Highlights | Spartans 0-0 Stranraer, 13 April 2024

The Blues earn a vital point with a much improved performance in the capital.

Commentary by Laurence Nelson and Brian Martin.

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good afternoon and welcome to Insley
park for the S two League match between
Spartans and strar I’m Lawrence Nelson
sitting alongside me in the anley park
stand is Brian Martin man in the camera
this afternoon is George Frank Brian uh
fair to say the weather’s come down
slightly was I’m morning soon at 2:00
yeah the game was in danger I think at
2:00 law but H it’s a we bit better now
it’s still a bit Gusty wind and we bit
rain but it’s a be bit better Brian do
you want to bring us the star Lan up for
this one yep okay in goals for Star 13
Le bakis three is Kam Williamson five
kig gross six Chris McQueen seven Ben
arm returning to the starting lineup
eight Grant gaker 14 Dean Hawk Shaw
alling 16 Dylan Forest 22 sha mintos 23
Marty Grant and 24 D Lang subke keeper
is Andre Downey nine Thomas or 11 James
DOL who dropped to the bench 17 aen
Martin 18 Kyle flaming 19 Fon and 21 is
Mari Miller so as you see in comes Dean
Hawkshaw and Ben armor out goes the
injured Scott Robertson and out to the
bench goes James Dolan might have been a
bit smoking MERS from the club this week
over Dylan Forest everybody seemed to
think he was missing and lo behold he’s
in the lineup’s a bit of Hoke K La know
he’s in he’s out he’s in so K over the
Spartans lineup they drew two all at
Elan last week and they’ve got the
luxury of a completely CH unchanged
lineup up in goals number one Blair
Carwell two Kieran Watson three Callum
boo nine Blair Henderson 11 Camy Russell
15 eron sonker 16 Mark mcnalty 26 ree
Armstrong 28 James kraan 33 Bradley
white and 44 Paul Watson on the Spartans
bench this afternoon subke keeper number
12 Adam Meek seven Jamie dishington 10
Shawn Brown 14 Danny denim 18 Josh Lang
20 Sam Newman and 23 Robbie Thompson in
the middle Greg Sut we last saw him up
at Peter head back in November when I
think he sent Scott Robertson off in the
tunn yeah after the
game in comes the throw
in L across the box and that needs a
head underneath it from the spart
Defender and sunker again again every
time they’re lifting a you tried to
clear that and it blew back over the
line for a corner struggling to clear
the lines right at the
ear do yet Corner goes in as a home
player gets a header on it McIntosh
turns plays it back across the Box Ross
is under it comes to Hawkshaw Hawkshaw
gets a shot which I think was a shot on
Target and Blair car will down alertly
to grab that one at the near
post Spartans now getting a foothold in
this one Bri just you know just not get
their foot in the ball when when they
get the chance you know just to got get
a feel of the
game that goes long from Carswell
Henderson’s away with the ball too
strong for his and that’s a lovely
football gamy Russell and a great save
yeah he goes on
side ball fromon to Russell and S didn’t
track the Run we’ve had that before this
seon Bradley white now will send it to
the left I think that will be Callum Bo
y right into Russell Spartans get The
Passing going just in front of sh box
well cut out chance to run
it great work by Dar L gets it away to
Matty Grant lovely pass Grant on Bradley
white GRS in the Box he’s still going
and the ball breaks to Ben and Lang sh
for a penalty actually that was a real
shout for a penalty there the game
played on AR was brought down Dar long
shot
blocked definitely shout for
a ain’t going to give it now though if
he no no it’s not giv it no but but
Lang’s shot was on Target and Carwell
does well i’ like to see that in again
laws big chance for St right
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off it actually rolled back onto the
pitch there James craan struggling yeah
and Jamie dishington will come on to
replace
him It’s Bradley white and he plays it
about to Castle who launches it now mnti
looks
offside o linesman’s got that one wrong
mnal though plays it in and doesn’t make
a great job of
it absolute dive oh dear that was a
clear Dive by Camy Russell and it looks
if he’s called the
referee Armstrong lifts that right at
the danger area and it’s head over and
bl Henderson can control that one at the
back
post gaker again tries to pick out kamy
Williamson well done do well Darren Lang
gets it back to Camy
Williamson Matti Grant goes off and
Chase with sunker after him
gaker gaker hits it and spins way to the
far post what a go yeah I mean I thought
he might had a pop there I think that
was a pop you think so think the wind
just caugh
it here’s MTI plays it forward it falls
for Grant Gall although Bradley white
chasing him yeah sorry G does well get
it away to M toos that’s it it’s player
slipping and SL the surface isn’t I
