Auchinleck Talbot 2 Largs Thistle 1

Largs Thistle ultimately lost out after giving Auchinleck Talbot a real scare at Beechwood Park.

Talbot didn't dominate as they expected and Largs manufactured a series of chances but Auchinleck's ruthless streak ultimately paid off.

Early chances for Keir Milliken, William Sewell and Blair Docherty saw Largs put the Beechwood Park side under some early pressure but it was Talbot who took the lead on 44 minutes with a sensational strike from the edge of the area from Mark Shankland.

 

Largs started off the second half in command and netted an equaliser on 58 minutes as Milliken forced the matter after an initial shot was blocked following a corner. See clip below.

 

Thistle were looking relatively comfortable until a defensive clearance from George Sewell was run down by a Talbot midfielder and the ball spun back into the path of sub Samson who just had Jamie McGowan to beat and slotted home on 75 minutes.

Largs immediately responded with Blair Docherty sending a searing shot past the left post from the edge of the area, then Will Sewell outleapt Andy Leishman but couldn't get his header on target.

It was a sore one for Largs who had McGowan to thank for some top stops, while Talbot were reduced to ten men late on after Jamie Glasgow's ordering off after a challenge on Jamie Ballantyne. 

Auchinleck: Leishman, Lyle, Armstrong, Wilson, McPherson, McCracken, Boyd, Healy, Wilson, Shankland,Boylan. Subs: Glasgow, Samson, Mason, McDowall, Pope, White, Hewitt.

LARGS: McGowan, G.Sewell, Ballantyne, Hughes, Love, Faulds, Docherty, McBryde, Milliken, W.Sewell, McMaster. Subs: Adam, McGinty, Farrell (GK), McPhee, Lindsay.