Queens Park 1-2 'Well

Despite Hammell, Kinniburgh, McBride, Fitzpatrick and Corrigan
all being unavailable for selection, Terry opted to start with a strong 
team for the sun-drenched encounter.
 
It didn't take long for the SPL stars to get going as Stevie Craigan 
rattled the face of the crossbar with a header inside the first two 
minutes. This was quickly followed by a bad miss by Jim Hamilton,
as he dragged his shot past the 'keeper’s right hand post from the 
corner of the six-yard box.
 
Skippy was on the scoresheet again
He made amends after eleven minutes when Skippy was 
tumbled at the edge of the box. 
The referee pointed to the spot to 
award hat can only be described as 
a soft penalty and Foran stepped 
up to send the goalie the wrong way 
to open the scoring.
 
The reply from the 'home' side was 
instant as a poor headed clearance 
from Partridge landed perfectly for 
a Queens’ striker to wonderfully 
volley home from the corner of the
 18-yard box. 
 
Ten minutes later, Skippy sent a 
header over  the bar when gifted a 
free header from the penalty spot, 
but he was soon on the scoresheet.  
He controlled a chipped pass from 
Craigan to turn and smash home what turned out to be the winning goal 
into the bottom corner of the net.
 
Jim Hamilton saw a header well saved by the goalie just before 
half time and that was to be the last action before Butcher 
introduced wholesale changes at the interval.





 








Graeme Smith was introduced to the 'Well fans for the second 
half and his first contribution wasto send the ball sailing into 
the car park with a sclaffed clearance. Other than that, he was 
largely untroubled and put in a fully competent shift. 
 
Ten minutes into the second half, Brian Kerr forced a strong
save from the goalkeeper after an excellent move involving 
Clarkson, Fagan and Smith. 
 
Clarkson was at the centre of everything in the second half 
and sent Kenny Wright clear moments later to force yet 
another save out of the busy home keeper. His excellent 
performance was almost marked with a goal midway through
the second half as a series of twists and turns on the edge
 of the box led to a curling shot grazing the post. Clarkson 
was again in the thick of the action as he appeared to be 
chopped down in the box only for the appeals to be waved 
away by the man in the middle.
 
The young team clearly had a point to prove and continued to 
press, leading to Fagan volleying over on the eighty minute 
mark when it seemed easier to score.
 
All in all, Terry will be happy with the overall professionalism 
of the performance and will face some tough choices for next
season if Clarkson and the rest of the kids continue to impress. 
Next up, Southampton at Fir Park on Tuesday.