Straight from the kick-off the Bunnets went on the attack and Scott Clelland gave Mark Gilmour the chance to send in a cross that Craig Stevenson had to head away from the advancing Kris Stewart. Lugar's domination couldn't last ninety minutes but, in fact, it lasted little more than 90 seconds as Maybole took the lead with their first attack. Chris Allan won a challenge with Allan Paul and centred for Scott Irvine whose effort went in off the post although the home fans were convinced he had handled the ball in the process.

Graeme Bunyan almost added a second goal with a twenty-yard shot that Ronnie Davis pushed over the bar but Lugar recovered from the early setback to equalise after 25 minutes. Steven Nisbet met a Gilmour cross from the left and although Scott Johnstone dived to his left to push the ball away, the defence failed to clear and Nisbet followed up to fire in a shot that deflected off a defender's arm and into the bottom corner.

A break down the right by Stewart almost brought more joy for the home side but the cross flew just beyond Gilmour and away from the danger area. 'Bole fired back with a driving run from midfield by Stuart McGrady although his parting shot was wayward. Irvine then crossed from the right for Allan to get in a shot that crept past the upright and Davis made a good save from Steven Morrison's point-blank header after McGrady had sent over a dangerous free kick.

 With only a minute left of the first half, Maybole took the lead again when Davis needlessly hurried an attempted clearance kick which struck Irvine and presented the striker with the opportunity to take the ball past the 'keeper and slide the ball into an unguarded net.

 Ten minutes into the second half Lugar's hopes were all but extinguished by a second disaster for Davis. This time the 'keeper came to the edge of his box to collect a high-bouncing but harmless looking ball from midfield but the ball, made greasy by the constant rain, slipped from his grasp and dropped at the feet of Allan who gratefully rolled it into the net. To compound the 'keeper's misery, he was then shown a yellow card by referee David McKniff, presumably for an expletive-laden reaction to his own error.

 The officious whistler seemed keen to eliminate all physical contact from the game and flashed further yellow cards in the direction of Lugar's Allan Paul and Nisbet as well as Maybole players Lloyd Murphy, Scott Dinwoodie and Scott Dempster.

 Allan and Bunyan passed up chances to add to the score but the fourth goal did arrive in the 87th minute when Irvine set up Bunyan whose strike gave the visitors a winning margin that slightly flattered them.

LUGAR BOSWELL THISTLE - Davis, Gibson, McDonald, Dunlop, A.Paul, R.Paul, Nisbet, Uppal, Stewart, Clelland, Gilmour.

Substitutes : Sharpe, McGougan, Baird, Elstob, McCurdy.

MAYBOLE - Johnstone, Maxwell, Lawrie, Flannigan, Stevenson, McGrady, Murphy, Bunyan, Allan, Irvine, Morrison.

Substitutes : Gallagher, Dinwoodie, Harris, Anderson, Dempster.