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  • Inver 0-4 Tain Thistle

    <img class="imgleft" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.tainthistle.co.uk/news/data/upimages/martyn3.jpg">Thistle found no problem playing on the uninviting narrow pitch at their nomadic opponents' Portmahomack home, as they trounced a strong Inver side in tonight's Ross-shire Welfare league match, putting memories of their ill-fated season opener behind them.<br /><br />Manager Arron Christie reintroduced Rockness fuelled Martyn Farquhar to the side in the absense of holidaying James Rice, while Kyle Oliver remained on the sidelines with a shin complaint, joining Gary Austin, out with a back problem.<br /><br />Capitalizing on a cross, it was Robbie Ross who got Thistle off the mark with a textbook finish on 14 minutes, placing the ball just over Ross Henderson, after the keeper had misjduged his position.<br /><br />Michael Brand could very well have extended the lead only moments later when he hit the cross bar, and an effort at the other end was only narrowly cleared by Ross.<br /><br />The second half saw no changes, and within ten minutes Ross was again the scorer when he was able to better Scott Innes in a jump for a Kiki Dingwall pass; the nimble forward then rounding Henderson with ease to make it 2-0.<br /><br />Ross eventually hit a hat trick, Thistle's first of the season, just after the hour mark when a header which cannoned off the crossbar fell into his path, as he rifled the ball home to make it 3-0.<br /><br />The scoring was rounded off by the in-form winger Darran Goller, who won possession on the half way line, before out running the Inver defence to hammer the ball past Henderson.<br /><br />The win keeps Thistle firmly on the top of the table, while Balintore kept the pressure on with a win over Sutor Inn. In other action, Social Club fell away with a 1-1 draw at Alness and Ross Club moved into third with a thumping 6-3 win over Cromarty.<br /><br /><b>Team:</b><br />Martin, Durrand (Nimmons), Farquhar, A Christie, Dingwall, D Christie, Brand, Goller, Rostock, Macdonald (Swann), Ross (McGaw)<br /><br /><b>Subs not used:</b><br />Matheson<br /><br /><b>Goals:</b><br />Ross 14, 55, 59<br />Goller 76<br /><br /><b>Man of the Match:</b><br />Robbie Ross<br /><br /><b>Match details:</b><br /><a href="http://www.tainthistle.co.uk/match.php?id=194">http://www.tainthistle.co.uk/tpl/matchdetails.php?id=194</a>

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