Galston returned to League business following a run of postponements and cup games, and lost valuable points as they drew with Mossblown Amateurs.

This was another poor match as Mossblown seemed happy to sit in and counter attack, and Galston struggled to break them down. The match was very scrappy and much of it was played in a very busy midfield.

Mossblown took the lead against the run of play in the 15th minute as they broke away following a Galston attack, with the midfielder running from his own half and sliding the ball past the onrushing Galston keeper. Their lead only lasted three minutes as United equalised when a corner was headed against the post and slammed home from close range by Denim.

Neither team managed to create many other clear cut chances in the first half and it finished at one each. The second half carried on in much the same fashion and it was only when United made a couple of changes with half an hour to go that they raised their game, with Duffy and English replacing the two strikers and adding some urgency to the home team's play. This paid off almost immediately when English finished from close range when the visitors failed to clear a couple of crosses into the box.

United should have added to their lead and sealed the game with a few clear cut chances, and they were made to pay for these when Mossblown grabbed an equaliser 7 minutes from time when their striker benefited from a mix-up in the Galston defence. This was definitely two points dropped for Galston, with another poor display. This weeks Match sponsor was Blackwood & McIntosh Decorators.

Man of the Match went to McCallion, with Moore getting the Numpty award for the Mossblown goal.

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United played a friendly against lower division Onthank Amateurs, who have been going very well this year, in the hope of clearing some Christmas cobwebs ahead of the important West of Scotland Cup tie the following week. The match was played at Greenwood Academy on the 3G Astroturf surface, and this allowed both teams to get the ball on the deck and try and play some passes.

United looked the brighter of the two teams and had a few half chances as the opposition goalkeeper failed to deal with balls into the box. Striker Duffy looked particularly sharp and he opened the scoring when he latched onto an error in the Onthank midfield to advance on goal and pass the ball past the stranded goalie. United then suffered an injury blow as Barrowman left the field to be replaced by Parris.

Galston then doubled their lead following more good work from Duffy as his cross from the left was finished from close range by striking partner English. United made 2 further substitutions at half time and re-shuffled the pack slightly to give all the players a run out, and Parris added a third goal soon after the re-start with a fine finish from outside the box.

United scored a fourth as Moore finished from inside the box following some poor defending from a corner. Another injury forced a further change with Mair coming into sweeper and he was caught under a cross from the left as the striker finished from close range. However this was really the only time Onthank threatened, and United restored their four goal lead when Ryan Miller sealed a fine win for the team.