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    The Falkirk FC Thread

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

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    Under 20's official match report

    Falkirk FC Hamilton_Academical_FC

    SEPTEMBER 8, 2015, 7:00 PM

    Falkirk 3 3 Hamilton Accies

    The Falkirk Stadium

    Under 20

    MATCH REPORT

    The Bairns headed into Tuesday night’s Development League match looking to make amends for last week’s defeat when on the road to Partick Thistle. Alan Maybury drafted in David McCracken along with a host of first team squad players including Scott Shepherd, Alex Copper and Ryan Blair.

    Both sides failed to create any chances of note in what was a very tight opening few minutes. It was a cagey affair with both sides passing and probing, but ultimately failing to break the deadlock.

    Accies were first to threaten with Eamon Brophy cutting inside and curling an effort into the palms of Graham Bowman from wide right of the 18 yard box.

    The young striker had another opportunity on 17 minutes when again he cut inside before firing an effort towards goal. Bowman palmed clear but only into the path of Steven Boyd whose acrobatic strike was held by the keeper’.

    Falkirk fought back and had an opportunity through Scott Shepherd who just failed to get on the end of an Alex Cooper cross.

    Then the deadlock was broken through a goal that Alan Maybury would have been disappointed to lose. GREG DOCHERTY got away from his man to bullet home a free header from a corner. Graham Bowman was left with no chance, but ultimately the defenders in front of him should have done better.

    The Bairns fought back and replied almost instantly through CAMERON BLUES. The captain picked the ball up on the edge of the box before firing a volley towards goal which was deflected off a Hamilton defender and into the back of the net. It was the perfect response from the Bairns who looked to ensure they restored parity as quickly as possible.

    Things got even better for Alan Maybury’s men just moments later as they took the lead. Ben Reilly fouled Alex Cooper in the box leaving referee, Steven Reid with no choice but to point to the spot. RYAN BLAIR stepped up for the second time in a week to slam his spot kick home and send the Bairns into the break a goal to the good.

    HALF TIME: FALKIRK 2-1 HAMILTON ACC.

    The Bairns’ lead didn’t last long with EAMON BROPHY finishing well past Graham Bowman to pull the scores level once again. It was a game Falkirk would have felt they were having the better of, yet Hamilton looked just as capable of scoring on the break.

    As the second half wore on Falkirk began to dominated and had several good chances to retake and extend the lead. David McCracken was allowed a free header from a corner which was destined for the back of the net had it not been for the fingertips of Alan Martin who did brilliantly to save.

    McCracken was involved again moments later as his header back across goal from another corner was hooked clear by the Accies defence with several Falkirk players lurking in and around the 18 yard box.

    With twenty minutes to play it was looking like it might just take something special to produce a winner and Alex Cooper came extremely close to providing it. The tricky winger looked to have rounded Alan Martin around twenty yards from goal, however he was pushed wide by the Accies defence out to an extremely wide angle at the edge of the 18 yard box. With the keeper’ backpedalling and the top corner gaping he curled a sublime effort which cannoned back off the post. A sensational attempt which almost produced the goods.

    Falkirk did eventually take the lead. The ball was whipped in from wide right and was met by the head of KEVIN O’HARA who ghosted in at the back post to bullet a diving header past Alan Martin in the Accies’ goal.

    Just as it looked like Falkirk were going to gain their first three points of the season Accies player/manager, Martin Canning nut-megged a Falkirk defender, turned the other before chipping Graham Bowman. A fantastic goal and not one that was not expected from the experienced centre-back.

    FULL TIME: FALKIRK 3-3 HAMILTON ACC.

    FALKIRK: Bowman, Finlayson, Gallacher, Blues, McCracken, Dick (Johnson 86), Cooper, Blair, O’Hara, Shepherd, Grant (Langton 70)

    Subs not used: McMinn, Mitchell. Stowe, Evans, Dunne

    HAMILTON: Martin, Reilly, Hughes, Want, Canning, Lyon, Docherty, Redmond, Brophy, Boyd, Mikita

    SUBS: Simpson, Kelly, Grainger, Tierney, Cunningham, Scullion, Marshall

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    Business / corporate speak nonsense

    in The General Nonsense Forum

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    One of the sections in our place got a huge whiteboard installed with the idea that people put up a post-it under the headings of "I like", "I don't like", "I have an idea" and so on.

    Six months on, the only post-it that has appeared has been one with a cock and balls drawn on it.

    We had in ours " congrats to &&&I who is pregnant" came into work on the Monday and someone had drawn a spunking cock next to her name ffs

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