Broxburn Athletic v Boness United

Report

Broxburn Athletic 1 Nimmo ; Boness United 3 Strickland ,Gemmell and Wright

Broxburn Ath Wallace , Locke , Cole , Paterson , Purves , Scott, Nimmo , Richards (Downie 55m) ,Gribben (M.Millar 76m) , A.Miller , Anderson subs Linton , Donoghue .
Boness United Christie , Gemmell , Devine , Gibb , Hunter , Ru.Maclennan , Strickland (Wright 63m ) ,Philp , Keast Snowdon (Campbell 71m) Ro.Maclennan ( Eddington 63m) subs Collumbine , Ritchie

referee Mr S. Lambie assistants Mr G.Thomson , Mr E.Donaldson
With both sides trying to out guess the other the early stages were cagy with Boness coming close in 6 minutes when a ball played through came of Purves’s head and fell to the feet of Roddy Maclennan who should have done better than blast over the bar unchallenged .Five minutes later Connor Wallace turned over a Ross Philp effort .The opening goal came on fourteen minutes when a corner swung in to the back post was met by the head of COLIN STRICKLAND to bullet the ball home .Two minutes later Broxburn were level when Anderson squared a ball across the box and found ROSS NIMMO who shot under the keeper to score . Broxburn had a chance on 28 minutes when Kieron Anderson fired in a free kick from 30 yards out but the keeper coped with it easily . On the half hour mark Stuart Hunter had a great chance but headed over the bar broxburn nearly took the lead when Darren Gribben made a great run and put a great ball into the path Of Kieron Anderson but Scott Christie in the visitors goal cut it out just in the nick f time .
Broxburn had an early chance in the second half when Anderson put a great ball into Alexander Miller but seen his ball turn past the post .Just past the hour mark and the visitors took the lead when a ball was not defended properly it fell to MICHAEL GEMMIL just out side the box and he fired it through a cluster of players into the net . Half way through the half and Anderson whipped a great ball into the danger area but was just out of reach of his team mates . The points were sealed with ten minutes to go A run down the right to the bye line then a cross to the back of the penalty area where substitute MARTIN WRIGHT had all the time he needed to pick his spot and score .