Club Academy Scotland

U18 Elite League

Friday 9th August 2024

Kick Off 15.00 On Time!

Queen’s Park U18 3 Motherwell U18 1, attendance 68

26’ 1-0 (pen)

49’ 1-1

75’ 2-1

89’ 3-1

@ Lochinch Sports Pavilion, 3G Pitch

Pollok Country Park

Dumbreck Road

Bellahouston

Glasgow

G41 4SN

No Admission or Programme.

The Lochinch Sports Pavilion, a former police sports ground, is a new training base for Queen’s Park, located within Pollok Country Park. Today’s game was played on the 3G pitch immediately in front of the clubhouse/changing room building (there are also grass pitches here). It is fully railed off and unusually, has three dugouts (24 seats ) situated either side of the halfway line. In front of the clubhouse are some raised steps, but the view is slightly obscured from here. Although there is access around the full pitch, all spectators remained on the clubhouse side. A phone call to the home club this morning confirmed venue and kick off time and no problem gaining access to watch.

It was very windy, which didn’t help the game as a spectacle, as the pitch is very exposed to the elements and having started off in under blue skies, the rain finally arrived with about five minutes left. The only goal of the first half was a penalty for the hosts. Motherwell levelled four minutes into the second half, riding two tackles before beating the ‘keeper with a shot into the far corner. Queen’s Park went back in front with fifteen minutes left, when a ball pulled back across the box was finished into the roof of the net from six yards and they made the game safe in the dying minutes, finishing with a first time shot into the bottom corner after a misplaced back pass was intercepted on the edge of the D.