Creetown beat Newton Stewart in Haig Gordon Cup final

Creetown beat local rivals Newton Stewart to lift the Haig Gordon Cup on Saturday.

Harry Mitchell scored the only goal at a scorching St Mary’s Park to ensure the trophy went to Castle Cary Park.

The triumph came a few days after Creetown had missed out on the league title to Dalbeattie Star.

Gaffer Jamie Adams said: “It was a great result against another good team.

“I thought it would have been harder to win the cup game if we’d won the league.

“Where a lot of teams would be deflated, I knew it was going to be the other way for us due to the boys we have in the dressing room

“First half we were good, second half tiredness obviously kicked in from Wednesday as they hadn’t played and we had.

“The heat was a killer for both teams. Newton have a guy up front who has scored nearly 45 goals and a really strong, good group of young boys but our two centre backs were different class, they didn’t give their striker a kick. My midfield won the battle and my striker came off the bench and scored the winner.

“It went perfectly.”

Creetown had gone into Wednesday’s game two points behind Star, knowing a victory would give them a first ever South of Scotland League title.

Josh Rennie put them in front but Dale Milligan equalised before half-time and that was the way it stayed until the end as the Islecroft side took the title, Creetown again coming agonisingly close after losing just three league games in two years.

Adams said: “For the last two years I don’t think I could have got any more out of my players, they’ve been brilliant.

“They gave it a right go, especially in the first half. At times you need to come up with big moments or get that wee break and it didn’t fall for us on Wednesday night. That’s