High five for United in League Cup tie

Cumbernauld United 5 Carluke Rovers 1D & D Programmes Central League Cup, second round

CARLUKE Rovers came to Guy’s Meadow on Central League Cup business on Saturday quietly confident that they could spring a surprise in this second-round tie.

Sitting proudly on top of the Central League Second Division with ten wins in 14 games, they reckoned that they could be in with a reasonable chance to reach the next round of the competition at United’s expense.

It was not to be, however, as they were swept aside by the Cumbernauld boys.

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