Pollok scorers: Brendan Crozier 21, 78, Raymond Logan 38

Pollok's 16 had a few changes from the last game, with Jimmy McPhee and Martin McLauchlan missing out through being on holiday, allowing Drew McWilliams and fit again Raymond Logan to return to the side. There was also positive news for two of the club's younger players, with David Craig returning from injury and Stevie Gayne coming off the bench after nine months frozen out by ex-boss Ronnie Lowrie.

Lok began brightly with Drew McWilliams shooting wildy over Mehigan's bar in the sixth minute though Hailstones forced Ian Wilson into action shortly after. Pollok enjoyed a fair share of early possession without hitting the target, and both Proctor and McWilliams passed up other opportunities before the deadlock was broken by BRENDAN CROZIER in 21 minutes with a low shot from the angle of the box.

The second half continued along a similar pattern with Proctor heading over Hamilton's floated cross and Crozier having a free-kick saved. McWilliams nearly netted his first goal in months but for the foot of Mehigan, and McWilliams had two further efforts off target as Lok stepped up the pressure. It wasn't all one way traffic though and a Bankies free-kick was deflected wide in 74 minutes.

Raymond Logan then hit the post at the other end but Lok's third goal was a sublime piece of skill from BRENDAN CROZIER who upon receiving possession near the left touchline juggled the ball, took a touch to create a bit of space then powered a low shot past Mehigan to put Lok into the quarter-finals for the second year running. The only other chance of note was Logan shooting wide late on, though Lok did pick up a few late bookings for some hefty challenges.

Credit to Clydebank for a very professional way of running things, with the enthusiasm and energy around the place, I'd be staggered if the Bankies didn't propel themselves upwards through sheer will-power alone.

Pollok scorers: Jimmy McPhee 15, Martin McLauchlan 21

Maryhill scorer: Allan Grant 87

Taking the place of the displaced trio in the dugout was match secretary Frannie McNeill, and more visibly the two longest serving players on the staff, Kevin O'Neil and Mark McWilliams. At 31 and 29 respectively though, this was perhaps the most youthful managerial pairing to have graced Newlandsfield ever perhaps?

Ronnie's replacements elected to make a couple of immediately noticeable changes, with Brendan Crozier and Kevin Proctor making their first home league starts since January, while Chris Sweeney was also brought back from cold storage to play in his natural right-back berth. Drew McWilliams' presence on the bench raised a few eyebrows but he was his usual self when he was brought on for the last ten minutes.

Pollok began brightly and enjoyed the lions share of possession, but never looked like giving Scott Black in the Maryhill goal too much trouble. 'Hill's intensive schedule of six games in twelve days was perhaps taking its toll on them, and it gets no better with four games coming up between now and the 21st.

In the 16th minute Lok had the ball in the back of the net but Kevin Proctor was adjudged to have been offside. Nine minutes later Martin McLauchlan was played in on Black but blasted his shot over the bar and another Lok chance fell to David Hamilton, the former Motherwell youth seemingly but unsurprisingly being watched by senior scouts, but Black blocked at his feet.

Lok finally opened the scoring four minites before half-time, and it was the youngest Lok man on the pitch that delivered. BRENDAN CROZIER picked up possession on the right of midfield, ran forward to beat three men and as he broke into the box with the ball seemingly glued to his boot, drove a low shot across Black that thudded off the Maryhill keeper's right-hand upright and back into the net. It was a moment of magic from the ex-Senior who is one of the most gifted and skillful players I have seen playing Junior football.

Crozier's goal was what split the teams at the break, though in the 53rd minute, Lok found their lead had doubled, and it was KEVIN PROCTOR who turned a casual passback past Black from the edge of the six-yard box. It was Proctor's seventh goal of the season, but considering that was only his seventh start of the season it is worth noting that he has scored in four of those seven starts, and where he has come on as sub, the minutes have been: 81, 76, 85, 85, 29 (McLauchlan knocked out at Maryhill), 77 (scored v Kilwinning), 84, 81, 74, 55, 62, 59 (scored v Johnstone Burgh), 71, 86, 62 (scored v Greenock), 58, 71.

Maryhill valiantly tried to get back into the game, and Stevie Aitchison did well to head a Watret effort off the line in an intense period of Maryhill pressure. Proctor could have netted a stunning second only to see Black tip his effort onto the bar, but with three minutes remaining the visitors did pull one back with ALLAN GRANT drilling a shot beyond Ian Wilson. Stevie Aitchison had to make a late block to keep Pollok in front, and the points were well deserved.

Pollok's next fixture is at already relegated Kilbirnie Ladeside, and the game after that will be away to the Central District League Division Two winners in the Evening Times Cup. Despite Carluke Rovers currently being top, second placed Clydebank only need a win from two matches to clinch the title. That one of those games is a home game against Coltness United, a team who have only failed to lose on ONE occasion this season (and that was a 3-3 draw at Lesmahagow in October), means it's a certainty that Lok will be visiting 'the Hibby' to meet Clydebank. Coltness's 18 match run of defeats put East Stirling to shame!