Dundonald Bluebell v Broxburn Athletic

DUNDONALD BLUEBELL  2  McKENZIE , CAMPBELL

BROXBURN ATHLETIC      5  MILLER (3) , KELLY , NIMMO

Dundonald Bluebell  Lennox , Rogerson (Sibanda 55m ), Drummond , Durie , Wedderburn , Wallace , Walton , McKenzie , Smith , Campbell , Ness , subs  Forbes , Penman , Ross ,

Referee Mr S.Luke   assistants  Mr K. Brown ,Mr G. Kelly

Broxburn went on the attack from the kick off but it was the home side who created the first opportunity from a corner but Connor Wallace showed he was in determined mood and clutched the ball out the air comfortably . On five minutes a ball cleared out found Stuart Walton 30 yards out but his shot sailed over the bar .The visitors opened the scoring in six minutes when a Scott Richards corner to the back post was met by the head of ALEXANDER MILLER who headed home . Two minutes later good play from Ross Nimmo set up Nicholas Locke but the captains effort went just over the bar . On nine minutes Miller set up Connor Kelly who made room for a shot that was saved at the expense of a corner . Dundonald broke away on ten minutes and a one two between Walton and LEWIS McKENZIE  saw the former junior internationalist fire home from just inside the box into the bottom right hand corner . With 12 minutes on the clock Walton got down the left before a great ball into the box was defended well by Shaun Harrison who’s well timed tackle thwarted the home striker who was ready to fire home . This was developing into a great match and a free kick 25 yards out right of central for the visitors was struck off the corner of the post and bar with Lennox beating Miller followed up with a header but Lennox saved well turning the ball away for a corner . The corner in was headed over by Locke . Dundonald created a chance on eighteen minutes when Walton fired a ball across the box 12 yards out but found no takers and Donaldson cleared the danger . Half way through the half another attack and ball into the box from the left for the hosts was met by Smith who’s attempt was blocked along with the follow up shot of McKenzie and the danger was cleared . Calum Smith was allowed time on the edge of the box to bring the ball down and shoot with Connor Wallace turning the ball around his right hand post for a corner . A long ball on 28 minutes was headed long by Chris Townsley who found Kelly who ran into the right hand area of the box and fired a shot wide of the left hand post . Half an hour on the clock and a ball into the box was headed goalward by McKenzie but Wallace saved well turning the ball past his post for a corner . Miller had a chance on 35 minutes but his shot from wide right and at a tight angle was sent past the left hand post . The visitors took the lead on 37 minutes when Andrew Gillen put a great ball through to ALEXANDER MILLER  who made no mistake from 12 yards out . A minute later good play on the edge of the box CONNOR KELLY made room before shooting into the bottom left hand corner with Lennox stranded .Kelly had a shot with four minutes left of the half from the right hand side which Lennox saved at his near post .

Dundonald came out the second half trying to get back into the game and a timely tackle by Andrew Gillen in the middle of the box stopped them from getting an attempt in on goal on 59 minutes  . Three minutes later Scott Richards  played the ball out to Nimmo who’s ball across the box to Kelly was adjudged to have seen the striker offside . At the other end a ball into the box was headed goal ward but Wallace smothered the ball to stop the effort . Locke saw a good run and shot deflected for a corner . Calum Smith set up Barry Sibanda but the big striker saw his shot go wide left of the target . Archie Campbell put a ball into the box that Connor Wallace had to tip over for a corner . Walton saw Wallace cut out a good ball in to the box for a corner and when the corner came in he clutched the ball out the air confidently .Broxburn extended their lead on 77 minutes when Andrew Gillen put a great ball in from the right to the back of the six yard box and there was ROSS NIMMO  who headed into the bottom right hand corner . Derek Wallace had a  shot from forty yards out that Wallace dived and punched clear of the danger area on. 81 minutes . With eight minutes left the home side gave themselves some hope of getting back in the game when a long Walton throw was cleared out the box and ARCHIE CAMPBELL fired home into the bottom left hand corner from 25 yards out . That hope was short lift when ALEXANDER MILLER was through on goal and scored into the bottom right hand corner from 12 yards out . Gordon Donaldson made a good run with four minutes of the game remaining and he set up Miller who’s shot was saved for a corner .Broxburn now travel to Jeanfield Swifts in the second round after they beat Heriot Watt University 3-1 at the Students home .

