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Auchinleck hearts broken as Talbot heroes denied in cup cracker

9 January
  • Talbot players applaud the fans at the end of the game
  • Auchinleck keeper Andy Leishman saves Fraser Mullen's penalty
  • Gordon Pope scores for Auchinleck - only to see the goal ruled out for offside
  • Auchinleck Talbot boss Tommy Sloan gives advice from the touchline
  • Hearts' Arvydas Novikovas and Gordon Smith (centre) go toe to toe with Martin McGoldrick (right).

Auchinleck Talbot’s Scottish Cup run may have come to an end in defeat to Hearts on Saturday, but not before our side came agonisingly close to creating one of the competition’s biggest ever upsets.

Roared on by over 3,000 fans in a crowd of nearly 9,000, Auchinleck gave the travelling support a day to remember, and came within six minutes of bringing the SPL side back to Ayrshire for a replay.

Talbot keeper Andy Leishman was just one of the team’s many, many heroes, and saved Fraser Mullen’s penalty in the 18th minute, after Gordon Pope tripped Arvydas Novikovas.

Leishman produced a string of excellent saves, marshalling a solid performance from the whole team in keeping the SPL side out, as the home fans grew more frustrated and Talbot grew in confidence.

The only goal of the game came in the 84th minute after Leishman collided with defender Bryan Slavin, and the ball ran free for Gordon Smith to score a fortunate winner.

Even then the drama wasn’t over, as Gordon Pope had the ball in the net in the fifth of eight added minutes, only to see the linesman’s flag go up in an, at best, very tight offside decision which preserved Hearts’ advantage.

You can see a match report, and a few minutes of highlights from the match here on the BBC website.

And you can find more photos from the game here – and if you were at the game, add your own too…

Here’s a few clips from the match, posted to Youtube by Jon7doh – first, it’s Andy Leishman’s penalty save in the 18th minute…

And here, the game’s really controversial moment – Talbot’s disallowed goal in stoppage time

And – assuming that most people in town were on their way to the game while this was broadcast, here’s the preview piece on the game broadcast on Sky Sports ‘Gillette Soccer Saturday’ programme – posted to Youtube by BronxyTV

Auchinleck are back in league action on Saturday 14th January, when they host Clydebank in the Super League Premier. Kick off is at 1.45pm.

Congratulations to Talbot on a great cup run, and to the team and fans for a fantastic day at Tynecastle – post your comments, and share your memories and photos of the day here with everyone here on s1auchinleck


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