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Todays Visitors - Pollok
This afternoon Pollok make the short trip through from Glasgow to face Clydebank in this Premier Division clash.
This match was originally scheduled for the opening day of December last year but the fierce winter weather that forced the
cancellation of so many games throughout that month put paid to any chance of the fixture being played in 2012. The Newlandsfield
Park side have completely overturned their faltering start to their league campaign and will be going into this game
confident of taking some points from today’s match. The Lok are the draw specialists in this division this season but their luck
has changed dramatically in recent league matches. They are currently on a decent run of form with four wins, one draw and
one defeat from their last six league outings. Clydebank, on the other hand, are going through a sticky patch and have failed to
score a home goal so far in 2013 after suffering two home defeats this year - as many as the team suffered in the whole of
2012. Bankies form over their last six games sees them record just two wins with one draw and the other three resulting in
defeats.
Pollok began their season in group five of the sectional league cup with Arthurlie, Benburb, Neilston and St Anthony’s providing
the opposition. They kicked off their assault on this trophy with a 5-3 win at Dunterlie Park over arch rivals Arthurlie. Next
time out they could only manage a share of the spoils when St Anthony’s earned a point from a creditable 1-1 draw at Newlandsfield.
However the Lok got their programme back on track with a 5-0 hammering of Neilston in their penultimate qualifier
and won the group after beating Benburb at Tinto Park. In the quarter final they were paired with the winner of Bankies section
and hammered Glasgow Perthshire to march on to the semi-final. Scottish Cup holders Shotts Bon Accord were next on the
radar and they were seen off as Pollok qualified for the final for the first time since 06-07 when they defeated Clydebank at
Maryhill’s Lochburn Park. This time Renfrew provided the opposition but on the evening the Western Park side were no match
and Pollok won 3-0 to lift the trophy.
Despite scoring freely in the sectional league cup Pollok found goals difficult to come by in their early league matches. In fact
they failed to find the net in any of their first four league games. In their opening two fixtures they had back to back no score
draws at Cumnock and then at home to Glenafton. They then suffered two defeats when crashing 3-0 at home to Petershill
and then losing 4-0 at Auchinleck. After that Pollok stemmed the tide and went on a six game unbeaten run. This began with a
win at home against Ashfield and then three successive 2-2 draws against Arthurlie, Rob Roy and Beith.
In their next league outing they added another three points with a 2-1 home win over Shotts before ending 2012 with a 2-1
victory at Rob Roy to move steadily up the table. 2013 began with a very disappointing home defeat against seemingly struggling
champions Irvine Meadow but they did bounce back the following week at New Cumnock with a win over Glenafton.
Seventeen points gained from the first half of the season wasn’t quite the type of form that the Pollok fans would have hoped
for after the torture they endured last season as the club finished in the play-off places. Many neutrals had expected Pollok to
be at the top end of the table before a ball was kicked in anger and their current form has seen them rise steadily up to a more
than decent fifth in the table and their form in recent weeks would indicate that they will most likely finish nearer the top than
the bottom this term.
Pollok have seemingly kept their best form for cup football. Apart from winning the sectional league cup they are still in both of
the main cup competitions. In the West of Scotland Cup they are through to round two after a 2-0 home victory over Neilston
and they face, on paper, an easy home tie against either Dalry Thistle or Dunipace who play each other this afternoon.
In the Scottish Cup they are now into round five after overcoming Beith in last week’s fourth round tie. In the third round they
took care of Bankies conquerors Glenafton Athletic following a narrow 1-0 win at Loch Park. Earlier in this competition they
also saw off the challenges of lower league sides Cambuslang Rangers and Neilston.
Player Of The Week
Scott Walker : Scott has done well in the right back position since
coming into the team this season he has started to look comfortable at
the back and is hoping to establish himself in the starting eleven for
the remainder of the campaign.
2012-13 Career
SLC WSP WSC SJC CLC ETC Totals Career
A S G A S G A S G A S G A S G A S G A S G A S Ap Gls
Mark Hailstones 1 4 2 1 1 7 2 241 64 305 65
Martin McInnes 2 1 11 1 1 2 1 17 1 1 194 4 198 7
Paul Allum 4 1 9 2 1 1 1 1 15 3 2 139 24 163 14
Ross Campbell 3 7 1 2 1 12 1 1 121 5 126 9
Gordon Moffat 1 11 1 2 2 2 1 17 1 2 74 3 77 11
Ross McPherson 2 2 2 12 7 1 1 2 1 1 18 2 11 47 29 76 25
Tommy Martin 3 1 1 5 3 1 1 2 1 12 5 1 62 11 73 5
Robert Hamilton 4 12 2 2 1 21 53 53
Andy Paterson 4 8 1 2 15 48 48
Chris Wilson 4 2 11 1 1 2 1 1 19 1 3 38 2 40 7
Vinny Berry 1 11 2 1 1 1 15 2 40 40 6
Ian Gold 2 1 11 1 3 2 1 2 1 18 2 4 26 10 36 5
Michael MacAdam 2 1 4 1 2 6 20 15 35 1
Paul Bell 4 5 1 2 12 32 1 33
Joe Andrew 2 2 9 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 15 4 5 15 4 19 5
Kieran Burns 1 1 2 10 7 17 5
Ally Graham 4 1 2 6 1 1 7 7 1 7 7 14 1
Ryan Kelly 5 2 2 1 1 9 2 9 2 11
Scott Walker 3 1 1 1 5 1 5 1 6
Dale Clark 2 2 2 2 6 2 6 6 2
Michael Morris 2 1 2 1 2 1 3
Trialist AR 1 1 1 1
Allan MacPherson 1 1 1 1
Craig McPherson
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