Newtongrange Star v Broxburn Athletic

NEWTONGRANGE STAR   2   HARRISON og , SCOTT

BROXBURN ATHLETIC       2  KELLY, MILLER

Newtongrange Star   Renton , Sciator , Bracks , K.Scott , O’Hara , Hunter , Wilson , McKenna (S.Scott 33m) , Lowson , Forster , Mitchell ( Swaney 60m) . subs  Dunsmore ,Young ?, Dyet , Gaff

Referee Mr I.Snedden  Assistants  Mr B.White ,Mr G. Callachan

Broxburn took the lead after only three minutes through CONNOR KELLY . Newtongrange equalised on 15 minutes when a Kevin Bracks attempt came off SHAUN HARRISON and passed his own keeper Connor Wallace . Broxburn Athletic regained their lead when ALEXANDER MILLER scored in 25 minutes  to give his side a half time lead .

Newtongrange were quickly on level terms in 57 minutes when STEPHEN SCOTT scored  to end the scoring at 2-2 ,a result that saw both sides qualify for the first round proper of the league cup

Broxburn Ath v Craigroyston

BROXBURN ATH   0

CRAIGROYSTON   0

Craigroyston  Burnside , Spence , K.Ross (Donaldson 71m) , Boyd , Charles , Greenhill (Nicolson 78m) , Hendrie , Mitchell , R.Ross , Tobin , Thomson ( Davies  85m)  subs Stenhouse , Pinto

Referee Mr M.Addy   assistants  Mr P.Kelly , Mr T.Kerr

attendance  aprox 100

Broxburn started in determined mood and Alexander Miller created the first chance in 3 minutes when he turned the defence and shot but his shot was week and the keeper saved easily . On 15 minutes a ball into the home box caused problems and after a few attempts the ball was eventually cleared fro the danger area .Three minutes later Cameron Mitchell made room for himself before firing a shot wide left from the right hand side of the box . Half way through the half a long ball saw Ross Nimmo in with a chance but his first time shot went high and wide . A minute later Miller was through on goal but shot straight at the keeper . With 27 minutes on the clock a long ball so the home defence static and Robbie Ross was given a great opportunity but he snatched his shot wide left of the target Miller got the better of the defender on the half hour mark but his shot was right at the keeper . Controversy erupted in 33 minutes when Alexander Miller beat the keeper and his shot appeared to hit the roof of the net before hitting the ground and spinning out .The stand side assistant initially started to run to the half way but then stopped and play continued with no goal being given . With five minutes left of the half a good one two between Miller and Nimmo with the latter’s shot saved .Craig scot saw a great shot saved for a corner which Shaun Harrison sent a header goalward but it was blocked and cleared .

The second half started the way the first half had finished with Broxburn on the attack .Nimmo picked up a great cross field ball from Scott but the wingers ball in was poor . Miller set Nathan Donnelly-Kay up on 56 minutes but his shot was straight at the keeper . Just after the hour mark Harrison saw a header from a corner go just over the bar .A minute later a Scott free kick was met by the head of Christopher Townsley but the big defender’s header was saved .Miller was through on goal from a long ball over the top but Stuart Burnside continued to frustrate the home side with another fine save   With 75 minutes gone Donaldson set up Craig Scott but the midfielder’s shot was blocked and cleared .Turner set Miller up on 78 minutes but Burnside saved well yet again . From the corner Scott saw his header crash of the bar and away from danger .It was Craig Scott who was to be frustrated by Burnside with five minutes remaining with a tremendous save .Mark Hendrie sent a free kick just over the bar on 88 minutes which they won during a counter attack . Good play set up Scott Richards and he sent his shot over the bar when on another occasion he would have been expected to hit the target . A corner in injury time was met by Shaun Harrison but Burnside kept up his inspired goalkeeping by saving well ..With time running out Burnside again saved his side this time from a Miller shot which he somehow managed to tip over the bar. A frustrating night for the home side with Newtongrage Star away on Saturday to see if we can get the shooting boots back on and win the match to qualify for the first round proper of the League cup .

