boel Jitonio              29 29 29 29  4  n  0  0  3  3 90  8
FW Mark Dalgety              17 17 17 17  4  n  0  0  0  1 90  6

Nairn County
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Dylan MacLean             14 14 14  6  4  n  0  6  0  0 90  6
SW Fraser Dingwall           26 26 26 20  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  4
DF Cameron Lisle             26 26 26 20  4  n  0  0  0  1 90  5
DF Thenn Warg                12 12 12  9  7  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Jakob Kiwior              25 25 25 20  4  n  4  0  0  0 90  0
DF Jamie Carnihan            17 17 17 13  7  n  0  0  0  0 45  5
MF Andrew MacLeod            21 21 21 18  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  5
MF Declan Rice               26 26 26 23  4  n  0  0  0  1 90  5
MF Alasdair Gillies          14 14 14 12  7  n  0  0  0  1 45  6
WG George Armstrong          25 25 25 22  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
WG Horace Ormsby             19 19 19 17  7  n  0  0  1  1 45  6
FW George Robesten           26 26 26 26  4  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
FW Koushik Vutha             19 19 19 19  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6

Statistics       COV NAI
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Halftime           1   0
Fulltime           5   1
Shots On Target   11   5
Shots             13   5
Saves              4   6
Offsides           0   0
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       1   1
Red Cards          0   0
Avg SL% Used      65  83
Revenue           77  77

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1  COV  N  50.00 124.00 201.30 
  1  NAI  N  57.50 126.50 148.50 
 46  COV  N  52.00 127.00 207.60 
 46  NAI  N  60.00 124.50 168.05 
 61  NAI  P  36.50  93.75 198.80 

 Trainer's Report
COV paid 0k for a Home Bonus of 15.
David Templeton (COV) was awarded a Captain's Bonus.
Mump Stitchell (COV) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Distinctly Minty (COV) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Boel Jitonio (COV) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Frank Barrett (COV) did not appear in the match and could not be trained.
Pluto Neill (COV) played 45 minutes and earned a TP.
Sconnor Cully (COV) played 45 minutes and earned a TP.
Mark Dalgety (COV) played 90 minutes and earned a TP.
George Robesten (NAI) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Horace Ormsby (NAI) played 45 minutes and earned a TP.