East Kilbride Thistle 1
Maybole Juniors 2
The win still leaves Peter Leonard's side with an outside chance of making the 3rd place playoff at the end of the season but they will need other results to go in their favour and win their remaini
ng five league fixtures to achieve this.
The homeside started the brighter and Ricky Orr glanced a header just past Chris Kelly's post after being picked out by Brian Welsh on eight minutes.
'Bole looked fairly comfortable throughout the game and passed the ball about well in the opening stages without really creating anything clearcut.
Their first chance of the game fell to Robert Love on the edge of the area but Thistle 'keeper Chris Wilson got down well to keep the effort out.
Kelly then pulled a super stop to Welsh's diving header just a minute later as the action flowed from end-to-end.
Maybole seemed content to play some patient football and wait for the chances to come, whereas the hosts were keen to move quickly and press for the opener.
The opening goal finally arrived five minutes into the second half and it was Maybole who delivered it.
Templeton had just gone close moments earlier with a similar effort but this time he found the back of the net.
He curled a left foot shot off the far post and into the net, which caught Wilson out who seemed to think that the ball was going wide of the target.
Andrew Ward could have got East Kilbride level after 55 minutes when he was unmarked in the area but he could only direct his header over the bar.
'Bole pulled two in front 25 minutes from full time when Stephen Crawford's cross was headed home by Kerr.
The home side claimed that the former Stranraer man was offside by the pleas were rejected.
East Kilbride did pull one goal back five minutes before full time after a fine run from Martyn McLaughlin saw him into the box and he slotted home under Kelly.
The men from Ladywell held out comfortably despite this to secure a valuable three points on the road.
Although the playoff spot is still mathematically possible, it's highly unlikely that Maybole will take part in such a big fixture this season.
The club still have the Ayrshire Weekly Press Cup to play and they will be looking to better last season's semi-final defeat at home to Dalry and make the final to top off their season.
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