Beith 0 - 5 Aberdeen

AND TRIALIST KEEPER IMPRESSES AT BEITH

Aberdeen A beat Beith in an Alliance fixture at Beith easily as far as the score goes, but in reality they had to fight for the greater part of the game. Although they held the upper hand in the early stages they did not impress, their play being somewhat disjointed and their finishing rather weak.
Neither of the teams excelled in finishing, as a matter of fact, for there were plenty of chances thrown away at both ends.
The strong sun was not altogether to the taste the players and this, combined with a light ball, sometimes played havoc with promising movements. Then the visiting forwards were rather prone to be caught offside, this being very apparent in the closing minutes when Beith were doing their utmost to keep down the score.
The visitors played a much slower, cohesive game and the positional play was excellent. They had a grand worker in Currer, who kept boosting the play while his long passes to the wings often found a hole in the home defence.
It was not until the change of ends that Aberdeen found their true game, "but all through the second half they were potential winners. They specialised in combined forward raids, and found it paid against a rather rocky defence. Aberdeen's trialist 'keeper saved confidently, and others who took the eye were Dunlop. Warnock. Scott, and Currer. In a struggling Beith team the best were Bryson. Clark, and Pope. Goalscorers Scott (W). 2; Warnock, 2; Currer.

Source: Press & Journal, 18th April 1938