Hamilton Accies boss hails pre-season exercise against Cumbernauld Colts

John Rankin was delighted that his side got through their first friendly against Colts without injuries

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John Rankin was delighted that his side got through their first friendly against Colts without injuries Get the latest news from Record Sport with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest news from Record Sport with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin said Cumbernauld Colts gave his side a good run-out in this afternoon’s pre-season friendly, but the most important thing was everybody got through the game unscathed. A strong Accies side were 3-0 up by the interval, thanks to a Lee Kilday double and a strike by Scott Martin, with young Findlay Cameron adding a late fourth. Lowland League side Colts showed flashes in the game, but never really went close to scoring until Robbie McGale had a shot cleared off the line late on.

Rankin said: “These exercises are always really useful. We played Cumbernauld Colts last season, I thought they were a good outfit, a good side, well-organised. “When we got the opportunity to play them again this season I thought it would be good for us.



“I was delighted to get minutes under their belts, there were lots of good parts and obviously stuff we need to work on . “You can see they’re rusty, that’s always going to be the case – they’ve only been training for nine days and then they’ve got a game. “I’m delighted, everybody got 60 minutes, nobody got injured, there are no knocks, so I’m delighted with that.

“Lee got two good goals, Scotty’s goal is really g.