East Kilbride YM boss forgives penalty miss as club bag first win in WOSFL
EKYM boss Graeme Robertson was happy to forgive Greg Miller for his early penalty miss at Saltcoats as the striker redeemed himself by firing the club to their first-ever win in the West of Scotland League.
Miller missed from the spot inside the first five minutes,but made amends moments later when he fired the visitors in front.
Diarmid McCreadie then made sure of the points late on to land a maiden victory in the Fourth Division, lifting YM up to 11th on four points from four games.
Robertson said: 'I'm really happy. The performance was really good. We missed a penalty early on and had about four one-on-ones with their goalkeeper, who had an excellent game, so it could have been more.
'I'm just happy to get the first three points on the board.
'Greg Miller had an excellent game but I think the penalty spot had a wee hole in it and the ball just rolled into it as he was about to hit it. It was just one of those things.
'That was before his goal and he ended up having an excellent game so I'll let him off with that miss.
'It was a difficult game in difficult conditions with the wind, but the boys dealt with it well.'
The Kirktonholme side have also been boosted by the news two former players have performed a U-turn after quitting the club when they went semi-professional in the summer.
Striker Ross McDonagh and midfielder Jordan Fletcher are now in the squad and Robertson said: 'That is a huge bonus because they are two great players for us.
'Ross played for the Scotland amateur international team and Jordan was our player of the year last season. They should be back in the next week or two. Ross is not an out-and-out centre forward, he plays more out wide. We've been missing a striker in the first few games so to have someone like that come in is huge.
'I knew things would turn in terms of results because we were getting players back.'
YM are not in competitive action this weekend but they do have a friendly with Kilsyth Rangers arranged for Friday night at Kirktonholme.
Robertson added: 'We've got Campbeltown in a couple of weeks for our next league game, but the Kilsyth friendly will be a good test for us. It will give us a chance to get players who have had limited game time on the pitch.'
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