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Alva Academy were crowned FVSFA league champions at a sunny Ochilview stadium in Stenhousemuir in a 4-1 victory over St Mungos High School. An impressive first half performance coupled with a well drilled second half proved too much for St Mungos, who despite getting a goal back was unable to derail the eventual champions.
It was St Mungos who got off to the brighter start; a corner kick which met a Saints head bounced off the bar and was cleared by the defence who had an early wake-up call. Another corner a few minutes later nearly broke the deadlock but an unfortunate touch off of the knee led to a goal kick to Alva.
Seven minutes into the game, St Mungos continued to look the brighter side with an overhead kick attempt squandered in by the thankful keeper.
Despite all this St Mungos pressure it was Alva who took the lead, a screamer from the right wing in what looked to have been a cross, ended up chipping the keeper and finding the net. Jack Fisher didn’t care though, a superb goal to put his team in front.
Minutes later Alva doubled their lead, Adam Hutchison went on a mazy run, taking on several defenders before firing it past the on-rushing keeper with a composed finish into the back of the net.
St Mongos nearly fired straight back with Luke McAlpine picking up the ball from the switched off defence, but keeper Jason Foord produced a good save to stop the attacker.
With just under twenty minutes played, Alva seemed to grow into the game, looking the more confident on the ball and most dangerous to score. The St Mungos player’s frustration seemed to get the better of them and they began to resort to long balls which led to nothing.
Alva added a third just before half time to add more frustration to the St Mungo’s players. Kris Kelly played his way out of trouble with some trickery before squaring it to Dylan Smith who made no mistake in side-footing it past the keeper and putting Alva 3-0 up at the break.