St Andrews Utd 0-3 Camelon
The disappointment set the tone for the rest of the afternoon as United went down to their visitors from the central belt.
On three minutes a shot from Camelon, playing down the slope, was well saved by Lee Wilson.
A break by Camelon saw Wilson save again.
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Hide AdJust after the half hour mark, an attacking move by Saints saw Cunningham strike a good shot towards goal, but the Camelon keeper pulled off a great save.
Cameron, wide on the right, somehow managed to break clear of three Saints players.
He made a square run just inside the area and scored a great goal wide of Wilson and high into the net.
Just before the break an early fast low cross by Saints’ Falconer evaded defenders and Saints front men.
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Hide AdTwo minutes after the restart, a free kick for Camelon was blocked and palmed away by Wilson and a further shot by the visitors was hit high over the bar.
A low cross by Camelon two minutes later was missed by all.
Another good save, on 64 minutes by Wilson stopped the visitors increasing their lead.
Falconer tried to get a shot away as United try to click into gear but it was blocked and cleared.
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Hide AdMcInnes had an effort on goal with Saints continuing to press but it was easily saved by the visiting keeper.
A good Camelon passing move with 20 minutes to go saw Anderson double their lead with a low shot wide of Wilson.
A break by Anderson looked offside as he managed to volley from close in for a third goal on 72 minutes.
It was mostly Camelon in the closing stages with Wilson pulling off a number of fine saves to keep the deficit at just three.
United: L Wilson, Page, Falconer (Blaney72), O Fleming, A McDonald, S McDonald (Rendall 57), McInnes, M Fleming, J Wilson, Quinn (Graham56).
Subs: Tabwenga, D Fleming, Ritchie.