Cumbernauld Colts boss hails best individual display he's seen after side dump Dalbeattie Star

Cumbernauld Colts boss David Proctor says striker Ewan Macpherson produced one of the “best individual displays he’s seen” after a first-half hat-trick in their thumping 5-2 win over Dalbeattie Star.

After a trio of defeats to begin the Lowland League season, Colts kick- started their campaign with back-to-back wins during the past week.

They defeated East Stirlingshire 3-2 on the road last midweek and backed that up with the thrashing of Star at Islecroft on Saturday.

Colts were 5-1 up at half-time before the hosts netted the only goal of the second half. Colts also had Dylan Tennant sent off late on.

But Proctor was blown away by his side’s display over the piece and had special praise for his striker.

He beamed: “We came out of the traps really quickly against Dalbeattie and that was our best performance of the season so far, without a doubt.

“To go 5-1 up at half-time was fantastic.

“We set the bar so high in that first half, Dalbeattie were always going to have a spell where they came back into it so it was disappointing to lose the goal in the second half.

“Ewan produced one of the best individual performances over 45 minutes that I’ve seen.

“He was playing in a wider area, but he was beating his man, cutting inside and he had an assist as well as his hat-trick.

“So it was really pleasing.”

Colts are up to 12th in the table but Proctor hopes his side can start improving at the back after conceding 15 goals in five games.

He added: “We spoke about that after the game, and keeping our standards high because we have lost too many goals so far.

“The first three games were against teams that are quite likely to be placed highly [Rangers B, Tranent and Bo’ness] come the end of the season, so it was always going to be