Sands 1 Park Thistle 9

Sands 1 Park Thistle 9 After a 5.1 win in the reverse fixture last week Park were confident of the points, and looking to add to their goals tally. They started quickly forcing a succession of corners but could not make any count. The opener came in 13 minutes when Robert Chambers was played in and squared for Chris Bailey to score, ten minutes later Robbie Simpson dribbled through four defenders and rolled the ball past the keeper for the second and within a couple of minutes Nik Lismanis burst into the box and the ball broke to Spike to score the third. It was 4 after 35 minutes as Robbie broke down the right and crossed for the defender to knock past his own keeper. Sands pulled one back before half time as a ball over the top was misjudged and the striker shot I off the inside of the post. Park restored the four goal lead early in the second half as Robbie headed home a Jamie Simpson corner and ten minutes later Bailey stroked home from the penalty spot and completed his hat trick on the hour mark with a back post tap in. It took til ten minutes from time for Spike to add his second and five minutes from time Robbie completed his hat trick and rounded off the scoring