Motherwell struggle through to the Quarters

Motherwell made it through to the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup with a 2-0 win at Stranraer.

We had a scare at the start of the game when Keith Lasley took a kick in the ribs after just five minutes. When it looked as though he would have to come off and be replaced by Ross Forbes, he chose to play on.

Sadly for the midfielder he only lasted until the 31^st minute when he was finally replace by Jamie Murphy, a move that actually gave the team a better shape with Steve Jones moving to the left flank giving the side a better balance.

The only highlight of the early stags was a combination between John Sutton and Steve Jones which allowed Jones to hit a shot but it was easy for keeper Mitchell to save.

Apart from this both sides had long range efforts that failed to trouble either keeper and it was with the clock ticking into injury time we took the lead out of the blue.

A Steven Saunders cross from the right was swung to the far post where it found Jones, the winger managed to get a toe poke on to the ball from close range. The keeper was unlucky as all he managed to do was turn the ball over the line off his foot.

At the start of the second half the home side made their best chance when an Agnew corner reached Nicoll at the far edge of the box but his shot deflected off Craigan before being palmed out by Randolph.

Despite some heroics from the home side the play was generally heading towards their goal without us troubling the keeper until we made it two on 83 minutes. Page released Humphrey on the right flank and his cross to the front post was perfect for Sutton to flick home at the front post.

There were no more scares and Well made it through to the Quarter Final once again.