HUTCHISON Vale Under-14 Colts experienced the highs and lows of youth club football in the space of four days - with the high coming in their hard-earned 1-0 win against Currie Youth Club in a league game on the big pitch outside Currie Youth Centre.

This was a terrific wee game of football between two well-matched sides with Christopher Lynch hitting the post with a shot in the opening stages with Dean Miller setting up Leslie Trotter at the other end, but the Colts No 11 shot wide. It was a game that raced, non-stop, from end to end with the only goal coming just before half-time, a shot from Dale Purdie being kicked-off the goal-line by a Currie defender before being picked up by Lee Burnett who sent the ball back over the static home defenders and goalkeeper, Connor Muir, in to the top of the net. That made it 1-0 at the break and the second half was more of all-out attacking football from both sets of players.

Currie went close to getting the equaliser on several occasions but they just could not break down the resolute visiting defenders. Dale Purdie almost got a second goal for Vale and, at the other end, visiting keeper, Benjamin Campbell had to go down bravely at the feet of Dale Murphy to deny Currie an equaliser they so deserved. Niall Strickland then tested the Vale keeper and Ross Hume ran in on the Vale goal but the goalkeeper blocked his shot with his legs and Ross Hume hit the rebound over the bar. In the closing minutes, Dean Miller was denied the equaliser by a brilliant back-tackling Lewis McAndrew, who somehow managed to win the clear the ball for a corner as Miller looked certain to score.
 
Currie Youth Club - Connor Muir, Scott Butler, Christopher Downie, Owen Jarvie, Ross Hume, Darren Linton, Christopher Lynch, Niall Strickland, Colin McCulloch, Dean Strong, Dale Murphy, Gregor Spence.
 
Hutchison Vale Colts - Benjamin Campbell, Liam Day, Jordan Clifton, Michael Finlayson, Lee Orr, Grant Fraser, Dale Purdie, Lee Burnett, Leslie Trotter, Lewis McAndrew, Rory McArthur, Dean Miller, Lloyd Robinson.
 
Referee - Gordon Bain.

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That high of beating Currie Youth Club was followed by a real low for Hutchison Vale Colts when they crashed out of the Dunfermline Building Society Scottish Cup at the first round stage when losing 10-0 at Wardie Playing Fields against the brilliant Hutchison Vale side that won the U13 Tesco Cup at Bolton last season and also the Scottish Cup in the final at Airdrie.