Michael Grabner also had two goals for New York, and Mark Streit and Keith Aucoin added goals.

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The Red Knights group includes Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill, lawyer Mark Rawlinson and financier Keith Harris.

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Motherwell responded by heading straight upfield where John Sutton had a header from Keith Lasley's pass turned away by goalkeeper Mark Howard.

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With Darran Lindsay, William and Robert Dunlop, Stephen Thompson, John Burrows, Davy Morgan, Keith Amor, James McBride, Les Shand, Mark Parrett and Gary Carswell also among the entry the action promises to be fast and furious.

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Perth, Dundee, Lerwick, Greenock, East Kilbride, Ayr, Keith, Dumfries, Castle Douglas, Kelso, Paisley, Elgin and Kirkwall will also hold events to mark the occasion.

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