Winton had some good wins in 1978.
ARDROSSAN
WINTON ROVERS 6 – DALRY THISTLE 0
Winton’s Six-Star Charge
It was one of those days when Winton Rovers
could not do a thing wrong and the match (on 25 November 1978) was over as a
contest after only fifteen minutes.
Winton scored with their very
first attack when Headley touched a cross past Alan Graham in the third minute.
Bobby Stevenson then ran through the Thistle
defence to add a second and Harvey beat Graham at his near post for a third goal
with only fifteen minutes gone.
Dalry were shattered! They had squandered good
chances to score and Savage, in particular, should have done better.
However, when they did get past the home
defence, they were halted by goalkeeper McKay.
Rovers, playing with confidence, were
producing some neat football and Graham, too, was called upon to bring off good
saves.
Dalry fought to bring back some respectability to the
score-sheet.
A double substitution in the second half
injected new life into Rovers’ game which had started to shade
off a little and it was one of the replacements, McMillan, who scored their
fourth goal with twenty minutes left.
Kilpatrick wrong-footed the visiting defence
to add a fifth and McMillan took full advantage of another defensive slip,
bringing the final tally to six.
The teams were:
Winton Rovers – McKay, Young,
McNeil, Ellingham, Thomson, Conway, Kilpatrick, Morrison, Stevenson, Harvey and
Headley with substitutes McMillan and Cairns.
Dalry Thistle - Graham, McLaughlin, McGlone, English,
Hendry, Newman, Cambridge, Barr, Savage, McColl and Cunninghame with substitutes
McNamee and Ellis.
Ardrossan and Saltcoats
Herald,