Sunday 5th November

Kemnay FC   4     Colony Park   1

Back to winning ways for Kemnay this week, as they faced a Guy Fawkes Day clash with Inverurie side Colony Park, and thankfully there wasn't a damp squib in sight!
In what turned out to be a reasonably comfortable first half, Callum Murdoch put Kemnay in front early with an excellent headed goal from Justin Lawrie’s corner kick. And Callum almost added a second soon after with an excellent shot. Kemnay were very dominant in the early exchanges, and Josh Collie was next to try his luck on goal. Lewis Thomson soon got into the action, producing a good save from the keeper to earn another corner. Justin had a shot blocked which came back to him wide for a cross, and it was also saved by the Colony goalie, who as well as being the busiest man on the park, showed he is a very good shot-stopper. Lewis was sent through one-on-one with the goalkeeper, but the Colony player managed to clear the ball off the toes of the Kemnay striker. Lewis did make it 2-0 with a good shot partly blocked by the keeper, but the ball managed to go over the goalie’s head and cross the line with both Douglas Young and Lewis on hand to knock it in if it didn’t reach the line. Goal of the game was easily the third Kemnay goal, when a lobbed pass from Josh fell over Lewis’ shoulder for him to volley past the Colony keeper. There didn’t seem to be much on before Josh picked out the killer pass, taking out the whole Inverurie defence in one go.
The second half continued with Kemnay on top, and again Callum was first to threaten the Colony goal, hitting the side netting. Lewis then had two good chances, after a lot of close control and beating several of the opposition defence, his first shot was saved by the keeper when he shot from near the by-line on the right of goal, and in almost a carbon-copy move a couple of minutes later, the ball fizzed past the far post with Josh just failing to make up the ground for a tap in to the empty net. In both cases, an earlier cross from Lewis may have created a better opportunity for the home side. Kemnay were still obviously on top, and a shot from Justin just went wide, before Douglas hit the post with a well-struck effort. Andrew then completed the scoring for Kemnay with an excellent shot, taking his season tally to three. Colony put on an extra man for the end of the game to try to even up the teams a bit, and managed to create a few more chances than they had been enjoying. Once again, Liam Morrison played excellently in defence, with some brilliant tackling and good use of the ball when clearing helping the side create more chances, ably supported by Jordan Muirhead. The defence had a reasonably quiet day prior to the ninth man being fielded, but coped well with everything thrown their way. Kemnay were still creating chances, and a long drive from Lewis whistled past the keeper’s right hand post, before the Colony number 1 showed how good he was, first saving a stinging drive from Callum, the ball then ran almost along the goal line and with Josh rushing in the keeper got up and managed to get his hands on the ball just as Josh arrived, and stopped a certain goal. Colony managed to pull a goal back just before the end, but overall it was a good performance from Kemnay, although they will need to pass amongst themselves a bit better if they are to stand any chance away to Albion next week.