CRAIGROYSTON 1 IRVING
BROXBURN ATH 3 HARRISON , SCOTT , DONALDSON
Craigroyston Burnside ,Mackintosh , Ross , Anderson , Nisbet , Miller (Graham 85m) , Greenhall , Donaldson , Campbell , Irving , Smith (Wells 81m) , no unused subs
Referee Mr A. Strang
attendance 80
Broxburn started the chances in 2 minutes when a Jack Beasley free kick in from the left was headed clear for a corner . On seven minutes Mark Smith tried an effort from 35 yards out that did not trouble Wallace as it sailed over the bar .At the other end Craig Scott got down the right and his ball was cut out out by Stuart Burnside in the hosts goal as it geot inside the six yard box . The opening goal came for the hosts in 11 minutes when a ball into the left hand side of the box was gathered by TOM IRVING who had time to compose himself and fire past Wallace to give his side a shock lead . Quarter of an hour in and a Nicholas Locke ball in from the left was just too high for any of his attacking team mates . The visitors got level on 24 minutes when Jack Beasley lofted a free kick in from the left 35 yards out was met by the head of SHAUN HARRISON who powered it into the back of the net . Just past the half hour mark Locke got to the bye line and fired a ball across the six yard box that was just inches away from being met by Conor Kelly . Nicholas Locke landed his name in the book for an alleged dive while breaking free down the left he was tripped clearly by Mackintosh but some how the referee decided the Broxburn captain had dived to everybody’s disbelief . Locke himself had a shot saved on 37 minutes . With five minutes left of the half Gordon Donaldson saw an effort sail over the bar .
Broxburn should have gone in front on 49 minutes when Locke got a ball across past the keeper to Beasley who saw his shot cleared of the line by the covering defender . A minute later Cameron Ross got down the right and his ball to Locke just would not sit up for him and the chance went a begging . Broxburn were going for the three points and a good ball into box by Beasley saw Locke head wide . With almost an hour on the clock a corner in was met by Harrison who’s header went over the bar . Broxburn continued to press and a Beasley free kick saw Locke head over the bar .Cameron Ross worked his way into the box on the right hand side and saw his shot deflected for a corner . A double substitution injected a bit more pace to the game and on the 75th minute a great passing play saw Locke fire a ball across the box from the right and CRAIG SCOTT fired the ball into the net .Broxburn continued to press as they over run the home defence with attack after attack and were rewarded on 80 minutes when a Nimmo ball across the box from the left was retained by Cameron Ross who’s ball was cleared partially to GORDON DONALDSON on the edge of the box who controlled the ball before firing home .Locke set up Ross nimmo on 83 minutes but Stuart Burnside in the Craigroyston goal pulled of a great save . A couple of minutes later Binnie almost made it four but was crowded out at the right hand post as he poked the ball past .in the dying embers Locke thought he had scored as he ran on to a cross field ball but having done well to find the back of the net he was adjudged to have been offside . Ross Nimmo burst into the box in injury time and was fouled badly but the referee played a advantage ? but the home keeper stopped the ball before the referee stopped the game for treatment to Nimmo and restarted the ball with a bounce ball.
Not a good first half to watch for the visiting fans but far better performance in the second saw the job done and three more points in the bag .
ST ANDREWS UNITED 0
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 4 BEASLEY (2), BINNIE, QUINN own goal
St Andrews United L.Wilson , M.Fleming ,Rendall, O.Fleming (A.McDonald 79m), McInnes , Quinn , Penman ,
Falconer ( J.Wilson 61m) ,Stark , McManus , subs Moran ,Blainey
Attendance 94
Referee Mr S. Luke Assistants Mr R.Bowie ,Mr O. Roberts
With every game in non league football off it was great to see the St Andrews park in perfect condition for the game .Alexander Miller on two minutes carved open the first chance when on the edge of the box he tried to round the advanced Lee Wilson in the home goal but when he did the defender stepped in to clear for a corner . Greg Binnie two minutes later laid the ball off to Nicholas Locke but he could not get his shot away and the keeper gathered the ball . Stephen Stark tried a shot from 20 yards out but Connor Wallace saved comfortably . With ten minutes gone a free kick wide right by Craig Scott was played into the box but was just too strong and it came off the bar on its way over . Miller thought he had scored on twelve minutes but the defence cleared . The opening goal did come after 14 minutes when a ball over the top to Miller was played in to JACK BEASLEY who remained composed before turning the defender and keeper before firing into the net . Ryan McManus for the home side went on a good run down the left on 18 minutes but was thwarted by Wallace who blocked his run and shot on the edge of the six yard box . A minute later Miller should have done better when through on goal with the keeper to beat his shot went straight at the keeper .Just before the half hour mark a good ball into the box was collected by GREG BINNIE before he despatched the ball into the net . The visitors were on easy street a minute before half time when a great ball through to Miller was then passed to Binnie who slid the ball to JACK BEASLEY who had the easiest of tasks to fill the net and duly obliged .
