Glasgow Table Soccer Association
Glasgow Subbuteo
Only two competitive matches were played tonight. Having played the same number of games, only one point separated Ronnie McKenzie and Dave Houston. That was still the case after their goal-less draw. McKenzie should have taken all the points but failed to convert a penalty.
| Houston | 0 | 0 | McKenzie |
Once again Houston had to face Tom Burns in a quarter-final, this time the Glasgow Cup. Houston fared a little better but once again he is out of the competition.
| Burns | 3 | 1 | Houston |
In the only league match played tonight John Halpin gained his second point of the season with a goal-less draw against Dave Houston. Halpin was delighted with the result but for Houston, scoring goals remains a problem. His defensive record is quite good but his scoring rate is only one goal per game.
| Halpin | 0 | 0 | Houston |
Ties were played in three different cup competitions. Baver Bari was unfortunate to lose two quarter-final matches. In the Association Cup he went down to Willie Fleming. Bari scored straight from the kick-off but Fleming soon established control and won comfortably in the end. Bari was more unlucky in his Glasgow Cup quarter-final against Colin Day. The Motherwell man’s play surely deserved a replay but Day clinched the match with a second goal in the last few seconds. Dave Houston and Willie Fleming will have to play again in the Woodend Handicap Cup after Fleming overcame his single goal handicap to earn the replay. Houston, however, fared worse in his Association Cup quarter-final losing badly to Tom Burns.
Association Cup Quarter Finals
| Houston | 0 | 4 | Burns |
| Bari | 1 | 3 | Fleming |
Glasgow Cup Quarter Final
| Day | 2 | 0 | Bari |
Woodend Handicap Cup Round 1
| Houston | 1 | 1 | Fleming |
Tonight was definitely the Craig Lynch show as all four competitive matches involved the Hot Club player. Results for Lynch improved with each match. His opening game saw defeat to Tom Burns who was made to work for his victory. Next was a narrow loss to Willie Fleming who now looks as if he will pip Colin Day for third place. No goals were scored when Lynch faced Martin Phee who became the first player to complete his league matches. It has been a season of improvement for Phee who will surely see the benefits of weekly involvement next year. Victory for Lynch in his final game against Dave Gladman moved him two places up the league with the prospect of climbing higher before the season is over. The only goal of the game was fit to win any match. Once again Gladman was unable to convert opportunities into goals. Lynch was able to win despite one of his figures being crushed underfoot by referee Martin Phee. There is no doubt, however, that Lynch, together with fellow Hot Club player, Baver Bari, have developed as players through participation in the Glasgow league.
| Lynch | 1 | 3 | Burns |
| Fleming | 1 | 0 | Lynch |
| Lynch | 0 | 0 | Phee |
| Gladman | 0 | 1 | Lynch |
The focus tonight was on cup matches. Dave Butler kept his hopes of the quadruple alive by progressing to the semi finals of Glasgow and Association Cups by defeating Ronnie McKenzie and Colin Berry. In the Glasgow Cup, Berry and Willie Fleming will have to play again, Fleming coming back from a goal down at half-time. A Handicap Cup goal feast saw Tom Burns overcome a 3-goal handicap to beat Baver Bari.
Glasgow Cup Quarter-Finals
| Butler | 3 | 0 | McKenzie |
| Berry | 1 | 1 | Fleming |
Association Cup Quarter-Final
| Berry | 0 | 2 | Butler |
Handicap Cup Round 1
| Burns | 7 | 5 | Bari |
In the league Willie Fleming made himself favourite to finish third with a 1-0 victory over Dave Gladman. If he wins his games in hand Fleming will finish one point ahead of Colin Day. Gladman is not out of it but he faces a tougher finish than Fleming. Elsewhere, McKenzie moved up to sixth after beating Bari and drawing with old rival Berry. Neither player has got the better of the other this season.
| Fleming | 1 | 0 | Gladman |
| Bari | 0 | 2 | McKenzie |
| Berry | 0 | 0 | McKenzie |
Only three league matches were played, all involving Andrea Andreoni. In his first match he managed a narrow victory over Baver Bari, then drew with Colin Day and finally lost to Dave Butler. Andreoni remains a contender for third place but to achieve that he can ill afford to drop further points.
| Andreoni | 2 | 1 | Bari |
| Day | 1 | 1 | Andreoni |
| Andreoni | 0 | 3 | Butler |
It is with regret that we hear that Barry Corr will be unable to complete his fixtures for the rest of the season. He had displayed such fine form at the Glasgow IO. Since Corr had only played eleven games it was agreed that, to be fair to other players, all his results should be removed from the league table. This now means that Tom Burns leads the table on goal difference from Butler who has one game in hand. Butler needs seven points from his remaining three matches against Dave Gladman, Dave Houston and Craig Lynch. Burns, of course, must defeat Craig Lynch and Kenny Jones. An exciting and tense finish to the league campaign is certain. Gladman and Houston have both run Butler close this season and an improving Lynch will have benefited from his playing at Mons.
