League: East Region Super League

Lochee utd 1 Deasley (pen)
Broxburn Ath 0

Lochee Utd Fotheringham , McNally , Kirk , Buchan , Whitehead , Ritchie , Montgomery ( Rollo 57m) , Lunan , Cameron , Deane ( Clarkson 22m) , Deasley , subs Blackwood , McMahon , Winter

Referee Mr Traynor assistants Miss V Robertson , Mr K.Higgins

This match was delayed 25 minutes due to home officials misplacing the team lines and the referee not starting the game until he had a proper set . The hosts were first to show when a good one two set up Kevin Buchan but he shot over .Craig Purves sent Ross Nimmo down the right and he played the ball into the box for Alexander Miller who shot past the post a minute later .Buchan raced clear on 11 minutes but should have done better when shooting early past the far left post .The same player was played through by Patrick Deane and with the keeper to beat he forced Connor Wallace to make a great save .It was the hosts that were doing all the pressing and on 17 minutes Bryan Deasley saw his 25 yard free kick saved well by Wallace then cleared .What should have been the turning point came in 21 minutes when Alexander miller was running through on goal and Mark Fotheringham in the goals came charging out and brought him down earning him a red card . Anderson saw a free kick deflected over the bar . Just past the half hour mark Anderson again put a good ball into the box but his ball was headed clear .On 35 minutes Ross Nimmo was through on goals but substitute keeper Darren Clarkson came out to block his attempt at goal . A minute later Miller put the ball into the back post from the left where Anderson headed just wide right . Nicholas Locke had two attempts blocked by the defence and finally saved .The visitors were trying to get the opening and created another chance when Nimmo set up Miller but he fired over the bar . Buchan had another good chance inside the final five minutes of the first half when a ball over the top saw him clear again and he should have done better than screw it past the post .
Lochee were on the attack early in the second half when Deasley raced clear and saw his shot saved onto the right hand post . The goal came when Grant Gavin and Deasley challenged for the ball the referee saw some kind of infringement that made him point to the spot to the bemused players and crowd inside Thomson Park . BRYAN DEASLEY took the penalty which Wallace saved but the taker was first to react and knock in the loose ball . Locke was set up by Miller a minute later but saw his shot go over the bar .Just after the hour mark Anderson put a ball in towards Miller who was stretching to get to the ball but just failed diverting the ball into the keepers arms .Douglas Cameron made Connor Wallace look lively to save his effort on 77 minutes . In the dying minutes it was disappointing to see the unsporting behavior of Kevin Buchan .With his side’s Bryan Deasley lying injured in the middle of our half they continued to play on we won the ball back and as we started to head up the park the referee stopped us to give their player treatment . The referee started the game with a bounce ball that Buchan said he would pass back to the keeper but in fact blasted the ball out the park for a throw .Most disappointing behavior and one not normally associated with Lochee Utd. A disappointing day on Tayside as we never really got into the game at all and vast improvement is needed next week at Broughty Athletic .

Fauldhouse Utd 1 Higgins Pen 51m
Broxburn Ath 3 Miller (2),Gribben
Faauldhouse Utd Connolly, Gilchrist , Bonnes, Watson , McSherry, McKee , Sweeney , Ward , Sally (Richford 53m),Higgins (Gallacher85m) , Wilson subs Rea , Scanlan , Buckley

