WAHEYYYYYYY Long ball down the wing, in to Gunning then to Gaston ahead of Farid. Long ball from the ton free kick. FOrdyce heads to moff, then to RyanW. Im typing Oye cos by the time I type his full name oot he`s halfway doon the field. Morton pressing. Foul on Herron in the box but he is helped up by Talbot. Finnie makes sure he is ok before giving the ball to Murdoch, higgy to Farid, goes behind to Gaston who clears high and long. Through to Oware, then to Russell and its back to Higgy oTo Moff in the box and he is tripped up. No penalty says Finnie. Ball cleared by gaston. Spare goes to Murdoch. Long ball to the head of Fordyce. Out to RyanW then to Moff. Over the byline unfortunately for a Morton throw in. Let`s keep this going Pars. We need a win! Goes to Gaston, down to MvcMullan and a crunching ball off Talbot by Oye. We heard it everywhere. Morton throw in. OWare to Russell but out for another. McDonagh to Russell, blocked shot by Talbot and over to Tidser. Out wide to Forbes and down the wing by RyanW. In to Farid back to Ryanw. Long ball to the pars half. Morton throw in. Finnie having a word with Murdoch - your guess is as good as mine - and he clears long to the Morton half. Pars singing. Forward to Clark, blocked but out wide to McMullan crosses tro the near post and saved well by Gaston. Forbes to take, curls round, headed behind and out for RyanW. Long pass to Moffat who has to chase but Gaston clears ahead. Morton take it back. Up to OWare, in to Tidser who knocks into Nat after decking Clark and goes to ground. He is up but Morton have a free kick 40 yarsd out. Morton in our half. Gunning to Oliver. Then to Forbes. Out wide to McDonagh and he is fouled by McMullan. Free kick Morton 30 yards out. Ash heads down a spare but Morton are forward. Oye cant get past Ash and it`s a pars throw deep in our half. Spare to Moff, headed behind and then forward to Morton. Free kick after a foul by McMullan and Morton lose out on a corner after a good block by Fordyce. Higgy to take. Clark up. A stoater of a shot on goal by Forbes is stopped by Murdoch and he hoofs it to Moff. Out wide to Higgy good run crosses in and ovdr the head of mcMullan. Clark cant get there either but picks up the spare and is taken out by McDonagh and is shown a yellow card only. He should have been gone for that. Clark still down. Free kick Pars 15 yards out on the right hand side. Moff has to chase a spare as the ball heads down field but Gaston clears ahead of him. Out to Talbot but his pass to McMullan is poor and then there`s a crunching foul by Wedderburn on O`Ware. No card but a free kick for the visitors 45 yards out. Seriously cold now. Free kick to Morton in the centre circle. Foul by Moff. Taken quickly. Out wide and the Ton have a throw in. Russell cant keep it in. RyanW to take the pars throw in. From the right it`s Higgy Right footed cross headed away by Forbes, and down to RyanW. Now to Talbot but he mis hit and its on to Gaston. Throw in for Pars deep in the Morton half. Down to the halfway line for O#`Ware. In to MvMullan and a free kick for Morton after Wedderburn takes out Forbes. Ooya he was lucky not to get carded for that. Free kick with Fordyce again. Moff cant get through but penalised for swiping at Gunning whilst clearing the ball. Soft yellow card. Short to Higgy, on to McMullan his cross is blocked and shouts for a handball by Oyanegua. Free kick Pars on the halfway line. Fordyce takes. Long ball to Forbes and on to Oyenuga, after a poor pass by McCabe. it`s cleared from the pars half by Fordyce and down for a Pars throw in at the NW. Talbot to Clark long pass to McMullan down to Williamson but his good run ends in a slide on the byline and a goal kick to Morton. Gaston, in Irn Bru orange, hoofs it to the half way line. Down to O`Ware but he cant keep it in. Pars throw in. Talbot to Moff but it goes behind. Out for another Pars throw in. It was Herron and Fordyce who clashed but theyre back up now. Crowd 3,101 From the right it`s a right footed cross, Fordyce heads it down and there`s a clash of heads and play has stopped. I cannae feel my