The second half started as the first half finished with Broxburn on the attack but Miller’s shot was saved by Lee Wilson .If the game was not already over it was on the 52nd minute when the visitors won a corner it was flighted into the heart of the box and PAUL QUINN headed high into his own net giving his keeper no chance . With Connor Wallace almost a spectator for most of the game it was amazing to see on the 57th minute he pulled off a fantastic save when a ball played into the box was met by the head of Stephen Stark ever so slightly to divert the ball towards the bottom left hand corner from the right hand side and the big keeper got across to tip the ball around the post for a corner ,he was not to be beaten today . Jason Penman had a shot on 64 minutes that was deflected over the bar for a corner . Half way through the second half Jack Wilson had a shot that was weak and Wallace saved easily . Good football in difficult conditions on 77 minutes saw a ball into the box by Dominico Gibson was almost pounced upon by Miller but Wilson smothered the ball and the chance was gone . Scott Richards after winning the ball on the half way line made a great run wide left before cutting into the box and forcing Lee Wilson to save . Over all a great performance and another hurdle as we strived to win the conference league . Every player played their part and were superb in their attitude , commitment and determination to turn in a professional performance and stretch our lead at the top .
INVERKEITHING HILLFIELD SWIFTS 1
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 4 SCOTT,NIMMO,ROSS(pen),BINNIE
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts Wortley , O’Connor , Francis , McCann , Reid , Griffin , Russell , Houston (Kay 74m) , Cowie (Sullivan 80m) , Hamilton (Smith 82m) , Murray subs Brough , Malapira , Duffy , Shaw
Referee Mr E. Cairns , assistants Mr E. Walls and Mr A. Brown
Attendance 90
On a very windy arena this game was going to be tough with strong winds blowing slightly across the park .it was the visitors who had the element advantage at kick off .The first chance how ever fell to the hosts in the first minute when Ryan O’Connor and his good ball into the box from the bye line had to be cleared before any off his team mates got near the ball . Broxburn took the lead on 4 minutes when Dominico Gibson had a throw in on the left he threw to Conor Kelly ,making his return after a long lay off , who laid it back to CRAIG SCOTT thirty yards out and he caught it sweet firing into the top right hand corner giving Ross Wortley in goals no chance . A minute later at the other end Scott Russell twisted through challenges in the box before firing off a shot that Connor Wallace saved . Ross Nimmo got down the right on 11 minutes and his ball into the box was cleared out to Scott but this time his shot vent over the bar from similar position from where he scored his goal . O’Connor got down the right hand side two minutes later and his cross found Calum Murray who saw his shot deflected for a corner . Just after the quarter hour mark a short free kick to Gibson saw him pull his shot wide right from 20 yards out on the left . Half way through the half Nicholas Locke sent a free kick over the bar . Good play between Locke and Miller sent a ball into Connor Kelly who’s glancing header went over the bar . Cameron Rioss forced a good save after being set up by Nicholas Locke . Broxburn doubled their lead three minutes before the break when Cameron Ross passed to ROSS NIMMO out on the left he cut inside and from 20 yards out left of the goals he curled a shot high into the net another goal of Quality . Just before the break the hosts looked to certain to get a goal back when Calum Murray got in the box and just as he was about to pull the trigger Andrew Gillen got across and his tackle was timed to perfection and he cleared the danger .
Greg Binnie on at half time almost opened his account on his return in quick time but Wortley saved well from his shot two minutes after the restart .Despite playing the second half against the wind Broxburn were taking the game to their hosts .On 49 minutes a corner into the box was cleared out only as far as Nimmo but his shot was well left of the target . Alexander Miller got down the right and his excellent ball into the box was cut out for a corner . The corner came into the box and Miller saw his attempt at goal go just wide right of the target . The Swifts got back into the game on the hour mark when a free kick wide right and about 15 yards out from the bye line .JOHN FRANCIS stepped up to take it and he fired a rocket into the roof of the net . Connor Wallace done well to save from Scott Russell two minutes later . The Swifts had their tails up and on 66 minutes good play saw the ball into the box and Murray crashed a attempt of the woodwork before the ball was cleared . Miller set up Ross on 67 minutes but Wortley saved well . Nicholas Locke made a good run and his shot was well saved on 75 minutes .Miller saw a shot saved 2 minutes later . On 81 minutes greg binnie could not get the ball over the line when the loose ball came off him and bounced of the post before being cleared . Shaun Harrison sent a great pass to Locke who turned well but sent his shot just over the bar . Broxburn eased the pressure with two minutes remaining of the ninety when a long ball into the box was about to be brought down by Alexander Miller when he was bundled to the ground and the referee had no option to award the penalty to which CAMERON ROSS stepped up and kept up his record of scoring from the spot since he signed from Leith Athletic . With the last touch of the ball a ball into the host box deep into injury time eventually was forced over the line by GREG BINNIE . A 4-1 win on paper is good but the hosts made it difficult for us today and we will wrap the points up safely and stay top of the league and move on .