Referee Mr D.Smith assistants Mr S.Ross , Mr M.Harte

With a wild wind blowing silky soccer was not going to be on the agenda . On five minutes a long ball through to Darren Gribben but the ball was just too long and went through to the keeper . Three minutes later Kieran Anderson fired in a free kick from out on the left which the keeper turned round his right hand post as it headed for the top corner . Fauldhouse were presented with a chance on eleven minutes when a Gribben Miskick fell to Anthony Higgins on the edge of the box but his shot was deflected over the bar for a corner . Broxburn went up the other end two minutes later when Scott Richards put a ball over the top for Anderson but his shot was weak and straight at the keeper as he stretched for the ball . On the quarter hour mark a corner in from the right caused mayhem in the United box as it went back and forward three times with no visiting forward taking the opportunity to turn the ball home . A free kick into the box found the head of Alexander Miller who headed the ball back across the box to Scott Richards who could not get any power in his header John Connolly gathered the ball with ease . Fauldhouse almost scored with seven minutes of the half remaining with a neat one two and ball into the box found Higgins who saw his shot turned around the post . It was Broxburn who took the lead a minute later when a long ball through the middle looked as though it was going safely through to Connolly in the host goals but Darren Gribben pressured him and he hit the ball of the opponent and Gribben caught the ball at the bye line before crossing into the path off ALEXANDER MILLER to fire home unchallenged . On the stroke of half time Anderson set up Miller but the striker’s shot went over the bar .
Broxburn almost doubled their lead on fifty minutes when Gribben set up Anderson but with space running out on the left he tried to score from a tight angle but the ball drifted past the far right post .The hosts equalised a minute later when a ball through to Scott Sally set him up but Connor Wallace in the visitors goal brought him down before he got his shot away . ANTHONY HIGGINS scored from the resulting penalty . Broxburn restored their advantage on fifty five minutes when Craig Purves sent Anderson down the left and his ball into DARREN GRIBBEN was perfect for him to put the ball away .The visitors increased the advantage on 58 minutes when superb play created on the left by Kieran Anderson gave him room to cross in to the box for ALEXANDER MILLER to head home .Gribben set up Browne with a header but it was saved just after the hour mark . Broxburn had control of the game at this stage and Gribben saw a shot go sailing over the bar .On 65 minutes Maccauley Wilson saw his long range attempt go just past the post . Half way through the half Anderson created a chance but saw it deflected for a corner . A ball down the line for Miller enabled him to cross into the box for Anderson but it was just too far in front of the later . Fauldhouse had a purple patch with quarter of an hour to go . A good ball into the box saw Anthony Higgins have a shot that was blocked and cleared . It was Maccauley Wilson next to have a shot but saw it go past the post on the left hand side . Aiden Ward was next to have a crack at goals but his shot went over the bar .With seven minutes remaining Anderson ball into the box was punched clear by Connolly . A minute later Craig Purves went down the right and his ball into the box was met by Anderson who’s first two shots were blocked and his third attempt went just past the post .The final chance came in the last minute when a good ball into the box by Purves was met by the head of Richards but his header went over the bar . A good win in difficult conditions set’s us up for the cup tie on Wednesday night against Edinburgh United .Lots of positives today with players getting much needed game time that some had been lacking and good performance’s through out the side made it a good day at the office .

Musselburgh Athletic 1 O’Kane
Broxburn Athletic 2 Miller , Anderson
Musselburgh Ath Renton , Donaldson , Lynch , Thomson , Hogg , O’Kane , Murphy (Ralton 55m), Cherrie (McManus 83m) , Spowart , King , Davie subs Dunn , Adams , Gillan
Referee Mr D. Williams assistants Mr Ryan Lee , Mr J. Van Der Star

The visitors showed their intent early with a first minute free kick sent into Alexander Miller but his shot had no power and Kieron Renton saved easily . On five minutes Ross Nimmo shot over the bar from 25 yards out . Broxburn did have the ball in the net but Millers finished was ruled offside .The Burgh took control of the game there after and got the opener on 16 minutes a ball played inside to DECLAN O’KANE who made room for himself and shot into the bottom left hand corner wrong footing Connor Wallace from 25 yards out .Broxburn had a double chance with first Locke then Anderson seeing attempts on goal be blocked by the keeper and defender .Bradley Donaldson got down the right hand side and floated a ball to the back post but there were no takers and the ball went harmlessly away for a bye kick . With ten minutes of the half remaining Miller saw a header saved and then cleared away by the home defence . The same player got on the end of a good ball into the box from Anderson but his header was weak and the keeper saved easily . Sean Murphy was allowed to skip through the defence and his shot went over from 25 yards out .
Broxburn came out the traps first the second half when Locke put a great ball across the box from the right for the running Anderson but he failed to make connection and the chance was gone .The equaliser did come in three minutes when a ball into the box was challenged for by Donaldson and ALEXANDER MILLER got the final touch as he sent the ball high into the goals despite Kieron Renton desperately clawing at the ball but the assistant gave the goal as the ball had crossed the line despite the home club protest’s .Ten minutes into the second half and Broxburn took the lead .A free kick out left 30 yards out was left to KIERON ANDERSON who repeated the efforts of last week firing low into the bottom right hand corner with Renton no where near it .A minute later Spowart saw his header saved by Connor Wallace . Just after an hour and Connor Wallace saved again from Ewan Ralton . Spowart had a shot on 70 minutes that went just past the right hand post from the left hand side .On seventy two minutes a free kick into the box saw O’Kane head over the bar as he should have done better . Fifteen minutes left and Bryan Baptie took a quick free kick rolling the ball to Anderson on the left hand side but the later saw his shot shave the right hand post on the way past . It was Miller’s chance next and as he got to the bye line down the left he tried to turn the ball into the net from a difficult angle and it went past the far post with Anderson probably in a better position if the ball had been cut back to him . Miller created another two chances without counting .This could have backfired on the visitors as deep in injury time Matthu King had two goalden opportunities to level the game deep into injury time but failed to take either .

