TARBERT travelled to Battery Park last Saturday knowing a victory would push them up the table to sixth in the SAFL Division One.
They duly delivered with a convincing 3-1 victory over bottom-placed Port Glasgow. After a first half of numerous chances for the away side the message from assistant manager Jonathan Scott and waterboy Alexander Johnstone was to produce more of the same in the second half.
The Dookers carried on in the same fashion and got their reward when James Prentice was illegally challenged in the box and up stepped Nikki MacDougall to coolly slot home the penalty.
The Tarbert defence coped well with what little pressure they were put under and Port Glasgow were forced to stop Tarbert attacks by any means neccessary resulting in five yellow cards for the home side.
Despite some brutal challenges James Prentice continued to torment the Port Glasgow defence and got his reward with a well-deserved brace to put the Dookers three up.
Port Glasgow grabbed a consolation late-on when they sprung the offside trap.
The Port Glasgow striker bravely won the ball from the on-rushing John Martin to tap the ball in.
After the match, player/manager Douglas Guy said: ‘The boys were terrific today.
‘On the way here today we stopped in to visit Andrew McMillan at Merchiston Hospital. ‘Andrew was just starting to force his way into the team last year when he suffered severe head injuries in a car accident. We have been to visit him a few times but today the boys were really inspired by his progress.’
He added: ‘We have a lot of games still to play this season.’
