FULL TIME SCORES FROM THE SC CHAMPIONSHIP FULL TIME FROM EAST END PARK Free kick Pars 35 yards out at the NW byline. Nothing else he could do with it. Clock ticking down. Talbot clears a spare, down to Clark on his own great run down to Reilly but Zwick off his line quickly. Clears downfield. Picked up by Nat, good run down to Talbot long ball down the nearside wing. Ends with Mikkelsen and onwards to Morris then to Murdoch. Joe to Clark in to Hoppy chips it on goal and zwick puts in a close shot save. Fantastic atmosphere here at East End Park with end to end stuff. Durnam to take. United fans making their way out as the pars fans sing the praises of their team. From the left it curls in, punched out again by Murdoch and over the bar with a rebound. United corner. Pars players not happy. Throw in taken, its down to the pars 18 yar line, cleared by Talbot and a free kick for united as the ref deems Reilly has fouled. Free kick 25 yards out. zwick to take. Geggan deemed to have fouled, free kick United and a shot on goal is deflected wide. Pars throw in. Geggan to Nat, down to Herron in to Geggan and away to Nat. On his own great pass to Joe on the wing. Takes it past three defenders, chips to Hoppy but short. Away to Talbot crossed to Hoppy again and Reilly this time deemed to have fouled. Free kick United in their own half. Joe taking the corner from the left. Corner came to nothing I should say. Easily cleared after being played short. From the left its higgy. Long ball from Murdoch. Throw in Pars with Geggan to Reily and out for a pars corner. Offside flag up as Flood progressed to our half and to the 18 yard line. Boos from the visitng fans. Ayr v Morton is a 1715 kick off Ayr v Morton is a 1715 kick off Rovers 1 - 3 Dumbarton Durnam with a long throw in. Cleared in the pars box, Nat gets it away to Reilly but he has to chase the spare. United forward again and the offside flag is up way after the pars players put their hands up. Moff away to get his hot chocolate and wooly simmet. Good chance for United to take the lead again there. Geggan tackles Flood, ball to Joe on his own forward to MOff but its a tad too short. United turn and head to our half. Talbot again to Clark behind to Joe but its cleared downfield. Throw in United at the NW. Free kick United. taken by Mikkelsen. Nae idea who went off for United before then! Durnam to take. Joe Cardle being stripped to come on it would seem with the singing coming from the NW faithful. I`d keep his vest on if I was him. It`s blooming baltic. Murdoch long to the halfway line. High ball from Nat down to Higgy and he is tackled but its out for a pars throw in. Talbot to Moff who is upended in the box but play on says ref. United defend and its on to Durnam with Talbot having fouled says ref., Durnam plays on without stopping and the ref will be having a word. Strange foul as it looked like Durnam slipped rather than be fouled. Anyhoo play on and the ball is played wide and out of over the byline Goak kick Pars. Throw in United. Long to the chest of Diuxon, and Talbot misses the chip and its into the side netting for Murray, Mikkelsen to take. Nat is deemed to have fouled Mikkelsen as he followed him down the wing, both tackling and Mikkelsen held his own the whole way. But he is down, and its a free kick near the byline in front of the away end. Free kick taken, over the wall, Herron defends and its down to a running Moff but its Der Struijk who gets to it first to give it to Zwick. He clears long. St Mirren 1 - 2 Falkirk Rovers 1 - 2 Dumbarton Moff on a one to one with Zwick and its put wide out of play by the replacement keeper. QoS 0-1 Hibs On to Murdoch from the goal clearance by Zwick and while MOrris is off the boil Murdoch has to put it wide. Down to Edjen with Moff chasing. From the right it`s Higgy. Right footed cross headed clear and wide and downfield to Morris and then to Murdoch. Long to the head of Mikkelsen on his own in the middle. Down to Flood and a plethora of orange shirts follow him to the pars end. Nat picks iup a spare, then to Higgy back to Nat great play wide to McMullan a build up of magnificent proportions and his shot on goal is over the bar. Higgy to take. Nice chance for United there as a plethora of legs in front of our goal had a fre chance with McMillan now clearing to Higgy looks up gives to McMullan who is then fouled and a free kick for the pars 25 yards out. Murdoch long to Clark but over his head. Returned and its out wide for a pars throw in. Talbot to Higgy heads down to Durnam who puts it long and out of play. Pars throw in again. Ah now the offside flag was up too so its Murdoch