Hockey: Forsyth marks 100th cap in style as Scotland go nap

Alan Forsyth celebrated his 100th cap for Scotland with a double as the home side hammered Switzerland 5-0 in their opening game in World League, Round 1, in Glasgow.

By The Newsroom

Published 6th Sep 2016, 21:09 BST

Updated 7th Sep 2016, 13:48 BST

Alan Forsyth scored two goals for Scotland in his 100th appearance. Pic: TSPL

Scotland, who play Slovakia on Wednesday (kick-off 7.15pm, again in Glasgow) dominated the opening session and it was no surprise that they led 2-0 at the break.

Kenny Bain broke the deadlock when he fired the ball into the roof of the net from an angle near the Swiss right-hand post and Dan Coultas netted the second seven minutes later when the Swiss goalkeeper failed to clear a cross.

Scotland continued to dominate in heavy rain and testing conditions and made their possession count when they went 3-0 ahead five minutes into the period through Forsyth.

Ex-Grange man Hamish Imrie smashed the ball home with 11 minutes left after a rebound from the Swiss goalkeeper and it was 5-0 seconds later when Forsyth slotted his second following a penalty stroke.