MONTROSE ROSELEA v COUPAR ANGUS

McBOOKIE.COM EAST REGION NORTH DIVISION

SAT OCT 15^th 2011

 

Roselea were back in the hunt for League points against lowly Coupar Angus. The home team were buoyed by the 3-0 win over one of the title favourites Dundee North End although they had been brought down to earth after the 3-1 loss to Johnshaven in Monday’s friendly.

 

Roselea had pretty much a full squad with holidaying Colin Kennedy missing and Ross Colquhoun passed a pre match fitness test to take his place in the starting line up.

 

Roselea: Mcleod, Colquhoun, Whyte, Reoch, R Taylor, Urquhart, Rae, Anderson, Riach, Collier & Fletcher. Subs: Rodger, Hood, Aitken, P Taylor, Mustard & Brand

 

Roselea who were expected to be on top wasted no time in pressing Coupar Angus in the 2^nd minute. Riach crossed to Fletcher who swivelled at the near post before finding Collier and his shot was turned behind by Ewen who was in for a busy day. From the corner Whyte won his header and the ball fell to Urquhart who had his shot cleared off the line.

 

Roselea spent the opening 20 minutes on top with Coupar Angus only breaking at times without penetrating the Roselea defence.

 

The next chance didn’t materialise until the 22^nd minute when Rae wasted his chance by hitting the ball wide when he had time to take a touch.

 

With Roselea pressing there was always a chance that Coupar Angus may hit them on the break and in 28 minutes Lamb broke away on the right with Roselea looking for offside and his cross was narrowly missed by McBride in the middle. This was a big let off for the home side.

 

Roselea had their next chance in 33 when Urquhart was sent down the right with a quick throw in and his cross was about to be volleyed home by Collier when Townsley got a touch to intercept the ball.

 

Scott Riach had a chance for Roselea in 40 minutes when he met an Urquhart cross but did not get enough on the ball and it was cleared for a corner.

 

Urquhart had a great chance to break the deadlock when Colquhoun sent him away on the right and his pace left him with the keeper to beat but his low shot went just wide of the post.

 

Roselea finally got the goal that their play merited right on half time The outstanding Urquhart made a run from deep inside his own half before sending Calum Rae away on the right and his perfectly squared ball found FLETCHER on the six yard box and he made no mistake from 6 yards out.

 

Half Time: Roselea 1 Coupar Angus 0

 

Roselea had made hard work of the first half and would need at least one more goal to make the points secure. They started the second half well and the first chance fell to Collier when his shot inside the box was tipped over by Ewen for a corner.

 

Fletcher then had a great chance to double the home sides lead when his well timed run saw him beat the offside and he elected to try and round the keeper who did well to save at his feet.

 

Roselea were well on top and they had a further two chances in 57 & 58 minutes. First Fletcher turned well in the box and found Rae who had his shot blocked then Urquhart chipped the ball into Collier who tried to curl the ball into the corner but was just wide.

 

Roselea’s pressure finally paid off when they doubled their lead in the 60^th minute. Urquhart drives forward and draws the Coupar Angus defence out before squaring to the open FLETCHER who sent his shot into the top right corner of the net.

 

In 63 minutes Roselea had a big claim for a penalty when Fletcher again latched on to a long ball and appeared to be tripped when he was away to shoot but nothing was given.

 

Roselea added to their lead in 65 minutes when COLLIER broke on the left and steered the ball into the corner of the net.

 

Mustard replaced Colquhoun on 68 minutes.

 

COLLIER grabbed a second after good pressure by himself and Sean Mustard saw a bad pass back to the keeper being intercepted and the striker steadied himself before shooting home from close range.

 

COLLIER made it a 8 minute hat trick with his third and Roselea’s fifth in 73 minutes when he lobbed the keeper from 8 yards out after another mistake from Coupar Angus.

 

Hood then replaced Collier a minute later.

 

In 83 minutes REOCH went on a strong run from the half way line and decided to keep going all the way into the box and finished well from 10 yards out.

 

Rodger then replaced Riach in 85 minutes.

 

FLETCHER then brought proceedings to an end with the goal of the day right on full time just as he had done in the first half. Roselea won a free kick 25 yards out and his free kick found the top right hand corner to complete his first hat trick for the club.

Final Score: Roselea 7 Coupar Angus 0

 

This was another impressive display by the home side who have now scored 15 in three games without reply. Coupar Angus made things difficult in the first half and should have taken the lead before Roselea scored. Whether the scoreline was down to a collapse from the visitors or down to the play of the home side was debatable however the quality of the finishing and goals were top notch. It was a great team performance with Bob Urquharts pace giving Coupar Angus all sorts of problems and Paul Whyte was back to his best at the back.

 

Roselea now face the same side away next week in a back to back League fixture. Things could be made more difficult though on the tight Foxhall Park pitch. The Kick Off is at 2.30pm