GLENROTHES v MONTROSE ROSELEA
MCBOOKIE.COM EAST PREMIER LEAGUE
SAT MAY 9TH 2015

 

Roselea travel to the Warout Stadium to face Glenrothes in the first of three away games to finish the season. The home side are in deep relegation troubles although a welcome midweek win over Edinburgh Utd hoisted them out of the bottom three. With Forfar West End a point behind with 5 games in the hand, Glenrothes had to win their last two games to have any chance. The Warout Stadium has not been a happy hunting ground for Roselea over the years with their last victory bring in 2006.

 

Roselea are without the suspended Calum Watson who will miss the next two games having reached the 18 pt threshold and a couple of other players are carrying knocks.Roselea were without Calum Watson who had reached the 18pt booking limit and would miss two games.Kyle Findlater also sat out through injury. Craig Taylor slotted in at right back as a Trialist.

 

Roselea: Mcleod, C Taylor, R Taylor,Reoch, Whyte, Rae, Anderson, Smith, Cruickshank, Collier & Greig. Subs: Campbell, Reid, Thomson, Mitchell & Tringham.

 

Glenrothes opened the brighter of the two teams and in the opening 5 minutes Napier hit the side netting then sclaffed a great opportunity to open the scoring from a cut back.

 

Greig should have opened Roselea’s account in 15 minutes when a long ball caught out the Glenrothes rearguard and his lobbed effort went over the keeper but also just over the bar as well.

 

Calum Rae cut inside and hit a decent low shot from 25 yards but home keeper Gay held well.

 

Roselea were under pressure 5 minutes later and Anderson did well to track back and clear a Martin cutback out for a corner then Ryan Taylor headed clear just missing the upright. From the next corner Anderson flicked on the ball and it struck the near post giving Roselea a real scare.

 

Both teams were trying to get their noses in front and Collier did well to hold the ball up from a corner but his shot was blocked then Forbes went close for Glenrothes shotting just over in the final minute of the half.

 

Half Time: Glenrothes 0 Montrose Roselea 0

 

Glenrothes looked more likely to score and Napier headed into the side netting from a header. They did open the scoring in the 54^th minute with the main threat John MARTIN scoring. He was allowed far too much room and his final shot took a big deflection to loop over Mcleod and into the net.

 

Martin should have made it two nil 62 minutes when again he was provided with far too much room and somehow managed to shoot wildly over the bar when he had gobe round Mcleod with an open goal provided to him.

 

Roselea were the creators of their own downfall and when Mcleod raced out to clear he only found Napier who again had an open goal and somehow managed to strike the ball of the post.

 

Roselea made two changes with Tringham & Reid replacing Collier & Smith.

 

Craig Taylor almost caught out Gay in the Glenrothes goal when his deep cross dipped just over the bar with the keeper scarmbling.

 

The referee was making some very questionable decisions and in 68 minutes he virtually ended Roselea’s day with a very harsh red card for Paul Whyte who was adjudged to be last man when he brought down Martin in a wide position. The referee also seemed to ignore the fact that Martin pushed his head into Whyte as he left the field.

 

Roselea were down but not out and Tringham had a bullet header turned round the post in 72 minutes. That was to be Roselea’s turning point as a minute later Reid was felled in the box for a sure fire penalty which was not given then as the ball was sent to the other end Mcleod was rash and brought down Forbes for a penalty. After some deliberation about where the ball should be on the spot FORBES composed himself and struck a firm penalty home.

 

Roselea needed to get something back but the clock was against them. As they pushed forward there was always going to be gaps with three men at the back and long ball to GRIFFIN caught Mcleod in no mans land allowing the player to the roll the ball into the empty net in 81 minutes.

 

Reid almost got one back for Roselea in 84 minutes when he latched onto a Tringham flick on but Gay in the home goal reacted quickly and came out to smother.

 

Glenrothes could have scored more goals than their three and Forbes was King sinner with a terrible miss from 5 yards out with an open goal staring him in the face.

 

Full Time: Glenrothes 3 Montrose Roselea 0

 

After a very balanced first half it was far too easy for Glenrothes in the second half. Aided by some very poor refereeing decisions the home side were far hungrier than a very flat Roselea in the second half. The sending off was very harsh and on three occasions the striker Martin had squared up to Roselea players without being cautioned. That said the home side deserved their victory which could have been by a wider margin.

 

It is looking more likely that Roselea will remain in the Premier League although it is not mathematically secure yet. They dropped another place to 9^th in the League. With two teams unable to match Roselea’s points tally of 39 and another three sides only able to surpass that by two it would be highly unlikely that they will go down.

 

Roselea have two games remaining, both away from home starting with Broughty Athletic at Whitton Park on Sat May 16^th KO 2.30pm and then at Edinburgh Utd on a date to be advised. The Edinburgh side have 6 games remaining so it could take a few weeks for the season to finish.

 

 

 

 

Roselea are without the suspended Calum Watson who will miss the next two games having reached the 18 pt threshold and a couple of other players are carrying knocks.