Premier
Rutherglen Vogue climbed to the top of the Premier League treewith a 3-0 win away to MK Dynamo. Dynamo have now notched up 3 straight losses and find themselves rooted at the bottom of the table and will need to snap out of it before travelling to Castlemilk East in the GlassCo cup next week. The Vogue meanwhile travel to face Division 2A side Stanley Athletic in a bid to keep the good form rolling on. Thornwood matched Vogue’s record, this time taking out a 3-1 away win against Castlemilk United. United have now suffered back to back defeats after an opening day win, and reality is setting in for the Premier League newcomers. Thornwood will fill the void of their bye in the GlassCo cup when they travel again next week, this time to Beechwood Athletic, who will also look to go on with back to back wins and 6 points. Westhill finally kicked their season into gear and looked like title contenders as they triumphed over Whitehill with a 4-1 win. Westhill now travel to impressive 2A side Southside Whitecart, while Whitehill will host the team holding up the league, Maryhill Cosmos.
First Division
Treble 2 beat off Milton of Colquhoun 4-0 in a tussle of two of the top contenders for the division 1 title. Treble now have a 3 point cushion, combined with a full quota of potential points, over one of their rivals and they travel to take on old foes from last year, FC Baillieston. Milton will look to bounce back in pursuit of cup glory as they host fellow division 1 rivals, Westercommon Star. Star are now level on points with their next opponents as they triumped3-1over Castlemilk East who are still looking for that first elusive point. The other early title contenders, Queen’s Park Spiders managed to edge out a 2-1 win over a determined Springhall Spartans in a closer encounter than some may have expected. Springhall will now go in search of their first points of the season when they take on fellow early strugglers Polonia Glasgow, while Spiders will host old foes fromlast year Wellshot in the league as well. Wellshot managed to edge out familiar opposition this weekend when they saw off Eastend Rovers in a 3-2 victory. Rovers have taken a slight bump from their first game win and will hope the cup brings some respite when they play Third Lanark. In the final first division game Rutherglen Vultures managed to sore to their first win of the season as they beat off stiff opposition from Polonia Glasgow in a 9 goal thriller, winning 5-4. Vultures go into the bird derby next week when they play Lanarkshire Eagles in the first round of the GlassCo Cup.
Division 2A
Early pace setters Southside Whitecart fell foul of complacency as they drew with Fc Baillieston 3-3 despite having a 3-1 lead in the second half. Whitecart now lead the trailing pack by a single point after two impressive performances against title rivals. Baillieston are still undefeated in the league now and are off to a promising start as potential dark horses. Cumbernauld Colts managed to turn up the pressure on leaders Whitecart as they saw off Lanarkshire Eagles 5-1 to get their second successive win. A trip to take on West End United in the GlassCo awaits Colts next week. Their sister club Cumbernauld Colts Community got their first win of the season as they won 9-2 against early strugglers FC Clydeside. Clydeside remain rooted to the bottom of the table but will have some hope of cup glory when they take on Bellgrove next week, while Community travel to face Gorbals United in the league.
Division 2B
Cranhill remain the only team with a perfect record in 2B as they saw off a stern test from other title hopefuls Drumchapel Thistle in a 2-1 win. Cranhill are now 3 clear of the chasing pack and have seen off 2 rivals in the process. They now prepare to take on Division 2A’s Gartferry in the GlassCo cup first round. Drumchapel need to reset to their previous good form when they face off against Division 2B rivals Eastfield Athletic in the GlassCo. Eastfield in turn triumphed over Beechwood Albion 4-0 to post their first 3 points on the board in the Sunday Central. Beechwood Albion continue to search out their elusive first win but may need to take full advantage of the under dog spirit as they face off against Premier League new boys, Manhattan Blacks. Haldane United bounced back from defeat against Cranhill last time out to dominate Clyde City 8-0 and hand their opponents their first loss of the season. Haldane take on fellow 2Bers AC Volvomax next week in the GlassCo Cup while Clyde City host last years Premier League runner’s up Castlemilk Dynamo. Northend clocked up their first 3 points of the campaign, seeing off Redstar Thistle in the process, running out 4-1 winners. Northend will host division 3 side Cleddans next week in the GlassCo. Glasgow Rovers got their first point of the season to start to edge away from the bottom of the table as they were held by Westend United in a 2-2 draw. Westend continue to look for their first win but have 2 draws to their name now and could be in a worse position. Rovers will host the impressive Linthouse from division 3 in the GlassCo cup.
Division 3
5 teams sit level on 6 points at the top of the division 3 after this weekend’s round of fixtures. Top on goal difference right now are southsiders, Overlee Partizans, who hammered Glasgow AFC Redstar with a 7-3 win to set up a league clash with fellow 6 point side Crownpoint United. Redstar are still looking to find their stride in the SCAFL, but will have the chance for early revenge on Centaur United for that first week 10-7 loss. Centaur went into this weekend unbeaten but could not follow up on the promise shown in early weeks as they narrowly lost out to Linthouse 2-1. Cleddans have now went back to back with wins and find themselves in joint first with their opponents from this weekend, Crownpoint United, following a 4-3 win. Phoenix United continue their ascent from the ashes as they sit on 6 points now following a resounding 5-2 away win to rock-bottom side Maryhill Cosmos. Cosmos are the only side in their division to not have picked up a point and need to turn the corner soon before they find themselves in trouble. Kirkwood remain unbeaten and a single point off the pace following this weeks 5-5 draw with Bellgrove, who will take heart from their consecutive weeks without a loss. Kirkwood will hope to turn giant killers as they prepare to host Premier League Westburn next week in the cup.
