Irvine Vicks boss Dougie MacDuff said Saturday's 2-0 win over hard-nosed Royal Albert was as much a pleasure for him as he was for chasing Lesmahagou. claim to have given
A late goal from Franny Kilpatrick and James Maxwell pushed Tileworks past the Westenders at his park after a real fight in the heat.
and his boss MacDuff thinks behind Gau's spanking at 8-0 last weekend was a test that could put the players' character to the test. .
He said:
"However, we knew that Albert would make us work very hard at everything, so we made it clear that our attitude had to be correct going into this match.
"We didn't create many chances in the first half and came back to life.
"But we picked up momentum after the break and thankfully the pressure paid off with some goals in the closing stages.
"We have to make a real shift. But I'm going to win like that every week.It's nice to win 8-0, but 1-0 is good enough and you get the same number of points.
"We I'm happy in terms of how it's run its business and kept it going, and I couldn't be happier with this game because the carpet can be pulled right off your feet.
McDuff made two changes from the starting eleven, with Bobby Corrigan and Kevin Adam replacing Lewis McCracken and John McLaughlan respectively to hit Gow.
Neither keeper was able to make a record-worthy save in a rather monotonous first half, but Albert's goalkeeper, Luis Melvin, was busier after the break and had a great reflex. Stopped Adam twice in a save.
Vicks enjoyed his one letoff in his 52nd minute. From 35 yards out a speculative lob caught Owen over the top of McCallum's crossbar.
That aside, the Vics looked the more dangerous team, and eventually he took 78 minutes when Kilpatrick pinpointed substitute Maxwell's cross and headed his header into the net down-headed. made a breakthrough in
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Melvin pulled off another great stop to prevent McLaughlan from doubling the scoreline quickly against him, but the keeper Maxwell scored in stoppage time. couldn't stop returning a cross in his fourth minute.
Vics has his three wins in his first four games in the WoSFL Third Division and is looking to get off to an impressive start at home tonight against Finart. increase.
MacDuff added: ``If you want to keep running, you have to do your best''
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