EDINBURGH UNITED 1
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 3 DONALDSON , MILLER (2)
Edinburgh United Walker , Kerr (Grieve 68m ) , Murray , Spalding , Guiney , Conlon , , Mckinlay , Auriemma (Flynn 83m) , Swanney (Robertson 70m ), Redpath , Ritchie , subs Watson ,Henderson , Hanratty
Attendance 90
Broxburn started well enough with Craig Scott firing in a free kick in the first minute that Darren Walker in the hosts goal clutched out the air with ease . Cameron Ross put a good ball across the box on four minutes with Craig Spalding turned the ball over his own bar . The home side came in to the game with the visitors falling out of it a bit and a minute later James Redpath fired a shot wide left from 18 yards out . Stephane Murray made room before crossing into the box it was cleared out as far as Craig Spalding who saw his shot just miss the target on the left .Ross Nimmo put a good ball through to Alexander Miller who saw his shot go just over the bar . The home side took the lead on 25 minutes when a ball into the visitors box was not properly cleared and when the ball fell to JAMES REDPATH on the edge of the box he fired it past Connor Wallace to the delight of his team mates . This should have been the wake up call the visitors needed and on 25 minutes Gordon Donaldson got down the right and fired a good ball across the hosts box but there were no team mates there to connect . With ten minutes left Miller burst into the box and his shot was deflected wide left by the tackling Edinburgh United defender .The visitors should have gone in at half time on level terms when Ross Nimmo got to the bye line after a mistake in the home defence on the right hand side and he picked out Miller at the back post who’s header went over the open goal with everyone expecting the net to ripple .
The second half started with more purpose for the visitors and Nimmo fired a shot wide right of the target after 2 minutes . Two minutes later at the other end Daniel McKinlay got into the right hand side of the box but pulled his shot wide of the left hand post . Broxburn got on level terms when winning a corner on the right the initial attempt at goal came off the bar but fell to GORDON DONALDSON 5 yards out to prod the ball home on fifty minutes .Another near chance for the visitors on 56 minutes when Dominico Gibson shot over the bar as the visitors went for the winner . Ross Nimmo was getting down the right hand side and again he put a great ball into the danger area on 63 minutes but the home defence dealt with it and cleared the danger . A couple of minutes later a ball into the edge of the box found Miller try an overhead kick but the attempt went tamely past the left hand post . The same player got down the right hand side and with other options in the box he fired a shot wide left from the right hand side of the box . A free kick in from Nimmo found Cameron Ross who saw his shot saved . The visitors took the lead with four minutes left of normal time when a ball in from the right hand side found ALEXANDER MILLER on the edge of the box who turned and shot past the stranded keeper .Broxburn protected their lead with a short corner on full time that eventually saw Miller shoot and Walker was forced to save at his bottom right hand corner . In injury time the points were sealed whe a ball over the home defence was met by the on running ALEXANDER MILLER who shrugged off the defender that was challenging him before sending the ball past the keeper and ease the visitors worries of any equaliser .
Not the best performance today but three points keep’s us top and if we can pick up points when not at our best then take it and move on .Next week’s game at home to Preston Athletic in the league gives us a chance to up the performance rating and keep our place at the top .
JEANFIELD SWIFTS 2 F.SMITH , S.SMITH
BROXBURN ATH 0
Jeanfield Swift Mitchell , McLaren (S.Smith 30) , Anton (Mollison 72m), Whitehead , Deane , Dewar (F.Smith 77m) Scott , Dodd , Holden , Simpson , Fergus . subs Donovan , Leith , Davies , Mackie ,
Referee Mr G. MacRae Assistants Mr D. Fearn , Mr K. Laird
attendance 120
The home side carved out the first opportunity on 7 minutes when Connor MacLaren got down the left before sending a ball across the box that Connor Wallace cut out gathering safely .Craig Scott saw a shot three minutes later being parried by Mark Mitchell in the Swifts goal before his defence cleared the danger . Andrew Gillen played a good ball in from the right for Scott who’s cross into the box could not be directed goal ward by the head of Nicholas Locke and the ball went wide left of the target . A minute later at the other end a good ball in from the right found the head of Gary Fergus who should have done better than send his header over the bar . MacLaren set up Robbie Holden but the latter’s header was well saved by Wallace . Just before the half hour mark a corner into the box was cleared by Christopher Townsley but only as far as Connor MacLaren who’s shot went just wide left .A corner for the hosts was cleared out but only as far as Christopher Scott who’s shot was attempted to be diverted goal ward by Christopher Anton but he turned it wide right . Tradgedy struck with seven minutes of the half remaing when Conor Kelly went down after a challenge and the game was stopped as fear of a serious injury was quickly established .The game was held up for almost 45 minutes before restarting the remaining 7 minutes of the half after Conor was taken by Ambulance to Perth hospital . With two minutes of the half remaining a good ball into the box was met by Nicholas Locke who knocked it to Greg Binnie who in turn headed wide right of the target to the disappointment of the striker .
