Dalbeattie Star boss admits cup hammering by Lochar Thistle was 'embarrassing and humiliating'

Dalbeattie Star gaffer Eddie Warwick admitted his side’s humbling by Lochar Thistle was “embarrassing and humiliating”.

But he also claimed he wouldn’t be losing too much sleep over their South of Scotland Challenge Cup exit.

Star were thrashed 8-1 by Lochar at Islecroft on Saturday on a day when pretty much everything went wrong for the league champs.

Warwick said: “It’s horrible, horrendous, embarrassing and humiliating all at the same time but you move on.

“It happens everywhere in the world, everybody can be on the end of a hiding and unfortunately Saturday was our turn.

“I’m not going to lose a lot of sleep with it being the first round of a cup. We believe there’s bigger competitions and opportunities and there’s some big teams in that Challenge Cup and I think the eventual winners won’t come from the south.

“If I’m going to take a kick in the teeth I’d rather take it in the first round of a cup where you’ve got five games to the final and then face tough opposition there.

“In two years of being there we’ve not had before. Do we run away, hide in a hole and cry? No chance, we just move on, try to get positivity back in the players, remind them of the things they do well and are good at and get them dusted down to go again.”

Lochar took an early lead thanks to a fine Finlay Kennedy strike before Robbie Ferguson extended the advantage.

Marcus Zygadlo got the third and Ferguson’s second had Lochar in dreamland, with Star striker Ross Hunter missing a penalty just before the break.

Ferguson completed his hat-trick just after the break before Ewan Gourlay scored to give themselves a glimmer of hope.

However, Kennedy got his second and Lochar’s sixth to extinguish that, with Robbie Hogg and Blair Steele also finding the