Dalbeattie Star bounce back with thumping win at Creetown

Dalbeattie Star put their stuttering start behind them with victory at Creetown on Saturday

After drawing with Newton Stewart and losing to Abbey Vale, the South of Scotland League champs faced a tricky trip to the side that ran them close for the title last season.

But they rattled in five second half goals to return from Castle Cary Park with a 7-3 win.

Gaffer Eddie Warwick said: “If you’d told me we’d go there and score seven goals, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.

“It wasn’t smash and grab, we played football the way we always play. We showed last season we can score three or four goals and hit teams hard. and hopefully we can do that again this year.

“I don’t think it’s a fluke, I think it’s us starting to realise we’ve got to fight – maybe some of the boys were on holiday longer than they should have been mentally.

“We have played some really good stuff and not so good stuff and taken four points from two of the games and no points from the other. We’ve scored seven and there were a lot of other chances in the game for both sides.

“Defensively we were disappointed in how we lost a couple of the goals and that needs to be sorted, but some of the goals we scored and chances we created were outstanding.

“It’s a marvellous result, hopefully it gives the players the confidence back and gets them grounded and humble again.”

Ross Hunter gave Star a
fifth-minute lead but that was soon cancelled out by Joe Mcmillan. The forward then put Creetown in front as half-time neared only for Hunter to level things up from the penalty spot.

Dan Carmichael put Star back in front early in the second half, a goal from Connor Potts then putting daylight between the sides.

Creetown got one back through Josh