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MORAY TYPHOONS   5       PAISLEY PIRATES   4     Pirates slumped to a shock defeat in Elgin, the result of which seriously damages any aspirations of glory in the Scottish National League this season.   They got off to the best possible start as Henderson opened the scoring after only 30 seconds, but a controversial equaliser by Durkacz after seven minutes, with Pirates’ protest that Meechan’s goal was off its moorings falling on deaf ears, and while Cowan restored the visitors’ lead a minute later, they were level again at the halfway point of the session, as Ferguson beat Pirates’ teenage …

CAMRA Toasts Pirates 70th   Paisley Pirates have received a massive boost with the news that a well known local organisation will be commemorating the club’s landmark 70th birthday in the Spring. Coach Ian Turley explained:   “Paisley Pirates were formed in 1946, so this year we will be celebrating the formation of the club which, we like to think, is very much part of the local community throughout Renfrewshire in general, and the Paisley area in particular. What we hadn’t banked on was other people knowing about it at this early stage, so we were very much surprised, but …

PIRATES TRAVEL NORTH   Paisley Pirates head North this weekend as they undertake their longest journey of the year to face Moray Typhoons in another SNL fixture, and fresh from their pulsating 3-1 win over Edinburgh Capitals last Sunday which took them to third place in the SNL standings.   “It was an important win for us,” said coach Ian Turley, as he reflected on the victory against Pirates’ eastern rivals. “We lost Stuart Miller early on after he took an accidental knock and that upset our rhythm a bit, as it forced us to re-shuffle the lines a little, …