Broxburn Athletic v Dundonald Bluebell

BROXBURN ATHLETIC   2  TURNER 75m,  MILLER 78m

DUNDONALD BLUEBELL  1  CAMPBELL 13m (PEN)

Dundonald Bluebell  Lennox , Forbes , Drummond , Dunlop , Wilson , Moffat (Rogerson 70m ), Walton (Ness 82m) , McKenzie (Sibanda 77m ) , Smith , Campbell , Penman  .subs Wedderburn , Russell

Referee Mr S.Lambie  Assistants   Mr N.Silva , Mr K.Boyd

crowd approx. 100

Dundonald started the stronger probing the home defence early on . In 3 minutes a throw in to Stuart Walton was then squared across the box but Connor Wallace cut out the danger . Alexander Miller had a great opportunity to open the scoring in the 4th minute when Greg Binnie set him up on the right hand side of the box and he turned the defender before curling a shot just wide of the right hand post . With ten minutes gone the visitors created a chance but Wallace saved and Gillen cleared the danger for a throw in . The opening goal came in 14 minutes when Jonni Turner fouled McKenzie in the box and ARCHIE CAMPBELL scored from the spot to put his side in front . On 17 minutes a free kick in from the right was met by the head of Calum Smith but his header went just wide of the right up right . Just before the half hour mark a ball squared to Gordon Donaldson so the defender 20 yards out but his shot went wide right . Chance of the game came three minutes later when Greg Binnie squared the ball across the box to Craig Scott and with everybody expecting the net to bulge Craig saw his shot saved by James Lennox in the visitors goals . On 33 minutes a corner by Turner in from the right  saw the ball break back out to him and his shot wizzed through the box and past the left hand side post . With six minutes left Greg Binnie was sent through but was thwarted by a great tackle just inside the box by Colin Wilson .

The second half started as the first half did with Dundonald on the attack and a minute into the half a ball down the right was cut back to Calum Smith but the striker saw his effort saved . At the other end two minutes later Miller saw an attempt easily saved . On 52 minutes Archie Campbell got on the end of a ball played in from the right  but saw his effort fly across the box and wide off the goal . Smith made a great pass to Jason Penman but the latter’s shot was saved comfortably by Wallace . Miller saw his shot when one on one with Lennox saved and the striker could not get the loose ball goal ward . It was Miller again who was sent through the visiting defence but this time he lost his footing at the vital moment and the ball ran through to the keeper on65 minutes .Michael Linton was booked for a foul five yards outside his own box and central but the free kick was crashed off the bar and as Gordon Donaldson broke away he was cynically fouled by Moffat who was carded for his trouble . The equaliser came with 15 minutes reaming when Miller was brought down outside the box and right .JONNI TURNER stepped up and curled a ball around the wall into the far left bottom corner . ALEXANDER MILLER got what ended up being the winner three minutes later when Scott Richards played him through beating the offside trap and firing into the net . A satisfactory result to start the season and we now move on to Tuesday night against Craigroyston with a run developing that I am sure the squad will want to preserve .

