Winners 2013-14
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Scottish Junior Cup Winners 2013-14 |
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| Hurlford reached their first ever Scottish Junior Cup Final in 2014 after playing eight matches in which they defeated teams from all three junior regions. They were given a bye in the first round, before being drawn at home to New Elgin from the North Region in Round 2. On the way to the final at Rugby Park on Sunday, 1st June 2014, they scored 25 goals including one from goalkeeper Alistair Brown in the 4th round tie at Gasworks Park, Larkhall. |
| Date |
Opponent |
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| 26.10 | New Elgin (H)
[OG,Kean(2),Robertson(2), Wilson,D.Mitchell,Watt] |
8-0
(3-0) |
| 30.11 | Forth Wanderers (A)
[Gibson] |
1-1
(1-0) |
| 07.12 | Forth Wanderers (H)
[Kean(2),Dempster,D.Mitchell] |
4-0
(2-0) |
| 18.01 | Larkhall Thistle (A)
[McGregor,G.Mitchell,A.Brown] |
3-0
(0-0) |
| 22.02 | Tayport (A)
[Robertson(2)] |
2-1
(2-0) |
| 15.03 | Dundonald Bluebell (A)
[Blair,Kean,McKenzie] |
3-0
(2-0) |
| 12.04 | Irvine Meadow (A)
[McKenzie] |
1-2
(1-0) |
| 19.04 | Irvine Meadow (H)
[Kean(3)] |
3-1
(1-1) |
| Goalscorers | |
| Stewart Kean | 10 |
| Ross Robertson | 4 |
| Paul McKenzie | 3 |
| Danny Mitchell | 2 |
| Calum Watt | 1 |
| Jamie Wilson | 1 |
| John Dempster | 1 |
| Ally Brown | 1 |
| Glen Mitchell | 1 |
| Euan Blair | 1 |
| Neil McGregor | 1 |
| Frank Gibson | 1 |
| Owen Goals | 1 |
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Cup Final Line-up |
| 1. | Alistair Brown |
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| 2. | Paul Cameron (capt) | |
| 3. | Paul Byrne | |
| 4. | Martyn Brown | |
| 5. | Glen Mitchell |
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| 6. | Jamie Wilson | |
| 7. | Paul McKenzie |
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| 8. | Danny Mitchell |
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| 9. | Stewart Kean |
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| 10. | Ross Robertson |
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| 11. | Calum Watt |
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| 12. | Stephen O'Neill | |
| 13. | John Dempster | |
| 14. | Stevie Masterton | |
| 15. | Jack Steele | |
| 16. | Euan Blair |
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| Cup Final Ticket |
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HURLFORD took the lead after three minutes when Glens defender Ryan McChesney brought down Ross Robertson in the area and Stewart Kean scored from the spot via the left-hand post. A minute later, Alan Kinney almost equalised with a point-blank header from Cameron Marlow's fine cross. McChesney's big day was then cut short when Robertson again broke clear and the Glens defender sent him sprawling in the box for the second time, leaving referee Colin Steven little choice but to send him for an early bath. Kean drilled the ball into the same corner to make it 2-0. |
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| Keano celebrates his second goal |
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Half-Time Hurlford United 2 Glenafton Athletic 0 |
| Glenafton had Bryan McGarrity to thank for keeping them in the match early in the second half when he made two excellent saves from the rampant Kean and Danny Mitchell. Kean almost sealed his hat-trick when a header from close in bounced over the bar. |
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| Taz rises to head home the third goal |
| After 81 minutes the Ford finally put Glenafton out of their misery when ex-Glen Paul McKenzie powered home a header from substitute Stevie Masterton's corner. Masterton then hit the post with a long-range free-kick as United ended the match as worthy victors. |
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Full Time Hurlford United 3 Glenafton Athletic 0 [Kean (3(pen), 29(pen)), McKenzie (81)] Attendance 5,854 |
| United's victory completed a Scottish Cup double for the village, by adding the Barr Group Scottish Junior Cup to the Scottish Amateur Cup won by Hurlford Thistle on May 19th by beating Colville Park 4-3 on penalties (3-3 AET) also in a Rugby Park final. This is the first time in their hundred plus years history that both these old trophies had been won by teams from the same village (or town) in the same season. Hence the celebratory banner hung on the outside wall of the village pub, The Thistle. |
| One Village, Two Trophies |
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| Photograph courtesy of İCraig Parker |