Blackburn United 0 - 7 Cowdenbeath
South Challenge Cup 2nd round
Cowdenbeath had a comfortable win at New Murrayfield Park on Saturday to progress in the South Challenge Cup.
Player/boss Paul McLean rotated his squad for the trip to West Lothian but they still proved to be too strong for the EoSL First Division side.
Cowden were pretty dominant in the opening 45 minutes but only had two goals to show for their superiority.
With just two minutes gone, a corner from Stuart McDowell was headed over the bar by Scott Cameron.
Next up was Findlay Ness, who sent a curling shot just over the bar, while Zack Tomany saw an 18-yard shot held by home keeper Blair Gallacher.
McDowell then fired wide from the edge of the box, while Gallacher turned a shot from Dylan Mauchin around the post at the expense of a corner.
The corner from McDowell led to the opening goal with Harvey Petrie firing home after an initial effort from Max Williamson had been blocked.
Cowden’s dominance continued but it took until two minutes from the break before they added a second when Max Williamson dinked the ball past Gallacher.
Three minutes into the second half, a long-range shot from Burnie’s Andy Jones was easily gathered by new Cowden keeper Lewis Haldane.
Four minutes later, Daryl Meikile sent a 25-yard effort over the bar.
Ness then saw a shot parried by the keeper but Cowden eventually got a third with 57 minutes gone when a shot from McDowell came off the bar and fell to Zac Tomany to slot home
Cowden went further ahead after 69 minutes when Mauchin latched onto a long diagonal ball from Nathan Lawson to fire home from the edge of the box.
They then quickly added another two goals; firstly Lawson fired home on 73 minutes, and then four minutes later Conley Adamson cut in on the left and sent a shot into the top corner of the net.
The scoring for the afternoon was completed three minutes from time when Gallacher blocked a Lawson effort and Ness followed up to slot the ball home.
Attendance - 120
Blackburn United: Gallacher; Schooler (McClung 83), Maguire, Meikle (Harris 65), McDowall, Jones, Hunter, Brash (Connolly 65), Hendry, Lawrie, Carmichael (Campbell 65). Subs not used – Mildren, Richards and Turner.
Cowdenbeath: Haldane; S Williamson, Newman (Adamson 59), Cameron, Petrie, Wedderburn (McLean 59), M Williamson (Watt 59), Ness, Tomany (Lawson 59), Mauchin, McDowell (Allan 74). Subs not used – Denham and Gear.
REFEREE: Kieran O’Reilly
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