The Colin Sutherland Memorial Trophy Sharps AFC 4 – 1 Largs Sunday League Select On a sunkissed day at Barrfields Park in front of a huge crowd, old rivalries were once again renewed as Sharps AFC met a Largs Sunday league select side in memory of a lost friend - Colin Sutherland.

The contest was certainly a lot closer than the scoreline suggests with Sharps after spurning a few early chances running out 4-1 winners, the goals coming courtesy of Andrew Scott x2, Robert McLeod & Gary Fairlie, with Neil Menzies replying for the select and Scott Cairns of Sharps picking up the man of the match award but this was about more than just a football game.

This was about a community coming together to remember one of its own, with a day filled with sunshine and laughter (the evening raffle will certainly go down as one of the funniest sights ever seen in a Largs public house, after all it’s not often you see the prize winners being booed). A friend who immigrated to Australia once told me people forget how great Largs is, after Saturday I would go one step further and say Largs is great because of its people. Plans are already in motion for next year’s game with the organisers looking to donate the proceeds to a local charity.

The organisers would like to send a heartfelt thanks to every single person who took the time to make the day such a monumental success and also give a few special thanks to the following; Martin Phillips & Pat Rall of Largs Thistle FC, the club is special & could not have done enough to help, John & Gillian Sharp for everything from food to a sympathetic ear, Graham Gilchrist who showed once again why he is the best referee in the town, Michael Henry and Largs Celtic Supporters club for all their support, Jack Russell & the team at Clydeport for being continually amazing and finally the Sutherland & Kinsella families for what must have been an emotional day.

Teams: Sharps: Lamont, Wraith, MacFarlane, Stuart Boyd, MacKinnon, Cairns, Steven Boyd, G. McGill, Crawford Boyd, Scott, McLeod, Fairlie, Dicks & Calvin Boyd.

Select: McQuat, Greig, W. Menzies, Marchi, Kinsella, Young, N. Menzies, A. McGill, Braxton, Giovino, Rodgers, Eardley, Phillips & Craig McGill.