2 minutes
later Sinclair played a great ball through to Macadie and he went one-on-one
with keeper Campbell but he blasted his shot high over the top of the
cross-bar.
David Allan
was next to try his hand, but Darren Quigg deflected his shot just past the
post and out for a corner.
In the
dying seconds of the half it was Forts turn to have a shout for a penalty kick
when Sinclair took Finnes down on the box, but referee Ross again waved the
claims aside.
Macadie had
a great chance to open the scoring with the final kick of the first half. McKiddie
laid the ball off to Macadie at the edge of the box but his shot went just wide
of the target.
Keeper Campbell thumped the ball
up-field and it broke for Jonathan Hewitt who bore down on goal but Bokas made
a good block on his shot and the danger was cleared.
Half time 0
– 0
Academy
made a change for the start of the second half with McKiddie being replaced for
Weir.
Academy
started the half with a few good attacks on goal. Cunningham had a header from close
range that went straight to keeper Campbell, and Macadie also had an attempt on
goal that also flew straight to the Fort keeper.
The Fort
keeper was a busy man, and made the save of the match in the 53rd minute.
Manson fed the ball to Allan and his shot looked bound for the top right hand
corner but Campbell
got his finger-tips to the ball with a diving save and tipped it over the
cross-bar.
4 minutes
later and Campbell was yet again the hero for the Fort as he made another terrific
save getting down to his left to tip a Shearer header from a Mackay free-kick
around the post.
Fort kept
plugging away and Michael Ellis had a chance to open the scoring but his shot
went narrowly wide of the target.
Keeper Campbell once again kept
the scores to nil when he tipped a Allan chipped shot past his post.
Cunningham crossed
the ball for Weir and he headed his attempt over the top of the target and just
as it looked as if Academy were fated not to score Weir broke the deadlock. Gunn
fired a long cross to the feet of the young striker and he cut into the box and
riffled a right foot shot low past keeper Campbell into the corner of his net.
1 – 0
In the next
attack Allan hit the bye-line and cut the ball back across the Fort goal-line
but Mackay was only inches away from connecting to knock it home.
Academy
doubled their lead in the 79th minute. Ross played a cross field
pass to Weir who flicked the ball into the path of Gunn and the veteran
mid-fielder steered the ball into the bottom right hand corner of the net.
2 – 0
Allan
wrapped the game up 5 minutes from time. He broke through the heart of the Fort
defence and marched into the box. Keeper Campbell
came to meet him and got a block on the ball, but it wasn't enough to stop it
squirming over the goal-line.
3 – 0
Fort had the
last attack of the game 2 minutes from time when Martin Kerr fired a free-kick
into the Academy box and Sam Urquhart got a free header on the ball but he sent
it straight into the arms of Bokas, who kept a clean sheet for the second game
on the spin.
Full Time 3
– 0
Sponsors Man of the match Fort William Goalkeeper John Campbell
Pictured receiving his award from Jonathan Miller on behalf of match sponsor Norscot Joinery Ltd