Early in the second half Paul Simpson created room before shooting from the edge of the box just over the bar . On 55 minutes a great ball through to Locke from Binnie was thwarted by the advancing keeper who done enough to divert the ball for a corner with Locke ready to strike . Christopher Dodd forced a good save from Wallace on 58 minutes . At the other end Craig Scott saw an attempt at goal well saved . The opening goal came a minute later when a shot from Holden was well saved by Wallace and it broke out to SCOTT SMITH who fired into the bottom left hand corner . A good free kick into the box found the head of Greg Binnie but it went wide left . Ross Nimmo had a shot that went wide right with 11 minutes remaing in the darkening gloom . With 7 minutes left Jeanfield sealed the points when Scott Smith was brought down by Michael Linton in the box and FRASER SMITH scored from the spot kick awarded . The visitors pressed to get back in the game but the Jeanfield defence held out under pressure with chances being created for the visitors but none finding the back of the net . Not a good day for us or indeed Conor Kelly who was diagnosed as having dislocated his arm and not as complicated or as bad as was first feared .He was released from hospital later that evening with his arm repositioned and pain killers . We wish him a speedy recovery .
LINLITHGOW ROSE 3 COYNE (2), RONALD
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 0
Linlithgow Rose Marley , Gray , McKinlay (MacKinnon 79m) , Thom (Ovenstone 60m) , MacKenzie , Barbour , Ronald , Batchelor , Smith , Coyne , Ro MacLennan subs Sloan , Urquhart , Shields , Strickland , McKinven
attendance 450
Referee Mr P.Stuart Assistants Mr J.Vander , Mr Mr B. White
Broxburn started brightly but Linlithgow soon got into the game and Owen Ronald was put through and he rounded the advancing Connor Wallace but slid his attempt at goal into the right hand side netting . On eleven minutes Roddy MacLennan tried an overheaed kick but saw it go over the bar from just inside the box . Wallace saved well from Darren Smith on 14 minutes . Ross Barbour thought he could beat Wallace from 40 yards out but the keeper gathered easily . With 20 minutes on the clock Craig Scott put a great ball into the box and Nicholas Locke saw his glancing header shave the crossbar on the way over . Half way through the half Darren Smith put a cross come shot into the box and Wallace had to look lively as he tipped the ball over the bar . With half an hour gone Ian Gray got down the right and his cross into the box found the head of Tommy Coyne but his effort was easily save as he failed to get any power on the header . A minute later Cameron Ross shot wildly over the bar .Broxburn’s best chance came on 36 minutes when Alexander Miller was through with a defender to beat and attempted to go round him but MacKenzie stopped him in his tracks with Ross Nimmo free on the right with a clear run in on goal .Nicholas Locke was through and shot over on 40 minutes .With the half coming to a close Roddy MacLennan robbed Miller of the ball in midfield and ran through on goals before shooting which Wallace saved .
Two minutes into the second half Nimmo put a ball into Miller who headed over . The opening goal cam a minute later when the referee thought he saw an infringement in the box and Booked Chris Townsley before TOMMY COYNE scored from the spot just out of reach of Wallace in the right hand corner . Linlithgow doubled their lead when OWEN RONALD was allowed to create room inside the box before crashing a shot from the left hand side in of the right hand post .Nimmo and Miller linked up well to provide the later with a chance that Kyle Marley saved well as it broke to Cameron Ross he was adjudged to have been offside .With an hour on the clock Locke passed back to Craig Scott who’s shot went just over the bar from 25 yards out . Nicholas Locke saw a shot saved for a corner two minutes later . Nimmo saw an attempt on goal go wide left of the target . Owen Ronald saw an effort go wide left from the right hand side of the box . With the last action of the game Blair Batchelor sent a shot towards goal that TOMMY COYNE got his head to, to steer the ball into the net and end the action .
Not a good day for the BURN . We need to regroup and get ourselves up for the next challenge a home game against Craigroyston on Saturday the 24th of November with a 2-30pm kick off
