Star edge thrilling final

The Consolation Cup gave all First Division sides a chance at silverware and the bottom two teams in the league won their way through to the final. Normandy Star started brightly but Riverside looked organised and composed. There was little action to speak of for twenty minutes but then Riverside seized the initiative with 3 goals in 7 minutes, firstly a break down the right ended with a cool finish from Codey Ferguson, then a long ball across the park was controlled and smashed home by Luke Broadhurst, and a fine cross and equally impressive header from Connor Docherty seemed to have Riverside coasting. Normandy regrouped though and with ten minutes to play in the half Jerzy Grzebieniak wriggle down the right wing and fired across goal for Darrel Wilson to poke home. And just before half time Henry Sainsbury hit a free kick which the Riverside keeper parried but Darrel pounced for his second. Riverside restored a two goal cushion with a thumping Diesel Ferguson free kick on the right from fully 30 yards. Normandy threw everything forward to rescue the game and on 65 minutes a free kick was headed in by Henry Sainsbury. Riverside were defending resiliently but for the second time this season keeper Grant Smith went up for a last minute corner and scored, to take the game to extra time. This seemed to knock the stuffing out of Riverside and Normandy went in front for the first time as Dale Bower played in Darrel to complete his hat trick. With five minutes to play Jerzy Grzebieniak slid in to score from a cross. And Jerzy added his second to wrap up the cup a couple of minutes later. Palmerston Colts eased into the final of the Heathhall Garden Centre Trophy with a three nil win over Moffat Thistle thanks to strikes from Darren Kerr, Jordan Barker and Craig Kerr. Their opponents will be Scaur who edged a tight match with Hole in the Wa. An own goal had Hole in the Wa in front before a Matt Coleman double and Matthew Godridge effort had Scaur three one up. Wa rallied and goals from Kris Shannon and Dale Talaszko looked to have sent the tie to extra time but Robert Menzies popped up with a winner for Scaur.