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| Published date | 13 August 2021 |
| Publication title | Dumfries & Galloway Standard |
He said: "The boys worked brilliantly for the full 90 minutes. Before and after I came on I thought they were exceptional. We suffered a lapse in concentration for the last five to ten minutes. The boy ran off us and slotted it in. It's the same as last week at the Patrick match.
"It was a lapse in concentration there. It's tough, the boys are disappointed in the changing room but we've got to pick ourselves up.
"I thought we were brilliant in both games we've played against two of the teams who people expect to be pushing for promotion. I thought we deserved something from both games. It's a tough league and we can't keep saying we should've got something from games when we don't.
"We're going to have to start getting results somewhere. And hopefully we can start that against Morton."
Cowie was brought on to the pitch after Josh Rae was clattered by Bandon Haunstrapp and had a badly injured face after the collision.
Rae was sent for an x-ray after the game and there remains to be an update from the club on his condition.
Cowie stepped into the fray and gave away a backpass shortly after coming on. But he settled and made a terrific save from Blair Alston.
Charlie said: "It was a bit frantic to start. "I wanted to get settled in as quickly as possible. I know with the mistake of the pass back, you've got to try and forget about that very quickly and move on.
"The save settled me down a lot. It actually relaxed me. It's the first game I've played with fans at the ground. I came on at first and could hear them in my ear and thought what's this but I got used to it very quickly and zoned them out and focused on what was going on the park.
"I've spoken to Josh and I wish him the best as it did look a sore one. Hopefully he's not out for too long."
Rae's injury may provide Cowie with a platform to play again as the first choice recovers.
Carlie added: "Everyone wants to play. We've got a group of 20 boys who wants to play every week. It's competitive for places in training and hopefully I can kick on."
Annan Athletic
Annan Athletic were knocked out of the SPFL Trust Trophy by Celtic Colts.
The match on Wednesday night at Excelsior Stadium was the first round of the south section and Celtic won 2-0.
Lee O' Connor scored after three minutes as the full-back put the Hoops ahead when his shot was deflected past keeper Greg Fleming. But Peter Murphy's side stuck in and the match stayed 1-0 into the break.
Celtic kept putting pressure on the League Two side and Annan conceded the second goal after 75 minutes.
Scott Robertson collected the ball in the middle of the park, the midfielder burst forward, played a neat one-two with Joey Dawson and fired home into the corner of the net.
STRANRAER 0 ANNAN ATHLETIC 3
Annan Athletic picked up their first win of the League Two season away to Stranraer on Saturday.
Peter Murphy's side travelled along the A75 looking for three points and got off to a great start.
Chris Johnson put them ahead after 14 minutes as the Galabankies went in 1-0 up at the break.
Six minutes into the second half Aidan Smith scored number two for Annan. Owen Moxon made sure of the points when he added the third in the 72nd minute.
Murphy said: "It was great to score three on the road."
golf Connor Syme and Liam Johnston are taking a short break from European Tour action.
The duo, who were last in involved on the Tour at the Hero Open at the weekend, are not scheduled to play this weekend.
The Hero Open, at the Fairmont in St Andrews, proved a difficult weekend for both players who missed the cut.
Syme, 26, finished tied 76th with a par score through two rounds while Johnston, 28, finished two shots back and 102nd tied. Both received €1,000 but no Tour points.
Liam is due to fly to Prague next week to take part in the D+D Real Czech Masters, at the Albatross Golf Resort in the Czech Republic, which starts on August 19.
Connor's next tournament is not currently listed on the European Tour website.
bowling SUCCESSFUL SEASON FOR ANNAN It's been a very successful year for Annan Bowling Club.
Members won the Dumfriesshire Bowling Association pairs, fours, under 25 singles, gent's fours league, senior league and were runners up in the gents top 10 and gents singles. Pictured is the team which won the Dumfries and Galloway Standard Newspapers League Trophy.
ICE HOCKEY SOLWAY SHARKS ICE HOCKEY CLUB Junior Sharks back with a bang After an almost 18-month layoff, Solway Sharks Juniors were delighted to get back on the ice to start preparing for the upcoming ice hockey season with a summer camp at Dumfries Ice Bowl.
Having had no games since the start of the Covid pandemic in March, 2020, the players were keen to get back...
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