taking the free kick. Goes short and rebounds out by Durnam. Pars throw in. Geggan to Nat. In to the middle for Mikkelsen. Away out wide to Der Struijk then to Fraser crosses to Flood but he cant get it at the left hand post. Out for a goal kick to the pars. Hoofed long and out wide and put out over the byline by Geggan. United throw in at the NW. Mikkelsen mis kicks and the ball sways out over the nearside byline. LOL Huggy... noo there`s a great nick name! Higgy to take. Higgy to take, Moff gives it away to Flood before its taken back by Morris. Out wide by Nat to Higgy down to MOff and Talbot cant quite the tackle to work. Mikkelsen to Flood and down to Ash who clears to Moff but its over his head to Clark on his own great run down the wing crosses and its blocked and fouled by Mikkelsen. Free kick Pars 18 yards out on the right hand side. My pompom hat is very popular today - twice I`ve had offers of a fiver for it lol United defend well and it`s down to the halfway line. THrow in Pars. Pars kick off this half. If you want to sponsor me / donate then please see the thread on off topic. Thanks. I`ve just been handed a tenner by one of my lovely older gentlemen friends. It`s for the hike I`m doing in June for Macmillan Cancer Support. Along the eastern side of Loch Leven. 32 miles I believe. HALF TIME WHISTLE GOES Blocked by Talbot in the box and on to Murdoch. Taken quickly. Free kick Pars with Murdoch to take. Higgy fouled but it goes the other way. Free kickUnited. Over to Mikkelsen, then to Durnam as Moff chases. Chipped forward to FLood but the offside flag is up. Throw in for Pars with Talbot. Down to Herron back to Talbot then on to Murdoch. Not sure what the boos were for, I was too busy typing in the save. Durnam cant keep the spare in and its a pars throw in. Long ball to the united half, down to Clark bounced behind him and on to Bell. Long from Murdoch to Moff but on to Bell. Morris to Dixon out to Geggan who is fouled by SPittal. Free kick Pars in their own half, Geggan to take. Edjen out to Durnam over to Dixon on the near side wing. In to Andreu out wide to Durnam. Talbot takes it off him but its now to Flood who looked like he had been elbowed in the face in our box but in fact the ref decided he had slipped or dived. No card though. High ball down to the head of Toshney. In to Flood and out wide to Geggan who cant catch it. SHould have been a United throw in from this angle but given to the pars. Geggan to a running Clark to the United 18 yard line but Bell there first. He lumps it long to the halfway line. Talbot down to Moff, on to Flood and he gets it past MOrris but Murdoch saves on his shot from 20 yards out. From the left its a right footed low cross, blocked by Talbot at the left post, and Herron lets it oer the byline for another united corner. Flood takes, headed clear by Talbot and its down field to Bell. Still snowing although it looks more sleety now. In to the middle for Fraser and his pass is out wide to Spittal. Cross to the pars box played out wide and over this time to the head of Talbot then to Ash. First corner of the game to United. Murdoch to take. Long to the head of Mikkelsen. On to Edjen and wide for Der Struijk who by the time I type his name oot there`s been a foul on Nat. Free kick Pars in their own half. Geggan to Herron, saway to Nat who does great and back to Herron. McMullan cant keep it in at the byline and it`s to Bell for a clearance. There is a wee bit breeze but no that much lol HIggy takes and it`s wayyyy past the right hand post. Re-start and its the pars with Moff to McMullan, sorry for the bad spelling earlier I got carried away with the excitement! Toshney is there and thankfully Cammy Bell is now up on his feet. He is up walking about. His physio is helping him and he is now sitting up. I think it was his neck and head that got the most of the clash but I think it was one of his own players that caught him at the right hand post. Cammy Bell has been injured in the pars goal and is currently getting assistance on the pitch. It looks serious to be honest as he is not moving. HERRON the scorer after a cracking pass by McMullan. PARS 1 - 1 DUNDEE UNITED Higgy plays it short to Nat, cross by MNcMullan and it;s in the net Long hoof from Bell to Talbot. High ball to Moff, fouled by Durnam. Free kick Pars 40 yards out on the right hand side. Free kick Pars. Morris not paying attention there as he puts the ball out wide because of the attention by Spittal. Down to Herron, now to Flood and he is on his own noone near him. He hoofs it long to the pars end only for Murdoch to return it. Down to the head of TOshney