Association Cup
One Association Cup match took place, the first round replay between Dave Butler and Dave Gladman. Butler progressed to play Colin Berry in the quarter-finals.
| Butler | 2 | 0 | Gladman |
With neither of the top two playing tonight, focus was on the contest for third, fourth and fifth places. Colin Day is nine points clear in third place but he suffered a set-back after losing 2-1 to Dave Gladman. Day took an early lead and had the better of the first half but Gladman managed to equalise before the interval. Gladman had much more of the ball after the break and took an early second half lead in this hotly contested encounter. Day passed up a late opportunity to equalise. With a large gap in the Gladman defence to move into, Day’s figure somehow stopped short of the ball. Willie Fleming’s hopes were also dented when he lost 1-0 to Colin Berry but he did have wins over Baver Bari and Dave Houston despite not playing at his best. Ten points behind but with four games in hand, Gladman looks best placed to catch Day. Three of these games, however, are against Fleming, Dave Butler and Ronnie McKenzie. Colin Berry, after his fine display against Willie Fleming, was disappointed to lose heavily to Bari. Bari, still signed with Hot Club, has improved much since playing in the Glasgow League.
| Gladman | 2 | 1 | Day |
| Fleming | 2 | 1 | Bari |
| Berry | 1 | 0 | Fleming |
| Houston | 0 | 2 | Fleming |
| Bari | 4 | 1 | Berry |
Association Cup
One first round match took place with Dave Houston progressing to the quarter final at the expense of Martin Phee. Houston led 2-0 at half-time his second goal being a superb acute angled drive. Phee’s defensive figure seemed to have the shot covered but Houston was able to meet the ball cleanly and, much to Phee’s surprise and chagrin, shoot into the far corner of the net. Phee scored early in the second half to get back into the game and late on missed a glorious opportunity to level. Houston’s spare goalkeeper had missed the ball and Phee, with an open goal gaping, somehow contrived to shoot wide.
| Houston | 2 | 1 | Phee |
Dave Butler moved to within three points of Tom Burns after winning potentially difficult matches against Andrea Andreoni and Ronnie McKenzie. Colin Day consolidated third position also with a win over McKenzie. Dave Gladman moved above Willie Fleming after edging out Baver Bari in a very close encounter. Andreoni went on to gather six points with single goal victories over John Halpin and Martin Phee. Halpin has become increasingly competitive in the last few weeks and has been unlucky not to increase his points total. Phee, with a little bit more composure, could have achieved a better result against the Italian.
League
| Gladman | 2 | 1 | Bari |
| Butler | 2 | 0 | Andreoni |
| Day | 2 | 0 | McKenzie |
| Halpin | 1 | 2 | Andreoni |
| McKenzie | 2 | 3 | Butler |
| Andreoni | 1 | 0 | Phee |
Two cup matches also took place. In the Glasgow Cup, the first match in Group 4 saw Ronnie McKenzie beat Baver Bari 3-1. Barry Corr is yet to play. In the Association Cup Butler and Gladman will have to play again. After a goal-less first half Butler scored first but could only hold his lead for two minutes, a poor block flick giving Gladman the space to score.
Glasgow Cup
| McKenzie | 3 | 1 | Bari |
Association Cup
| Butler | 1 | 1 | Gladman |
Tonight saw the end of Colin Day’s impressive unbeaten league run. In his first match of the evening Day was losing 1-0 at half-time to Baver Bari. He came back in the second half to level at 1-1 and thus extend the unbeaten record to 22 games. Willie Fleming was to be Day’s undoing. Fleming won by 2 goals to nil though some controversy surrounded Fleming’s opening goal after a ball had been replaced by the referee. Fleming, however, did merit the victory. Fleming did lose to Dave Gladman, the two players battling it out for fourth place. This was Gladman’s first match using his new ‘snake’ bases and he went on to win well against Colin Berry. Both Tom Burns and Dave Butler recorded victories so there was no change involving the top two. Butler had to rely on two second half goals to overcome an improving John Halpin. Day’s single point from the evening means that he will probably have to settle for third place.
League
| Gladman | 2 | 1 | Fleming |
| Berry | 0 | 5 | Burns |
| Fleming | 2 | 0 | Day |
| Butler | 2 | 0 | Halpin |
| Day | 1 | 1 | Bari |
| Berry | 2 | 5 | Gladman |
Association Cup
The first Association Cup match of the season saw Baver Bari defeat John Halpin to reach the quarter-finals.
| Bari | 5 | 1 | Halpin |
Only five matches were played this evening with the leading three players gaining maximum points. The gap between first and second remains nine points but Colin Day moved three points closer to Tom Burns. Burns’ direct approach was once again good enough to defeat Dave Gladman who also, once again, was unable to convert possession into goals. Colin Day had to work hard to overcome Dave Houston, a late winner keeping him on course for the runner-up spot. Houston and Gladman fought out a midfield battle where attempts on goal were few and far between whilst Dave Butler had a comfortable win over Martin Phee.
| Gladman | 0 | 0 | Houston |
| Day | 2 | 0 | Halpin |
| Burns | 2 | 0 | Gladman |
| Phee | 0 | 5 | Butler |
| Houston | 1 | 2 | Day |
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Dave Butler moved into second place and a step closer to retaining the Championship with seven points tonight. He is nine points behind Tom Burns with five games in hand. Colin Day is five points adrift of Butler with the same number of games played. Willie Fleming’s draw with Butler keeps the challengers’ title hopes just alive. Burns had a convincing win over Dave Houston but the latter’s victory over Baver Bari kept him in sixth place ahead of Ronnie McKenzie.
| Burns | 3 | 0 | Houston |
| Fleming | 1 | 1 | Butler |
| Butler | 4 | 2 | Bari |
| McKenzie | 0 | 4 | Butler |
| Houston | 2 | 1 | Bari |
| Fleming | 3 | 1 | Phee |
| Halpin | 0 | 4 | McKenzie |