Stuart Heenan’s hat trick helped Fairmuir overcome Ferry Athletic in a thrilling 11-goal final of the Dundee West Anniversary Cup.

These sides produced 10 goals in their first meeting of the season in September and Ferry wasted no time opening the scoring, as they found the net after just 22 seconds.

A quick passing move down the left looked to have fizzled out until Fairmuir’s Jamie Fraser knocked the ball into his own net.

It was a nightmare start for Fairmuir who saw Stuart Heenan shoot wide shortly after before Xander Barclay tested Finlay Lyttle with a stinging volley from the edge of the box.

Ferry somehow saw their lead stay at just one goal when Blaike Kyles knocked the ball across the goal line after Kieran Thomson had kept out Aiden Lockhart’s strike.

Moments later, Fairmuir were level when Ryan Mulholland slipped a shot past Lyttle and Thomas Cunningham was on hand to make sure the ball went over the line from all of a yard out.

Cunningham was sent through on goal shortly after but lashed his effort over the bar amidst the Ferry calls of offside against the Fairmuir goal scorer.

With their tails up, Fairmuir continued to press, and when Cunningham was fouled at the edge of the box, they had the golden opportunity to take the lead. Heenan stepped up and curled the free kick past Lyttle into the bottom left corner.

Heenan wasted no time in doubling his tally as he nipped ahead of Hoon onto a long ball before firing a low shot across Lyttle to put Fairmuir two to the good.

Fairmuir grabbed their fourth of the game a minute before the interval as Harrison Smith guided a long ball down for Cunningham who’s shot found the net despite a touch from Lyttle.

Ferry needed a big performance in the second half if they were to have any chance of lifting the cup and when Kyles brought a smart save out of Thomson seconds into the second half it was clear they meant business.

A free kick on the left touchline presented Lockhart the chance to undo the Fairmuir defence and he did just that as his in-swinging cross was met be McKenzie Martin, who headed the ball into the top corner with his first touch of the game.

Ferry were much improved on their first half performance and with 46 minutes played they pulled another goal back. Another quick passing move saw Harrison Whittet released down the left and his cutback was swept home by Dylan Gill to cut Fairmuir’s lead to one goal.

Despite Ferry’s improved performance, the eighth goal of the game went Fairmuir’s way as Heenan was once again set free down the left before lifting the ball over Lyttle to complete his hat trick.

Ferry’s response was almost immediate as Whittet again provided a ball from the left that was met by Kyles, but he could only fire the ball against the post.

Heenan had been the thorn in Ferry’s side all game long and he continued to cause them problems as he slipped in Smith, who cut in from the right before stabbing the ball past Lyttle to extend Fairmuir’s advantage.

Five minutes later Heenan took off down the left once again, leaving Martin with little choice but to bring the Fairmuir man down inside the box before he could pull the trigger. Mulholland made no mistake from 12 yards as he fired the ball past Lyttle.

In injury time, Lyttle denied Heenan once again, before the ball was cleared into Lockhart, who saw his long pass turned into the net by Will Hanbury for Ferry’s forth and final goal of a thrilling game.