Lyle Grabs A Hatrick As Cowden Crumble

Last updated : 01 February 2015 By Queen Mad

Derek Lyle scored a hat-trick as Queen of the South cruised to a win at Championship strugglers Cowdenbeath on an absolutely appaling surface better suited to growing potatoes.

Lyle opened the scoring for Queens on the stroke of half-time, heading home Ian McShane's corner.

He then teed-up strike partner Gavin Reilly for his 11th goal this term and two minutes later Lyle lashed in his second before McShane added a fourth in the 61st minute from a Kevin Holt pass.

Lyle's third was a penalty after Thomas O'Brien fouled Iain Russell.

Queens jump into fourth place and with games in hand are challenging strongly for a play-off place.

This sets us up nicely for our cup clash with St Johnstone next Saturday.

 

Bookings (1) & Substitutions (5)

Cowdenbeath

  • 17 Thomson
  • 20 Miller
  • 04 O'Brien
  • 06 Wedderburn
  • 32 Halsman (Adamson - 68' )
  • 26 Marshall
  • 19 Oyenuga
  • 08 Milne
  • 11 Herron Booked
  • 09 Nish
  • 15 Buchanan (Higgins - 59' )

Substitutes

  • 03 Adamson
  • 07 Robertson
  • 10 Higgins
  • 18 Brownlie
  • 21 Johnston
  • 25 Sneddon
  • 28 Hughes

Queen of the South

  • 01 Clark
  • 04 Dowie
  • 06 Higgins
  • 05 Durnan
  • 12 Kidd
  • 18 McShane (Burns - 68' )
  • 08 Millar
  • 15 Paton
  • 03 Holt
  • 19 Lyle (Pickard - 81' )
  • 10 Reilly (Russell - 74' )

Substitutes

  • 02 Mitchell
  • 07 Burns
  • 11 Russell
  • 17 Carmichael
  • 20 Atkinson
  • 22 Hooper
  • 28 Pickard
Ref: Barry Cook
Att: 569
 
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Images courtesy of Colin Johnstone and his team at Cowdenbeath - www.qosfc.com