Bens Fail To Take Off In Cup

Two defensive mistakes saw Bens lose out in today's first round Scottish Cup tie to Cambuslang Rangers.
In a rainsoaked match at Tinto Park, the home side came close early in the second-half but a combination of conditions and poor finishing deprived them of an advantage.
Tinney lifted a neat free-kick into the box finding Waddell but the ball skidded away from the Bens' striker.
Minutes later, another lifted ball cleared the Lang defence and landed on McKenna's toe but he scuffed his connection wide. McKenna was on the end of another cross seconds later but only managed a fresh-air kick with Waddell sparing his blushes firing a low shot narrowly past.
At the other end a defensive flap by Bens left Quinn chasing a ball he'd never get and the Lang forward skipped by him and centred for his teammate to fire firmly into the net after 65 minutes.
Bens threw on two subs including former Tinto midfielder Lorn Gibson, who signed on loan from Glencairn last night, but their attacks were thwarted by a sturdy Lang defence.
The match was put beyond Benburb's reach in the closing minutes when a slack back pass from the halfway line allowed a speedy Lang forward to evade Quinn and slide the ball into an empty net.

BENBURB: Quinn, C. Jackson, Lavery, McInnes, Smith, Tinney, Clark, Asante, McKenna, Waddell, Mackenzie.