Inverurie Locos 3, Hall Russell United 0
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Association football faces a highly uncertain immediate future, but teams must continue and prepare as best as they can, for whatever that most horrendous of modern soundbites holds in store for us, the new normal.
Inverurie was bolstered and enthused ahead of Hall Russell United visiting, with nineteen year old Nathan Meres arriving on a three year deal from Cove Rangers.
The new Railwayman was in the starting eleven under the Harlaw lights and immediately was on the ball and winning a corner inside the first minute.
The Michie corner kick was just too long for the in-rushing Watt.
Meres and Burnett exchanged a series of crisp passes that saw the new recruit cause mayhem again for the away side.
Hamish Ritchie flighted a free kick just wide of the upright from twenty five yards before Burnett cracked a rasping left peg drive over the bar. Neil McLean appears to have again been glugging pints of an elixir of youth ale, bursting forward, leaving navy blue jerseys on the deck, before reaching the byline and dragging ther ball back for team-mates.
Meres had a shot bravely smothered and Chrissie Angus had an audacious long range lob only just clear the crossbar.
Joe Wilson, for the visitors, drove a low shot wide of Reid's left stick.
Angus then had one of his trademark touch, turn and shoot moments, Leiper the keeper saving well down low.
Twenty two minutes and MERES netted with a right foot shot that Leiper did well to get hands to, but couldn't stop rippling the net.
The scorer and the keeper were reunited soon after, a low grade handbag swinging episode swiftly dealt with by the unfussy and unflapped referee Smith.
Davidson had his dander up and a kick out at Nacho earned a yellow card.
Twelve minutes to half time and MICHIE made it 2-0.
Jamie found himself socially distant to a bizarre extreme but still had to take the ball forward and swish it into the onion bag with aplomb.
A Chris Angus chest trap and pass being the assist this time around.
Chris Mackie fired over for the Superleague side who were providing an excellent workout for Lowser's Locos.
Andy Reid then made a top reaction save with Meres next to go into the book, being a touch late with a tackle on the Foxlane Terrace side of the ground.
A cross from the same player was inches away from falling into Ritchie's path, and the half weas closed out by Grimbley leathering an attempt wide with his right foot.
Multiple changes abounded as is the norm in such tussles and Kyle Gordon started the half in lively fashion wide on the righ flank.
Fifty seven minutes and 3-0.
Jordan COOPER getting his body shape just right to smash a sublime volley into the corner of the net from fifteen yards, following fast feet by the assisting Burnett.
Sam was then to be denied by two back to back super stops by Rhys Leiper.
First the goalie tipped over an attempt that Dingwall set-up, then palmed the ball away from Burnett's swerving, angled attempt that was heading to the postage stamp corner.
Kyle Gordon missed a chance from close in, Paterson had a header blocked at the other end and Gauld created a chance for himself that he was unlucky not to convert.
Cooper had the nose for goal now and was inches away from a brace.
Leiper was keeping the score down and next repelled a Gauld header from six yards out.
Greg Hay had impressed for the visitors & strode forward before shooting high.
Mark Souter marauded forward right at the end and a twenty five yard thunderbolt went three yards wide.
FT 3-0.