KELTY HEARTS 2 SHEERIN , HUSBAND
BROXBURN ATH 0

Kelty Hearts Marley ,Carstairs , C.Courts , O’Neill (Moore 85m) , T.Courts , Leighton , Husband , Greig , Sheerin , Campbell (Ne.McCabe 66m),N.McCabe subs Penman , Allison
Referee Miss L.Clark , assistants Mr D.Cotterill and Mr T.Ormiston
A minutes silence was respectfully observed before the game in memory of past president and honary president George Black who passed away last week .
The early exchanges of this match produced little or none opportunities for either side . The first half chance fell to the hosts when Sean O’Neill got to the byeline but his cut back hit the side netting .On sixteen minutes Kieron Anderson forced a finger tip save over the bar from a free kick 30 yards out .Two minutes later Ross Nimmo made a great run down the right but his ball into the box was cut out by the retreating Kelty defence .The turning point of the game came after 20 minutes when A free kick to Broxburn was apparently not being taken from the right spot according to the assistant . As grant Gavin rolled the ball to the place he was told to take it from Sean O’Neill pounced and ran in on goals from the right Connor Wallace came out his box and collided with the player and was ordered off for preventing a goal scoring opportunity .Kieron Anderson made way for Shaun Donoghue to come on and keep goal . His first job was to save from the free kick which he did comfortably . Just after the half hour mark Garry Leighton put a good ball into the box but Donoghue saved well before O’Neill had the chance to get there .At the other end Ross Nimmo broke down the right but his ball into the box was defended well by the defence and the chance was gone . Alexander Miller had a couple of chances in the next few minutes first shooting past the post narrowly on the left hand side from the right then shooting past the right hand post from the left hand side .The hosts took the lead against the run of play when another long ball into the box found JORDYN SHEERIN clear eight yards out and he scored as he lost his balance on shooting .In the last minute Nimmo was thwarted at the second attempt as he tried to get the ball into the net .In the last minute of the half Archie Campbell got down the left but when he cut the ball across the box there were no takers .
At the start of the second half Campbell put a great ball into the box and Sheerin headed just over the bar . On 52 minutes Nicholas Locke broke clear and was fouled as he passed to Miller who’s run was impeded in the box but instead of a penalty the referee brought it back to the original foul on Locke .The resulting free kick was knocked out for a corner .When the corner was played in Gavin knocked the ball out to Craig Scott who sent the central defender through on goals and the big defender sent the ball over the bar . Just after the hour mark a corner played in to the bag post found Paterson who headed down at the post and Marley in the goals was managed to smother the ball and the chance was gone .A minute later at the other end O’Neill headed over the bar .Nicholas Locke went on a run forward
and was brought down by Leighton again .Moving into the final quarter of the match and a Nicholas locke free kick took a slight deflection on its way through to the Kelty keeper . Sheerin shot wildly over from twenty yards on 68 minutes . The second goal did come on 75 minutes when Leighton squared the ball to STEPHEN HUSBAND twelve yards out and he fired low into the bottom right hand corner .Broxburn still tried to get back in the game and Gribben fired a long ball through cross field for Locke to chase but Kyle Marley who had raced out his goals got there first and cleared for a throw in .Any chance Broxburn getting back into the game evaporated in the red mist with five minutes left . After a melee after a foul by Grant Gavin foul on Greig two players were yellow carded including Darren Gribben’s who the said something to the referee and she issued a straight red card for his comments .The game petered out after that and the players of Broxburn felt gutted their effort’s were not rewarded with something out of the game .All put in a shift and could have done no more .Next week home to Camelon and a chance to get back on the winning trail .

