Winton Rovers
had mixed results in 1974.
BEITH JUNIORS 3 – ARDROSSAN WINTON ROVERS 1
Beith Finish in Deadly Fashion
The pitch
was not in any condition for good football, being hard and bumpy and the players
had difficulty in controlling the ball.
Winton’s opening goal in the
fifth minute was a long ball down the middle which broke badly for Sheridan and
McIlroy had an easy task to left-foot the ball into the net.
Brown in the Winton goal was
having a good game and had two good saves from Balmer headers.
The Winton forwards were
putting in a lot of work but their finishing shots were giving Dunn no trouble.
In the thirty-fourth minute, Ballmer got the
equaliser when he sent in a shot from the edge of the box which Brown appeared
to have covered but the ball struck Hay and ended in the corner of the net.
The second half was evenly contested until the last ten minutes when
the Beith forwards gave Winton a lesson on taking chances.
In the eithty-fourth minute, McGill took a
corner on the right which came to Brown who sent a rocket shot into the roof of
the net and with a minute to go, McGill hit a ball from twenty yards which Brown
never saw.
Best for Winton were Brown, P
Clarke and McIlroy and for Beith Dunn, McKinley and Friel.
The teams were:
Beith - Dunn; Smith, McDermid, Monan, Sheridan, McKinley, Brown, Balmer, Friel,
McGill and Newman.
Winton Rovers - Brown; Hay, McColl,
Sanderson, P Clarke, Hankinson, Cameron, J Clarke, McIlroy, Evans and Quinn.
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, 12 April 1974
WINTON
ROVERS NEWS
Ardrossan
Winton Rovers were impressive last week when they travelled to Townhead
Park and beat Cumnock Juniors by one goal to nil with a goal by Charlie McGlinn.
Re-signed by Rovers are
full-backs Brian Hay and Jimmy Hankinson, defenders Ronnie Sanderson and Jim
Fulton and forwards Cammy Evans, Jim Clarke, Charlie McGlinn and Davie McIlroy.
Winton Rovers have re-instated
Norman Ford from Australian senior team, Slavin Melbourne.
Norman used to play with Dreghorn and
Saltcoats.
They have also signed 18-year-old Owen Dorans
who comes from Stevenston but played with Kilmarnock Star youth team.
Owen is provisionally set for Kilmarnock.
Also on the move is Ardrossan lad Arthur
Brookes (shown right) who has signed with the home team Winton Rovers.
Arthur, who helped Irvine Victoria win the north section championship and
Ayrshire League Cup last season, was surprisingly released by the Irvine club.
However the 23-year-old player who can play at
full-back or on the right or left wing will be all out to prove his worth with
his new club.
Ian Welsh, Winton Rovers
centre-half who spent a season with Kilmarnock is in dispute with the Ardrossan
club. Ian
wants a move nearer his Prestwick home but Rovers' estimated
valuation of him has frightened off Troon.
Ian
has been training with Prestwick Amateurs.
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, 2 August 1974
ARDROSSAN WINTON ROVERS 4 – DALRY THISTLE 1
Winton Hit Top Form - Four Goal McIlroy
Scorers: Winton – McIlroy in 1, 26, 52 and
53 minutes;
Dalry – Quinn in 41 minutes
This must
rate as the best performance of Winton Rovers so far this
season (on 21 September 1974).
They looked a very settled and skilful side and
were never in danger from Dalry who appeared off form and never really got
going.
Playing with the wind behind them, Winton
kicked off and went straight into attack.
The ball was lobbed towards goal and McIlroy
was on the spot to trap the ball, dribble round the keeper and slot the ball
into the net.
The Dalry side, despite occasional good play
from McLellan, Muirhead, Templeton and McQuade, never settled down and allowed
the home side to take control of the match.
The Winton defence, with Jaap
and Kay in top form, looked strong.
Dalry replaced Whyte with Lundy in the
twenty-fourth minute.
Winton began to pile on the
pressure and were unlucky not to go further ahead, especially from a McIlroy
thunderbolt which forced Armstrong to bring off a fine save.
A twenty-sixth minute Sanderson corner found
Armstrong fumbling the catch and dropping the ball.
McIlroy pounced on the loose ball to put
Winton further ahead.
Winton should have gone three
ahead soon after when McIlroy picked up the ball in midfield and lobbed the ball
over the keeper.
Fortunately for Dalry, Hepburn was on the line
to kick the ball away.
In the forty-first minute, Dalry pulled
one back with a brilliant move involving all of the forward line.
The ball went from man to man with Quinn
putting the ball past Mooney.
Soon after, a Muirhead goal was judged to be
offside.
McIlroy completed his hat-trick seven minutes into the
second half.
Sanderson took possession of the ball inside
his own penalty area, slipped a pass to Doran who sprinted up the wing and sent
a well-timed ball across to McIlroy.
He
did not hesitate in putting the ball past Armstrong.
The goal of the match came two minutes later.
Hay and Clarke combined well to bring the ball
forward.
Hay crossed from near the bye-line and McIlroy was
again in position to put the ball past Armstrong.
Templeton forced Mooney to bring off a good
save in the sixtieth minute.
However, the scoreline remained 4-1 in
Winton’s favour.
Dalry had another opportunity in the
eighty-fourth minute when Lundy was brought down in the box by Hay.
McLellan took the penalty and blasted the ball
over the bar.
This match showed that if Winton
lose their unpredictable tag, they would be a safe bet for some honours this
season.
Dalry showed in patches that they too will be a side
to watch this season.
This was an off day for them.
The teams were:
Winton Rovers - Mooney; Hay, Hankinson,
Jaap, McColl; Sanderson, Clarke, Ellis; Doran, McIlroy and Armstrong with
substitues McGlynn and Robertson.
Dalry - Armstrong; McGill, Mailey; Hepburn,
Miller, McLellan; Muirhead, Templeton, Quinn, McQuade and Whyte with substitutes
Lundy and McPherson.
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, 27 September 1974