Cupar Eagles victorious
The waiting is finally over
Yes Cupar Eagles finally got that first win of the season in spectacular fashion. Cabana Utd were the opponnents and turned up with a vociferous backing from their own support behind the goals. They looked assured and quietly confident within themselves before kick-off thinking the Eagles would give a bit of stubborn resistence but the realisation being they would turn us over with a bit to spare given our rather paltry points total.
This is the Cupar Eagles line-up that faced Cabana Utd Monday August 28
1. Walter the Fridge
2. Ally the Rock
3. John the Captain
4. Tommy the Powerhouse
5. Andrew the Wippet
6. Craig Scholsey
Subs:
7. Harry the Cat
8. Colin Oggy
On the face of things this line-up didn't look particularly strong. Our new signings the McGregors were absent through injury but we were bolstered by the return of the Rock in Ally Syme. After a tactical and motivational speech from myself and John (the management team) we were ready.
5 mins in the game Scholsey scores to put the Eagles 1 up after a delightful through ball from Capatain John. Another great start but we tend to score first these days and then be soundly beaten by the finish.
7 mins and Cabana equalise the Rock dithered in defence and although the Fridge tried valiently to rescue the situation we paid the price 1-1
12 mins Eagles back in front this time an exquisite finish from out top marksman Scholsey his 6th this season
15 mins Another equaliser sloppy defending to blame
17 mins Eagles restore their advantage with another well taken goal from Scholsey
Half-time: Cabana 2 Eagles 3
Into the second half and with the talk at half time about defending tightly it fell on deaf ears as the Rock was caught out again and its back to square 1 at 3 a piece
27 mins A magnificent counter attacking move leads to us having the lead once again at 4-3 Scholsey finishes of a move that even the mighty Palace would be proud of.
33 mins and its back in the balance Cabana take advantage of tired legs to level it for the fourth time.
As we moved to the close of the match and with tiredness now playing a part. We could have brought fresh legs on with Oggy and the Cat eagerly awaiting their introduction but I decided to leave it be in the belief that it would disrupt our rhythm. This was to prove the masterstroke as with our 6 players performing at unprecedented levels in their Cupar Eagles career with possibly the Rock being the week link in the chain we finished of with with a glorious winner (Scholsey again) with only a minute to go. With perfection last ditch tackles by myself to deny 2 goal scoring opportunities we hung on as full time whistle went amidst ecstatic scenes of celebration in the realisation that we had done it. After a long journey with morale sometimes at a alarmingly low ebb this made it all worthwhile. The Cupar Eagles had conquered their Everest. With 5 goals man of the match without question was given to Scholsey who was given a perfect 10 by two of his team mates for the award within our post match analysis.
Final Score: Cabana Utd 4 Cupar Eagles 5
Goalscorers: Scholsey 5
Now bring on the Splorintina next Monday!
The Cupar Eagles are back!