McBookie Superleague

Boness Utd 0 Broxburn Athletic 1 Gavin
Boness utd Murphy , Gemmil , Simpson , Zubaldi (Eddington 46m ), Hunter , RUMaclennan , Smith Snowdown 46m), Philp , Strickland , Sloan , Scullion (Donnelly 76m), subs Campbell , Ritchie
Broxburn Ath Wallace , Purves , Cole , Paterson , Gavin , Linton , Nimmo (Gribben 83m) , Scott , Miller , Locke , Anderson (Browne 74m) subs Downie , Richards , McNaughton
Referee Mr G.Calder assistants Mr L. MacKinnon , Mr R.Hamill

Broxburn took the game to their hosts from the off and did not let them settle on the heavy pitch . With three minutes gone Craig Scott sent Kieron Anderson down the left before he cut inside and fired a shot wide right .A minute later the visitors were awarded a penalty when a ball into the box for Ross Nimmo was awkwardly dealt with by two Boness defenders ,as the ball broke to the right hand side of the box Alexander Miller gave chase but was brought down before he got to the ball and was awarded a penalty .Kieron Anderson stepped up but saw his penalty saved and as he tried to score from the rebound the ball was blocked clear for a corner . The corner played in to the back post and after a couple of attempts it was GRANT GAVIN who got the final touch to hit the back of the net . Boness went on the attack straight from the restart and after a good move Robert Sloan tried from 25 yards out but Connor Wallace dealt with it comfortably .Eleven minutes gone and Connor Scullion made a tricky run down the left and fired a ball across the six yard box but there were no blue shirts to take advantage of a good ball in . Broxburn’s Nimmo set up Miller but the striker shot weekly past the left hand post .Half way through the half and the visitors were in control and great play by Anderson and Nimmo set up Nicholas Locke who shot disappointingly over .A minute later a long ball out from Wallace in the visitors goal sent Nimmo down the right hand side and he sent an inch perfect pass to his captain Locke who was through one on one with the keeper but his shot went narrowly past the left hand post.The captain had another good opportunity to double his sides lead a couple of minutes later but again shot wide of the target . It was Craig Scott who was next to try his luck but shot over .On 41 minutes Anderson made a great run and his goal bound shot was well saved and turned over the bar by Andrew Murphy .The corner into the box flashed across the six yard box but no one touched it and it went safely behind for a goal kick . The final minute of the half Boness should have got on level terms .A ball into the box was nodded on and Michael Gemmill was in on goals but Connor Wallace saved brilliantly to keep his side in front at the break .
Boness made a double substitution at the break and it was the hosts who created the first chance of the half when Fraser Eddington was sent through on goal but shot past the right hand post from 18 yards past the advancing keeper .On fifty minutes Jack Simpson saw a ball break to him from a corner but the full back had his shot blocked . Nine minutes into the half and a free kick into the box was knocked down to Ruari Maclennan who shot well over . Simpson made a great run into the box on 55 minutes as the hosts started to get back into the game , but saw his shot well saved and cleared by the visitors keeper . On the hour mark a great ball through saw Ross Philp get the best out of Connor Wallace as he saved well . Conor Scullion was next to find Wallace in inspired form to thwart the winger .Colin Strickland found space on 66 minutes on the edge of the box and his delicate chip towards goal came of the bar to the disappointment of the majority in the Newtown Park ground .With half the half gone Boness thought they had got back on level terms but Will Snowdon was adjudged to have been offside at the back post when he put the ball into the net .Broxburn Broke up the park on a counter attack with Nimmo through on the keeper from and anderson pass but Murphy saved bravely at the feet of the little striker .Anderson created a chance a minute later when turning inside from the left hand side and firing home a shot that Murphy parried into the air and Nicholas Locke could not get direction on his header as he saw it sail over the bar with the goal at his mercy . At the other end Eddington saw a shot deflected away from goals for a corner .The corner was played in and went across the six yard box with none of the Boness players in there getting a touch and the ball went harmlessly away for a bye kick . In the last Minute Darren Gribben set up Alexander Miller with a chance but the striker saw his shot saved . A good and deserved three points at a difficult venue was a good day at the office for all concerned a powerful first half and defensively tight the second half when Boness came more into the game produced a deserved victory .

