Hamilton 2 ICT 0: Accies ease past young Inverness Caledonian Thistle side to reach SPFL Trust trophy quarter-finals
dailyrecord.co.ukHamilton Accies eased into the quarter-finals of the SPFL Trust Trophy after sweeping a young Inverness Caledonian Thistle team aside.The Highland outfit had made it clear in the build-up that their current injury crisis would force them to select a vast number of youth players for the tie, but it was the young guns in the Accies squad who helped put them to the sword.A Sam Nixon own goal after good work by Lucas de Bolle gave Accies a third minute lead before skipper for the day Reegan Mimnaugh sealed the win inside 33 minutes.While the talk in the build-up was about Inverness Caley's young team, Accies had plenty of youth startng in their side with Ryan One and Gabe Forsyth 16, Chris McGinn 17 and Fergus Owens 19.They all showed good flashes, particularly One who is a first team regular, on a comfortable but bitterly cold afternoon in South Lanarkshire.After their recent league woes, John Rankin's men were rarely troubled and it is they who go into the hat for the last eight on Tuesday, when the semi-finals will also be drawn.Accies made seven changes from last week's 4-0 defeat to Queen's Park in the Championship.
Ryan Fulton, Dan O'Reilly, Brian Easton, Scott Martin, Lewis Smith, Dario Zanatta and Andy Ryan all dropped out as in came Jamie Smith, McGinn, One, Andy Winter and John-Pierre Tiehi alongside Forysth and Lucas de Bolle, who both made their first starts for the club.The inclusion of de Bolle was a major surprise after his recent struggles with concussion issues, but his incisive passing suggests Accies will need to wrap him in cotton wool if they are to kick on in the league.Accies had slashed the ticket prices to £3 for this clash after it was announced Caley were sending a young side and supporters had to
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