Video thanks to Mark Donnelly
FT Talbot 1 Pollok 2 – A brace from Gary McCann hands the Lok three points to finish the league campaign
Second Half is underway
HT Auchinleck Talbot 1 Pollok 2
31′ 1-2. The Lok re-take the lead through Gary McCann!
18′ 1-1. Talbot equalise through Gordon Pope.
9′: 0-1. Gary McCann makes it 1-0 to Lok
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Match action from Mark Donnelly
FT Hurlford 3 Pollok 3 . The Lok come from behind three times to get a point
GOAL! Hurlford 3 Pollok 3 (Rowan 86)
Goal. Hurlford 3 Pollok 2
GOAL! Hurlford 2 Pollok 2 (G.McCann 52)
HT Hurlford 2 Pollok 1
Goal. Hurlford 2 Pollok 1
GOAL! Hurlford 1 Pollok 1 (McCluskey 28)
Goal. Hurlford 1 Pollok 0
KO
Admission: ?6 adults, ?3 concessions.
Previous Meeting: Pollok 2 Hurlford Utd 0 (McBookie Super Premier, 10/03/18)
Directions to?Blair Park, Hurlford
Road
Sat Nav ??KA1 5BN – Blair Road
Match officials
Referee: Garry Doherty
AR1: David Milton
AR2: David White
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Saturday saw Kirkintilloch Rob Roy visit Newlandsfield, where Gary Carroll?s 18th?minute penalty was cancelled out by McCluskey just prior to the half hour. Two quick goals early in the second half, Gary McCulloch putting through his own net before Adam Forde tapped in number three, gave Pollok the advantage.
Congratulations to Mark Sideserf for making his 100th competitive appearance for Pollok.
Admission: ?6 adults, ?3 concessions. Members enter via members gate.
Previous Meeting: KRR 1 Pollok 1 (16th September 2017 – McBookie Super Premier League)
Match Sponsor: We are delighted to welcome ?lok legend Ally Marshall as today?s match sponsor
Refreshments and Bar:?Fans are welcome in Loks Bar both prior to kick off and then after the match. Fans at the match are well catered for with the Pollok Pie Hut serving a wide range of hot and cold snacks.
Team board & Raffle: The ever popular Pollok team board is ?2 to enter for the chance to win ?100. Officials will be selling ?teams? outside the pavilion before kick off until the board fills up! The winner will be drawn post match in Loks Bar & Kitchen. Also, look out for our raffle ticket sellers at the entrances. ?1 a ticket for a chance to win from a selection of wines and spirits. Winners announced at half time.
Player of the Year 2017-18 – Tickets for this years POTY night will be on sale at the match. More details here.
Match officials
Referee: Connor Ashwood
AR1: David Dunne
AR2: Rodney Marshall
Report by Mark DONNELLY
Pollok went nap on Saturday as they returned from Girvan?s Hamilton Park with all three points courtesy of a 5-0 win.?Some nice interplay between ?Lok?s attacking triumvirate of Stefan McCluskey, Adam Forde and Stuart McCann saw the latter put his side in the lead in the 19th minute. The same player made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute rising highest to send a downward header into the net from a Forde corner.
Forde?s flag-kicks caused the home rearguard problems all afternoon, and it was from another that the visitors netted their third, McCluskey guiding the ball home with the merest of touches. Forde deservedly got his name on the scoresheet after unselfish play from Stuart McCann, who, despite being on a hat-trick, squared to his better placed partner for a tap-in. The scoring was completed by the impressive Forde when he ran on to a through ball, rounded the goalkeeper and rolled to ball into the empty net from an acute angle.
Admission:??6 adults, ?3 concessions.
Previous Meeting:?Pollok 2 Girvan 2?(9th Sept 2017 ? McBookie West Super Premier)
Match officials
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
AR1: Fraser Cameron
AR2: Elliot Walker
Directions to Hamilton Park, Girvan
Road
Sat Nav ??KA26 9HF, Vicarton Street
Travelling South on the M77/A77 from Glasgow you will reach a roundabout at Girvan. Take the 2nd exit and Hamilton Park is on the left just before the railway bridge.
Rail
Scotrail run services from Glasgow Central to Girvan requiring a change at Ayr. The train station is next door to Hamilton Park. Check up to date train times on the?Scotrail?website
Att: 620
Match report by Christopher Dodds
Tony McInally slammed his side’s defending in the final minutes as Pollok surrendered a two goal lead in the final 10 minutes against Beith, saying that ?We sat back too much and they punished us for it – we need to be better than that. We were the better side over 85 minutes.?
Stefan McCluskey drove into the box inside the first 10 minutes and was felled by an outstretched leg from the Beith defender, however whistler Steven Graham waved away the Lok protests. McCluskey again had a chance just before half an hour after being played through by the ever-present Bryan Young, who fed the attacker in the left hand side of the box with a floated ball from the right. McCluskey fired low to the left, forcing a magnificent save from Beith keeper Stephen Grindlay.
A second half penalty from BRYAN WHARTON broke the deadlock after Darren Christie bundled the lively McCluskey down in the area on the hour mark and a fierce STUART MCCANN strike had Lok up 2-0 and looking rosey.
