Hockey: Watsonians gear up for play-off with seven-goal romp
Cochrane, who returned after four games out, said: “We wanted to win the league but we’ve got a chance of promotion via Sunday’s game and we aim to take it.”
Magnus Ferrier scored twice against Uddingston to take his goal tally for the season to an all-time career high of 51. Uddingston had taken a 1-0 lead after four minutes when Jonjo Lavin waltzed through the centre of the Watsonians defence.
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Hide AdBut Chris Timlin equalised after 21 minutes and Watsonians’ Aberdeen-born player/coach Calum Wood netted a sweet strike after 32 minutes as the home side led 2-1 at the break.
Five unanswered strikes hit the Uddingston net in a second-half almost entirely dominated by the home side who also saw goals from Craig Beattie, Danny Prentice, Malcolm Reid and Andrew Fraser-Harris.