GRETNA v. EAST FIFE MATCH REPORT
Saturday 18th September

Just what the doctor ordered, as a second half hatrick, by doctor Kenny Deucher,aided gretna in their 5-1 demolishing of east fife

A tremendous start for the home team as David Bingham rifled home from 20 yards inside the 2nd minute.
The equiliser came in the 26th minute as Gretna's keeper David Maithieson brought down Leslie Byle in the box, Penalty to East Fife, Brian Fairburn converted the penalty and is was now all evens.
Steele wasted the opportunity to take his team in front when he spooned it over the bar from 8 yards. Still 1 : 1

After the half time break Gretna turned on the style.
A Cracking shot just into the restart from Gilfillan whacked the post and Deucher missed the difficult rebound shot.
Deucher's miss only mae him more determined as in the 51st minute he towered above the East Fife defence to head home Gavin Skelton's swinging cross.

A little help from East fife defender Craig Lumsden made it 3:1 as he deflected the ball into his own net in the 62nd minute.

Deucher's head was in use again as he hit home another from a Skelton corner, and 2 minutes later he got his hat-trick as a superb run which ended with the ball, once again, in the back of the visitors net.

Gretna boss Rowan Alexander commented saying: "in the first half. Kenny Deuchar wasn't working hard enough, but he was completely different in the second and he got his rewards. I'm really pleased for him. He's worked very hard in training and he's been very patient waiting for this chance."

5		-		1
Gretna	G		E	East Fife
Starting Line Up	23	Goal Attempts	5	Starting Line Up
Maithieson	15	On Target	3	Morrison
Birch	8	Off Target	2	Renwick
McQuilken	2	Offsides	4	Brash
Aitken	6	Corners	1	Lumsden
Gilfillan(Cosgrove 85)	10	Fouls	13	Bain
Irons	1	Yellow Cards	2	Byle
Baldachinno	0	Red Cards	0	Herkness
McGuffie(boyd 85)				Kelly
Deuchar(wake 80)		Attendance		(tarditi 81)Fairbairn
Bingham		457		Colquhoun
Skelton		Referee		(duncan 78)Steele
Substitutes		C Hardie		Substitutes
Cosgrove-->				<--Duncan
Wake-->				Linton
Boyd-->				Crawford
Gordon				<--Tarditi
Summersgille				Trailist