However a Grant Evans red card, his third in three games against Beith, proved to be the spark in a Beith revival with goals with a DARREN CHRISTIE screamer from the edge of the box after taking on a host of Pollok defenders, finding space on the edge of the box and firing into the top left corner a last second PAUL FRIZE equaliser, a scrappy finish with 17 men in the Lok box, sent the North Ayrshire men home with a share of the spoils.
Admission: ?6 adults, ?3 concessions. Members enter via members gate.
Previous Meeting: Beith 2 Pollok 3 (League, 21/10/2017)
We would like to remind all Pollok and Beith supporters that absolutely NO alcohol is permitted inside Newlandsfield Park under any circumstances.
All supporters are cordially requested to comply fully with this, as neither club is responsible for any expense or disappointment resulting from attempts to ignore it.
Match Sponsor: Refreshments and Bar:?Fans are welcome in Loks Bar both prior to kick off and then after the match. Fans at the match are well catered for with the Pollok Pie Hut serving a wide range of hot and cold snacks.
Team board & Raffle: The ever popular Pollok team board is ?2 to enter for the chance to win ?100. Officials will be selling ?teams? outside the pavilion before kick off until the board fills up! The winner will be drawn post match in Loks Bar & Kitchen. Also, look out for our raffle ticket sellers at the entrances. ?1 a ticket for a chance to win from a selection of wines and spirits. Winners announced at half time.
Easter Foodbank Collection: Donations can be made to the Glasgow South West foodbank at this game – more info here
Match officials
Referee: Stephen Graham
AR1: Chris Hughes
AR2: Matthew Denne
Att: 630
Pollok 2-1 Kilwinning Rangers
West of Scotland Superleague
Newlandsfield Park, Saturday 31st March 2018
Report by Mark DONNELLY
Photos by Ross MacDonald
Pollok made it six points out of six against Kilwinning Rangers this season with a 2-1 victory over the league leaders at Newlandsfield Park. The visitors got off to the best possible start by taking a 3rd minute lead. The ?Lok rearguard failed to deal with Carlo Monti?s free-kick, allowing Craig Pettigrew to finish crisply. Pettigrew then kept his side in front, getting his body in the way to block Stuart McCann?s shot on the goal-line after the ball rebounded to him off the crossbar.
The homesters restored parity in the 33rd minute with a top quality strike. Stuart McCann nodded down to his strike partner Adam Forde, his emphatic first-time effort sailing over the helpless Adam Strain in the Buffs? goal. The scoring was completed in the 47th minute, Strain spilled a Ryan McGregor volley into the path of Bryan Young to net from close range.
Kilwinning came close to equalising twice during the second period, hitting the woodwork, before ex-?Lok midfielder Findlay Frye?s stoppage time challenge on Young was deemed worthy of a straight red card by arbiter Stephen Brown.
Att: 630
Footage courtesy of Mark Donnelly
Previous Meeting: Kilwinning Rangers 1 Pollok 2 ?(02/09/2017, McBookie Super Premier League)
Refreshments and Bar: Fans are welcome nextdoor at Loks Bar prior to kick off and after the match. Fans at the match are well catered for with the Pollok Pie Hut and Tortilla Grill van serving a wide range of hot and cold snacks.
Team board & Raffle: The ever popular Pollok team board is ?2 to enter for the chance to win ?100. Officials will be selling ?teams? outside the pavilion before kick off until the board fills up! The winner will be drawn post match in Loks Bar & Kitchen. Also, look out for our raffle ticket sellers at the entrances. ?1 a ticket for a chance to win from a selection of wines and spirits. Winners announced at half time.
Easter Foodbank Collection: Donations can be made to the Glasgow South West foodbank at this game – more info here
Match officials
Referee: Stephen Brown
AR1: Ross Clark
AR2: Andrew Bryson
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Att: 655
Unfortunately no match report is available from this game.
Full-time: 1-1
Cumnock level from the spot through PAUL BURNS (1-1)
Lok go ahead through DEREK HEPBURN (1-0)
Half-time: 0-0
McKenna booked for Cumnock
Anson booked for the visitors
Kick off
Jordan Brown makes his Lok debut.
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Admission: ?6 adults, ?3 concessions. Members enter via members gate.
Previous Meeting: Cumnock 1 Pollok 0 (McBookie.com Super League Premier Division 26/08/2017)
Match Sponsor: Carolside Sports Club
Refreshments and Bar:?Loks host a wedding this weekend so the public bar may be busy with guests but if weather is fine, the beer garden will be open. Fans at the match are well catered for with the Pollok Pie Hut serving a wide range of hot and cold snacks.
Team board & Raffle: The ever popular Pollok team board is ?2 to enter for the chance to win ?100. Officials will be selling ?teams? outside the pavilion before kick off until the board fills up! The winner will be drawn post match in Loks Bar & Kitchen. Also, look out for our raffle ticket sellers at the entrances. ?1 a ticket for a chance to win from a selection of wines and spirits. Winners announced at half time.
Easter Foodbank Collection: Donations can be made to the Glasgow South West foodbank at this game – more info here
Match officials
Referee: Ryan Oliver
AR1: Steven McKay
AR2: Robert Slesser
Girvan