now to McMullan 18 yard box takes on the united defence, doesnt win, and its long to MOrris up the other end then on to Murdoch, Played up to Murdoch. He goes long to the left for Higgy and out for a United throw in at the NE. Foul centre of the pitch, free kick Pars.,Couldnt see what it was. Higgy to Clark, taken off him by Durnam and away out for a pars throw in at the NW. I cant feel my feet never mind my fingers. Murdoch long to the halfway line and out of play. United throw in at the NE. Jeez that was close. We have quite a number of United fans in hospitality today... Re-start and its into the middle for Andreu, long to the pars half turns does well with Talbot crosed in by Flood but its behind for a goal kick to the pars. An easy taken goal by Andreu, from around 35 yards out passed our defence who and Murdoch. Andru takes a shot and its in the net. Geggan to McMullan but behind to Edjen whilst his hoof lands at Mikkelsen who is fouled by Morris 45 yards out. Taken quickly and goes nowhere. Murdoch hoofs it long to the head of Toshney, down to Flood and then to Der Struijk. A good sliding tackle by Ash goes astray and a cross to the pars goal is nowhere near. McMullan is held back as he runs for the spare but ref ignores. Flood upended Ash and its a free kick for the pars in their own half. Long hoof to the head of Morris. Out to Dixon, in to Flood and on to Toshney, Back to Dixon forward only as far as MOrris but its on to Murdoch. Nat is fouled by Durnan. Free kick Pars. Talbot to take from inside our half. Taken quickly and way too far for Moff to pick up further down the wing to the united half. On to Bell. Talbot throw in. Long to Higgy but over his head. Picked up by Durnan. Down to the chest of Toshney and out wide to Dixon. Pars throw in at the NE. United put the ball out of play for a pars throw in and its Geggan to McMullan then to Clark then over to Higgy. Out wide on the right hand side. Nat through to Flood, stopped and its into the middle for Fraser. Taken over by Flood again and its out wide headed down by Morris and away by Mcmullan. Edjen plays it short to Toshneyand into the middel for some good play by Flood. Out wide for Der Struijk but tackled well by Herron on his own crosses to Moff and his shot is saved at close range with a one on one with Bell. McMullan crosses to the box, defended well and out to Talbot. Herron to Ash then to Morris. He humps it high to Higgy, missed, and United forward to Talbot. Out on the wing and Moffat slips and it`s out for a United throw in their half. Higgy takes, long to the head of Mikkelsen, back to Higgy, but away to United who now have a free kick in their half. Taken quickly, its dwon to Talbot then to Nat and he deals with the Arab front men well. Herron takes, to Morris, goes past him but down to McMullan. In the middel for Spittal away to McMullan and then to Morris but it`s Herron who is upended this time , in a terrible foul by Edjen who is yellow carded. Herron limping but up on his feet. Bell hoofs it long. Dundee United throw in at the NW. Down to Flood, and a curling shot by Dixon again is too wide and Talbot defends. Goes long to the right hand side and out for a pars throw in. Ball played on to the head off Moff, from Morris and in to the middel for Dixon. He takes on Geggan who lets him past but his curling shot on goal is saved by Murdoch who clashes with Ash at the left hand post. Both ok. Cammy in a racing green ensemble whilst neon yellae Murdoch is up the other end. Taken quickly and gone backwards by Dundee united. Forward again this time to Toshney and the spare goes to Cammy Bell. AWAY WE GO! The visitors win the toss and kick off this half facing towards the NMC stand. Both teams head out for this match and starting with the visitors Dundee United, they are in tango orange top, shorts and socks. Hospitality is mighty busy today. If it hadn`t have been raining before the snow came along I think this game would have been a goner, as it`s now heavier than it was earlier. A special presentation to Joe Cardle took place on the byline with his 200th appearance for the Pars. Presented by Ross McArthur. Should I tempt fate and say nae penalties please? I`ve got Tam (the kisser in the wooly hat) McManus and Brian (the fit controller) McLaughlin next to me today from the BBC. The Dundee United fans have made their way doon the foggy road and are housed in the Cowden end for this game. The Norrie, NW and Main Stand are filling up nicely with home fans. Good afternoon from a very dreich and snowy East End Park for today`s SPFL Championship fixture between Dunfermline Athletic and Dundee United. |