fingers so apologies for the spelling mistakes. Free kick taken quickly, down to the NW byline snd out for a Morton throw in. Gaston has to clear and then saves an incoming ball from 35 yards out by Moff. Nae chance and an easy save. From the right its a low cross cleared by Higgy down the far wing to Moff , in to McMullan on his own through and tripped up on the 18 yard line. Tackled well and it`s back to Morton. In to the centre and Clark has a high feet challenge. Nothing given and the spare goes to Gaston. I`m chittering, sneezing and coughin for Scotland now. The wind chill has dropped considerably. A good build up near the Ton goal but McCabe cant get through. Morton throw in. Down to Oyenuga. In ot the middle for McMullan but he cant keep it. McMullan again, through to Higgy who is fouled. From our own half Fordyce takes the free kick. Moffat to Talbot, over to McMullan turns and a gopod run and a fab shot to the goal with Gaston saving then dropping behind him but not over the byline. Jeez I was aff ma seat there! Ton throw in at the nearside wing. Goes nowhere. throw in for the pars after The Roy Barry Fan Club slides a Tunnoch`s caramel log along the wee shelf for me. Goes long and naewhere. Morton starting off strong this half. Pars kick off this half playing towards the Norrie. Sub for Pars off Herron on is Nat Wedderburn Scottish Premiership Halftime scores in the Championship Stephen Finnie being booed off the pitch. Nae wonder. Morton forward again but the half time whistle goes. Jamie Lindsay went off and was replaced by Tidser - says my man "McDuffelCoat" on the Morton podcast! Corner for Morton after a stramash at the NW / Norrie corner flag. Low ground clearance by Gaston to Gunning. Long pass to the pars half and out for a Morton throw in. Down to the halfway line for Russell. Gunning gives it back. Russell to Tidser - no idea when he came on and no idea who came off. Duthie takes a throw in. Long to Moff, good chip but its nowhere near the Ton box and goes behind for a goal kick. Throw in Morton. Herron to Moff, now to Higgy on the left. In to Herron but the visitos have it back. A good build up by the Ton frontmen and McDonagh slipped it past our defenders and Murdoch into the bottom left hand corner of the net. Fordyce heads down a spare, on to Moff who is a mere few yards from the Ton keeper but Gaston handles it well. Short to Gunning back to Gaston and on to the head of Forbes. Herron loses it to Russell and it`s Ton who are pressing. Forbes to McDonagh who slots the ball home from a few yards out. Moff slips as he takes a long pass, but kept hold of the ball for a few seconds before Russell pounced. On to Murdoch and he hoofs it to the head of Moff, dsown to Clark but goes to Gaston first. Out for a Ton throw in after Talbot cant run fast enough. Headed down and away to Clark on to Duthie but his pass to Talbot on the right hand side is too tight. Long high punt from our keeper, down to Higgy but headed to Russell. Forward to Oyenuga and rebounds out for a Ton throw in deep in the pars half. Throw in for Ton after a gentleman`s throw, and it goes out for a pars throw in. Quitongo has gone off injured - and is being replaced by Oyenuga. I apologise for being a tad late in arriving today - I have a new toy at home. For all you cheeky beggars oot there with durty minds I`m talking about an iPad Air I won in a competition. It`s fab and I``ve no watched telly for the past 48 hours! Pars players taking on water while I`m contemplating wearing a vest under me jammies the night. The ball was played upfield, and on to Gaston. Play stopped to allow Quitongo to receive treatment. May have been a nasty drop after his dive over Murdoch. Quitongo does a magnificent Olympic dive in the pars box, past Murdoch, and he is off injured on the byline. Murdoch is the one coicidentally who is signalling the ref to Quitongo. Herron was only complaining that the ref didnt play the advantge. Higgy on the end of a lovely pass from McCabe, in to Clark and his shot on goal is blocked. Yellow card for Herron for complaining about a free kick not taken in