Irvine Vics in seventh heaven after going goal crazy at Saltcoats

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Saltcoats Victoria 2 Irvine Victoria 7Dougie MacDuff reckons his players did Irvine Vics proud as the club regained the Sheena Thomson Memorial Trophy in style on Saturday.The Westenders embarked on a scoring spree in Saltcoats as they completed their preparations for next weekend's big kick-off in the West of Scotland League.Strike star Kevin Adam helped himself to a hat-trick with his team in seventh heaven by the time they were presented with a piece of silverware which means a lot to both these clubs.Boss MacDuff acknowledged that motivation was not a problem with Irvine determined to avenge last summer's 2-1 defeat to Saltcoats on their own patch.He told Ayrshire Football News: "It's fantastic to win and a relief to know that we can come here and perform.

In the league, we will need to perform every week to do better than we did last season."We spoke about winning the trophy all week.

We wanted to give a good account of ourselves and I don't think we let ourselves down.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories while you can customise your page with the sections that matter to you.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now on iOS and Android."I told the players at half-time to just go out and enjoy it and we knocked the ball about well.

I've got a few options in attack so there is a fight for the jerseys."He added: "It was a massive turnaround last season but we finished the season, and fulfilled our fixtures, then put a plan in place for this season.