Paul Grant

Transferred to Whitehill Welfare December

Broxburn Ath v LothianthistleHutchiesonvale

BROXBURN ATH  4  BINNIE ,KELLY(2) , LOCKE

LoTHIAN THISTLE

HUTCHIESON VALE  1  McGregor pen

Lothianthistlehutchievale   Swain , Moore(Crawford 46m) , O’Donnell , Wilson , Munro (Mungall 70m) , Muir , Yafa Mendes  (Guy 70m) , Brown (Obrien 77m) ,Nhamburo (Grotin 46m) , McGregor (Archibald 70m) ,Hutchison .

Referee Mr M.McHendry

GREG BINNIE opened the scoring on eleven minutes breaking into the box before lifting the ball with a cute lob over the keeper into the net . LothianHutchie equalised on 25 minutes when Craig Purves fell on the ball and his hand struck the ball . CONNOR McGREGOR  slotted home from the penalty spot . Ten minutes later Broxburn were awarded a penalty when Ross Nimmo bearing down on goal was fouled as he entered the box and CONOR KELLY made no mistake from the spot . Just past the hour mark Broxburn added to their  lead when CONOR KELLY broke free and shot at goals the keeper stopped it at point blank but Conor was first to react and turn the ball into the empty net .The final goal came with ten minutes remaining when a corner into the box was met by NICHOLAS LOCKE who headed home giving the keeper no chance .

Carluke Rovers v Broxburn Athletic

CARLUKE    0

BROXBURN ATH    6 RICHARDS,DONNELLY-KAY , BEASLEY , LOCKE , MILLER , BINNIE

Carluke Rovers  Grant , Tracey (Browning 46m) ,Lowden , Cumming , Watson , Kane (McCallister 46m) , Fitzpatrick (Tamburinni 51m) , Grierson ( Martin 51m) , Byrne , Cassidy (McKenna 46m) , Haley

referee  Mr G.Logan

SCOTT RICHARDS opened the scoring on 16 minutes with a good turn and shot . Half way through the half a ball into the box was dropped by Liam Grant in the hosts goal and NATHAN DONNELLY-KAY had the easiest tasks of rolling the ball into the unguarded net . Before the hour mark JACK BEASLEY was first to react to the keeper parrying the ball from a shot to find the net . NICHOLAS LOCKE beat the offside trap on 66 minutes and was through on goal and should cool composure to lob the keeper for the fourth goal . The fifth came when Beasley made a great run down the right before firing a cross across the box which found ALEXANDER MILLER  who turned the ball home . GREG BINNIE FINISHED the scoring hitting the hosts for six when running down the right hand side he cut inside before shooting past the keeper .

Carluke Rovers

Bathgate Th V Broxburn Ath

Bathgate Thistle     0

Broxburn Athletic   9   Miller 3,Richards 2, Scott , Turner , Binnie , Beasley

Bathgate Th  Tobin , Thomson , Smith , Donoghue ( McIntosh 55m), Milton , Cormack , Dalrymple , Duncan (McKee 70m) , Feeney , Easton (Wight 70m) , McFadden  subs Gorrie

Referee Mr C. Macrae

Broxburn opened the scoring through CRAIG SCOTT in ten minutes  who from the right hand side of the penalty area he chipped the keeper into the far left top corner . ALEXANDER MILLER pounced on a bad pass in the home defence and slotted home in the 21st minute . Six minutes later ALEXANDER MILLER was played through and he scored past the advancing keeper . On the half hour mark a good run from Miller into the right hand side of the box allowed him to slide a ball across the six yard box where JONNI TURNER was running in at the back post to score easily .

Two minutes into the second half and GREG BINNIE got his side’s fifth when a ball deflected into his path and he fired home . ALEXANDER MILLER got his hat trick just before the hour mark  to make it six . Scott Richards and Andrew Gillen came on before the restart for Michael Linton and Jonni Turner .Two Minutes later SCOTT RICHARDS finished a good move to make it seven . JACK BEASLEY got an eighth on 78 minutes .SCOTT RICHARDS finished the scoring with two minutes remaining finishing off another good team move .

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