the right place. Absolute howler from Stephen Finnie. Pars free kick after a foul on Herron. Murdoch to take. Clark on the end of Gaston`s hoof. Down to Quitongo, handball and a free kick to the pars in front of the NW faithful. From the left it`s Higgy. Right footed cross, down to Fordyce and his header is just past the right hand post. Long punt from Gaston to Quitongo. Down to a running Moff, on his own in the Ton half. Short to Higgy good run through to Herron in the box takes it past the Ton defence and wins the pars first corner of the match. Long ball to the centre. Higgy chests it down. Long ball up the near wing to a running Clark but the offside flag is up for him despite it being nowhere near an offside position. In fact the flag was raised after the ball was over the byline. Bizarre. A fresh air kick by Talbot in front of the pars goal saw the Ton`s confidence rise and a shot on goal from Forbes is saved well by Murdoch. Re-start and the Ton are in the Pars half. A good pass by Forbes to Lindsay but stopped by Ash. Long ball down the near wing to Clark, on to Higgy turns but is tackled well by Nesbitt. Another good stop on the right by Talbot and the pars have another shout for a penalty as the balls comes off Clark in the box but again nothing given. Another defensive mishap for the Ton and I think it was O`Ware who was at fault for allowing Moffat to get through on the left hand side. A double for our no.9 and the pars fans are ecstatic. PARS 2 - 0 MORTON Higgy has pink boots on. Bless. Long punt to the left hand side again and over Higgy. He gets a second touch but Ton forward. Out wide with Lindsay but returned by Ash. Forward to MOff in the box but he is covered. Ball to Lindsay and forward by Oliver. Out for a Ton throw in. Russell to take. Goes nowhere but out for a pars throw in. Long to O`Ware who passes it wide. Long ball from Gunning and again it goes nowhere but on to Murdoch. Long ball goes over Higgy`s heid and out for a Ton throw in. If we were awarded a penalty we want to sing "swap it for a corner!" Long ball to the head of Duthie, down to Higgy turns out wide up the wing to Clark and a cracker of a run to the Ton box before being fouled. A clear foul but nothing given by Stephen Finnie. Ton have it back, with Nesbitt. In to the middle for the custard shirted players. Out wide to the left for O`Ware and a throw in for the pars as he can`t keep it behind Talbot. Oliver through to the pars box and would have been in a good position to get an equaliser except for the pesky assistant referee on the NW byline. Re-start and it`s a throw in for the Pars after the Ton can`t get it downfield. That`s shut their fans up and got ours singing! A defensive error by Gunning to Gaston who came off his line to uplift the ball and Moffat was right there in the right place and toed it in to the net. PARS 1 - 0 MORTON Goes nowhere and returned to Gaston. He punts it to the halfway line, and a foul by Talbot on O`Ware. Free kick Morton just inside the pars half. Free kick taken by Higgy, to the left hand side of the Ton box, cleared out wide. McCabe with the throw in. Long to hte box Herron in front of goal heads it down after a cross by McCabe, but he is blocked and Morton run to our half. Play stopped as a Morton player on the deck after a twisted ankle. It`s Jamie Lindsay and the physio is on. A Pars throw in at the NW. From the right it`s a right footed cross, high ino the box and rebounds off Talbot, tried twice by two Morton players, not easy to see their numbers on their shirts but the Pars have it downfield. Straight down the middle and a good save by Murdoch. WOOHOO Quitongo tripped up in the pars box by Fordyce (we think) Penalty to Morton Talbot in to Higgy, on his own, asking for help. I`ll help him get his hair back. McCabe knocked down in the throw in, but nothing given. Morton with another throw in this time at the NE. There`s a wee drop of Morton fans housed in the Cowden end. They`re vocal anyway. And we`re off! Good afternoon from a very lively and windy East End Park for today`s fixture between DAFC and Greenock Morton. |