think anytime you try and change
direction that short
notice looked a foul referee says no
breaks plays it across the
middle got to get a shot away
could took too long to think about that
one yeah yeah don’t kid yourself it’s
got sunnier it looks lovely but it’s
absolutely Baltic and the wind is
blasting mintos caught by Russell caught
in a bad place don’t don’t go down there
mintos that’s it Russell’s already sh as
he can go down as the sun comes out law
lovely day I’ve just said that that
don’t don’t K yourself
away hope you caught that one George
Goes My Three
qu oh dear I would still eat it to be
honest here Lang that’s a shot and it’s
on Target and well done Darren Lang for
having a dig for about 25 30 yards out
and he keeps it on target it’s another
chance and another chance created out of
nowhere for St that’s it keep the Press
that’s it forc to hit that out now
Hawkshaw armor and Hawkshaw getting each
other’s way there now nice football
Grant Galler tries to get it back in hul
Shaw still in there now here’s armor
back to Dylan Forest out wide to Matty
grant grant will try and get the cross
in it back to gaker gaker lifts it into
Haw show in the box back to gaker comes
across for his hles and
armor
oh he has to score and it’s blocked on
the line byon S he’s got to score
Lawrence Ben armor he’s got to score a
couple of chances to score there first
one blocked second one blocked by oh
dear in fact it was that man soner again
who uh averted the danger for
spart boo nexts about 20 yards takes the
throw in mnal emerges with the ball here
is
Russell Darren Lang just feels to
connect with that now here’s dishington
dishington on Williams
dishington gets the cross in oh and that
is kind of reminiscent of Grant gers
there the
first in the second half
L McIntosh with the
throw mty gr Bradley white comes out
that’s it
keep plays it out gers there to Grant to
McIntosh here’s Dean
Hawkshaw nice interplay Again
by comes out to D
Lang Darren Lang still with the ball has
a drive and again it’s that man I was
going to say s it
wasn’t Callum Bo of a corner good play
again long that first
side sagu
again gako to armor M go back to gako
nice inter passing in front of the
Spartans box Mr this afternoon Darren
Lang back out to Matty Grant over on the
other side Now Grant has a pop and it’s
not far away that’s a now Matty Grant on
the deck Brian
oh Matty Grant is going to be replaced
by James
Dolan P armor coming off Tomar coming
on cly Hulk show
Martin certainly somebody who’s coming
on really good game and it’s Mur Miller
who’s coming on all right he was signed
in the 29th of February Mar Miller this
his first appearance Two to or or’s
first touch ain’t
great oh well done Chris McQueen does
well
though I think he’s definitely out next
week New La absolutely song takes the
free kick and goes it left it’s headed
down by Henderson he gets it back in a
dangerous area that ball was putting a
plate for hit Henderson sard have
cleared it though look at this here and
Tamor was being fouled there that he’s
away with the ball he’s got Mur Miller
in the middle if he can get it
in
Forest oh and angle Brian that look as
if it might just be going in and she’s W
nice build up play tamour does so well
to get away from his marker who I
thought was fouling him actually and he
leaves it on I thought thought it was in
yeah from our angle it looked like a
goal FR Galler sends the free kick into
the box it’s headed down now cuz back
out Forest flashes it bit
ambitious like I said earlier the line
was right it just the height wasn’t now
going James one for James to
chase still in still there
don’t get penties I’m afid to say we
don’t get penalties
now one minute he’s saying one minute
that makes sense we played two one
minute one minute crucial crucial minute
as Booth Nicks a few yards and takes the
throw
in forest does well oh and the sub is
away too much can
Macintosh slipping
Lawrence yeah Henderson just can’t get
there but Bas
can full time brilliant point for Star
it is at the end of the day we were
arguing through the week about whether a
point was good enough or not but if your
opponent lose and you get a draw it’s a
good point I thought it was a fantastic
displ forms everything we did everything
but finish yeah um Arma had a fantastic
chance you know to win it for us but uh
great display I mean it really I mean no
nobody can can argue with the r point
there and and to be fail I think the
fact that their announcer gave the man
of the match there and soer tells you
that it was their defense that he was
impressed by not their forward line but
had one save all day all game I mean
that’s the best played since the bottom
game no doubt about it absolutely so
that brings us nicely on to our next
home game being Darton next Saturday so
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