Dundee Polonia 1-16 Letham Afc

Today we made the trip through to Dundee to play Polonia in the 1st round of the North of Tay Cup. With 14 players unavailable the gaffer had to shuffle the pack. It took us 19 minutes to open the scoring when Mark McLeod scored from a Michael Ramsay corner. It was 2-0 a minute later when Mark McLeod was clean through and squared to Richard Wheeler to tap home. We made it 3-0 in 22 minutes when Aaron Galletly finished well. It was 4-0 after 24 minutes when Mark McLeod grabbed his second of the game. It was 5-0 after 31 minutes when Mark McLeod grabbed his hat trick when a Richard Wheeler header was well saved and McLeod tapped home. We made it 6-0 after 33 minutes when Aaron Galletly grabbed his second goal of the game when a great diagonal pass from John 'Oggy' Ogilvie found Lewis Allan wide right and his cross was well finished by Azzy. It was 7-0 after 40 minutes with Mark McLeod grabbing his fourth of the game after being set up by Dean Boyd. Dean then won a penalty but Aaron Galletly slammed the ball over the bar. We completed the first half scoring and made it 8-0 with Richard Wheeler grabbing his second of the game.
H/T 0-8

Into the second half and we made it 9-0 when an effort from wide left from Dean Boyd sailed into the top corner. In 50 minutes Mark McLeod grabbed his fifth of the game scoring with a great effort from outside the box. It was 11-0 when Richard Wheeler grabbed his hat trick after being assisted by Aaron Galletly. It was 12-0 after 64 minutes with wheeler grabbing his fourth again being set up by Aaron Galletly. It was 13-0 in 66 minutes with Wheeler scoring again after being set up by debutant Kyle Buy. It was 14-0 after 67 minutes with Wheeler grabbing his 6th after being set up by Kyle again. It was 14-1 in 69 minutes when slack defending saw the Polonia man finish well. We made it 15-1 after 76 minutes when Richard Wheeler played in Michael Ramsay who rounded the keeper to score. We completed the scoring and made it 16-1 after 77 minutes when Richard Wheeler squared the ball to Kyle Buy to score a debut goal via a deflection. In the closing stages of the game Michael Ramsay was fouled in the box and Ross Mckerchar stepped up and slammed his penalty over the bar.
F/T 1-16

A dominant performance today from the lads and we now look forward to a second round tie away to Fintry Afc.

Goalscorers:
Mark Mcleod ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Richard Wheeler ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Aaron Galletly ⚽️⚽️
Dean Boyd ⚽️
Michael Angelo ⚽️
Kyle Buy ⚽️

Man of the Match:
Aaron Galletly ⭐️