Our first teams each took a predictably heavy defeat on Saturday. The girls lost 5-1 in Dundee to Grove Menzieshill while the boys were beaten by the same scoreline at Glasgow Green against Kelburne. While neither result is ideal, each team still holds their play-off chances in their own hands. Should the women beat Watsonians in their last league game they will finish fourth; should the men beat Inverleith in their last league game they will finish third. There is now a break in the national league programme while junior international games are played before the last league fixtures take place on 11th April.
Congratulations to our Men's 2nd Team who came through what sounded like a pretty poor game against Anchor yesterday to secure their place in next month's District Plate final. Barry Kane and Bob Young scored Western's goals in a 2-0 win.
The Men's 3s kept up their barely credible winning streak with a 4-0 victory over Kelburne 3s at Auchenhowie. Western went 1-0 up early on after Alastair Scott scored following a good move. However, the game was effectively finished as a contest when Kelburne had a player red-carded for persistent dissent ten minutes before half time. Despite dominating possession it took the home side a long time to break the visitors down until more good play allowed Kris Kane in to chip the goalkeeper. Two short corner strikes for Scott towards the end of the game rounded things off.
The 4s' good form continued with a 7-0 drubbing of EK/Avondale. Fraser Moran, Rory McDiarmid and Euan Cowan each got two goals while Andrew McConnell pitched in with a single. Western look increasingly good for third place which would be an excellent achievement for what is effectively an U16 team playing in a men's league.
The 5s were 1-0 up through captain Calum Beedie but conceded a late equaliser so their game against Hillhead 6s finished 1-1.
The Women's 3rd Team lost 2-1 at home to Hillhead.