Jeanfield Swifts 3 Baker (2) , Dewar
Broxburn Ath 3 Locke , Miller (2)

Jeanfield Swifts Mitchell , Anton , Deans , Gunnion , Fleming , Holt (Smith 76m), Scott (Mollison 61m) , Holden , Yates , Dewar (Donavan 89m) ,Baker subs Anderson , McDermid
Broxburn Athletic Wallace , Scott , Cole , Paterson , Gavin , McNaughton (Gribben 57m) , Nimmo , Locke , Miller , Richards (Browne 30m) , Anderson . subs Linton , Downie
Referee Mr B.Reid assistants Mr A.Finnigan , Mr McConnachie

Jeanfield Swifts were up for the game from the start and pressurised the visiting defence in the early exchanges .On 11 minutes Liam Baker was put through on goals but rushed his shot and fired over from 18 yards out . Five minutes later Scott Richards and Ross Nimmo both had a chance to score but between them they forced the ball wide of target .Eighteen minutes on the clock and Baker was proving a handful and was unlucky to see an effort blocked by Paterson and cleared from the danger area .Kieron Anderson forced a save from Mark Mitchell in the hosts goals . Swifts thought they had taken the lead when a free kick into the box from wide right into the box was met by Liam Baker who headed home but his celebrations were cut short as the assistant had his flag up for offside .His disappointment was short lived as Jeanfield took the lead two minutes later a ball fired into the box from the left was cut out by the fully stretched Paterson and LIAM BAKER was first to react to the loose ball and turned and fired home from an angle .Ross Nimmo had a shot saved a minute later but it was Jeanfield who piled on the misery on twenty eight minutes when Craig Scott tried to clear the ball it fell to LIAM BAKER twenty yards out he took a few strides past the last defender before scoring in the bottom right hand corner .It was not looking good for the visitors at this stage . Darren Cole could have done better with a header near the end of the first half from a corner kick .
Jeanfield started the second as they had started the first with all the pressure but to no avail . Broxburn almost got one back when great play from Ross Nimmo saw his attempt turned behind for a corner by the keeper . from the corner Alexander Miller headed just over the bar .Broxburn did get one back two minutes later on the hour mark when a free kick 25 yards out and wide of the eighteen yard box was floated into the box by Kieron Anderson and his perfect ball was met by NICHOLAS LOCKE who sent a glancing header high into the far corner .Broxburn had their tails up now and two minutes later Anderson sent a ball into the box but was just too strong for Miller running in. The game was all square on 70 minutes a ball played into the box was cleared Kieron Anderson stopped the ball going out for a bye kick and turned and crossed into the box for ALEXANDER MILLER to head home from four yards out .Six minutes later Nimmo set up Anderson who saw his effort saved . Jeanfield almost regained the advantage when a slick move saw Keith Dewar shoot just wide of the right hand post .With ten minutes left Darren Gribben sent a free kick just over the bar .Broxburn did take the lead with six minutes left .ALEXANDER MILLER chased a ball to the bye line and cut the ball back across the six yard box and found Kieron Anderson at the back of the box who crossed back across the box and the big striker was on his knees when he headed into the empty net. Jeanfield were not to be denied a share of the points as the game went into injury time a corner played into the box was bundled over the line by KEITH DEWAR . Deep in injury time Scott Mollison made a run down the left into th box and crossed across the goals with the ball coming of the cross bar. Darren Gribben had one last chance to take all three points but shot just wide of the target .A share of the points about right but need to improve next week performance wise if we are to continue in the Conservatory Convertors Fife and Lothian’s cup when we play Newtongrange Star at home with a 2-30pm kick off .