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
HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY 0
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 7 MILLER (3) ,NIMMO,KELLY,ROSS ,LOCKE
Heriot Watt University Reid , Hogg , Munro (Voy 53m) , Barclay , Quinn , Malin (Duffy 67m) , Graham , Laurenson , Muttitt , Spence , Singh (Ward 62m) subs Shrive , Smith , McMahon
Attendance 100
Referee Mr C.Charleston Assistants Mr G.McGregor , Ms Niamh Westwood
The home side created the first opening when Calvin Muttitt was played through into the box but Craig Purves blocked his shot at the expense of a corner . It was Broxburn who got the goals flowing in 7 minutes when Ross Nimmo gathered the ball in his own half and played a pass through to Alexander Miller who returned the ball to ROSS NIMMO who fired a shot from the right thirty yards out into the top left corner giving the keeper no chance . Two minutes later a ball into the box to Chris Townsley from Craig scott was knocked down into the path of Nimmo who saw his shot tipped round the post for a corner . On thirteen minutes a loose ball into the box was picked up by Cameron Ross who saw his shot blocked on the line for a corner . With twenty minutes on the clock Nicholas Locke ran through and shot from twenty yards the ball was blocked and deflected to Miller but the striker could not get enoght power on his shot and Callum Reid saved comfortably in the home goal . Broxburn were dealt a blow when Jack Beasley hobbled off after 23 minutes and Euan McGill replaced the full back . Heriot Watt had their best spell after this before the visitors regrouped . With 26 minutes Arron Singh made a good run down the left before shooting wide right from inside the box . A minute later Neil Laurenson tried a shot from twenty yards out central to the goals but his shot went wide left of the upright . The visitors had an escape when a loose ball was not cleared properly by Nimmo and Arron Singh won the ball inside the box and as Connor Wallace came out to stop him he shot past the keeper and was unlucky to see his shot come of the far right post and was cleared from the danger area . On the 39th minute mark Jack Spence shot wide right for the home side . A corner at the other end with four minutes left found Connor Kelly who’s header was cleared of the line . Broxburn got a cushion to go into half time with two minutes remaining of the half when a long ball down the right was chased and caught by Connor Kelly who cut along the bye line before crossing to the back post for ALEXANDER MILLER to head home . Connor Wallace saved from Arron Singh in the last minute of the half but it would not half counted as he was flagged for offside .
Broxburn increased their lead in 53 minutes when a ball out on the right to Kelly who then crossed into the box and ALEXANDER MILLER met it with his head to score in the bottom right hand corner . A fourth was added on 63 minutes when Cameron Ross set up ALEXANDER MILLER who scored at the second attempt to complete his hat trick . The fifth came two minutes later when Nimmo played CONNOR KELLY through and the striker slotted home from just inside the box . Miller had a chance with quarter of an hour to go but pulled his shot wide of the target . The sixth came from the penalty spot on 80 minutes when Eaun McGill was fouled twice running into the box and CAMERON ROSS stepped up to the spot and gave Callum Reid no chance to score on his debut . Broxburn were in seventh heaven when Euan McGill fired in a free kick from wide left for NICHOLAS LOCKE to turn the ball home as he came in at the back post from the right hand side . The last chance of the half came in the last minute when Cameron Ross fired a shot wide right .A good performance from the walking wounded and the guys that came in done a good job . Only disappointment was another injury to our long list .Bud Porteous is going to be busy man this week as we prepare for our away game at Linlithgow Rose with a 2-30pm kick
JEANFIELD SWIFTS 4 ( AET) FERGUS , DODD , WHITEHEAD , DONOVAN
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 2 DONALDSON . KELLY
Jeanfield Swifts Mitchell , Leith , Whithead , Anton , Mollinson , Mackie , Doidd (Dewar 95m) , Fergus (Scott 71m) , McLaren (Donovan 83m) , Holden (Davies 65m) , Simpson
Refree Mr C. Charleston Assitants Ms K. Kyle , Ms A. Hendry
Attendance 100
In what was going to be a tight game it was Christopher Dodd who had the first opportunity for the hosts after 4 minutes when he fired in a shot that didn’t trouble Connor Wallace in the visitors goal . Four minutes later a corner in from the left saw Christopher Anton get a free header but it went wide right of the target . Broxburn created a chance on ten minutes when Greg Binnie got down the right and crossed into the box where Connor Kelly headed over the bar . The visitors had strong claims for a penalty when Kelly was fouled in the box but the referee waved away claims . On sixteen minutes a corner in from the left was met by Nicholas Locke who was adjudged to have deliberately handled the ball and was booked for his trouble .Jack Beasley got down the right in twenty minutes but his cross into the box was inches to far in front of the incoming Binnie . two minutes later Dodd made room twenty five yards out to shoot but fired it over the bar . On 38 minutes Ross Nimmo sent a ball into the box that Binnie headed wide when unchallenged .With four minutes left of the half Dodd’s saw a shot blocked for a corner by Christopher Townsley .
The hosts took the lead in the first minute of the second half when a ball in from the left found GARY FERGUS at the back of the box and he fired home . Two minutes later Dodd’s found Wallace at his best saving from him at the expense of a corner . Nicholas Locke got on the end of a free kick deep into the opponents box but he headed wide right of the target . The equaliser did come on the hour mark when Nimmo laid the ball off to Andrew Gillen who put the ball into the box and found GORDON DONALDSON who scored to level the match . Fergus had a good opportunity to regain the lead two minutes later with a free header from a corner but it went wide left . The hosts did take the lead on 62 minutes when a ball into the box was knocked back out and as the Broxburn defence moved out the ball was lobbed over them where clearly three Jeanfield players were offside but no flag was raised by the assistant and CHRISTOPHER DODD slotted the ball home . Wallace had to tip a shot over the bar two minutes later . with ten minutes remaining Dodd’s saw an effort cleared off the line . Extra time was needed when with two minutes remaining Greg Binnie knocked on a long ball over the home defence for CONOR KELLY to run on to and score to extend the game .
In the first period of extra time Conor Kelly came close on 100 minutes when his shot from the left went just wide of the right hand post .Craig Scott was set up by Binnie two minutes later but his effort went wide left of the goals .
The hosts took the lead in the first minute of the second period of extra time when Rhys Davies was through and Wallace saved his effort for a corner .When the corner came in it fell into the middle of the box where AARON WHITEHEAD prodded the ball home .. With the visitors trying to get another equaliser Jeanfield secured their passage with the last kick of the ball when a quick throw found RICHARD DONOVAN in the box and he scored before the referee blew for time up at the restart . A bare bones squad today but everyone gave their all and were maybe unfortunate to go out the cup .
PRESTON ATH 1 WALKER
BROXBURN ATH 4 MILLER , DONALDSON , TOWNSLEY , BINNIE
Preston Ath Findlay , McFarlane , Innes , Cowan , Campbell , D.Pennycuick , Grotlin , Turkington (Dimitrov 78m) , Jardine (Austin 64m) , Weldon (Stokes 78m) , Walker subs gk C.Pennycuick
Referee Mr P. Hanlon attendance 80
The first opportunity fell to the visitors when Nicholas Locke got down the right hand side and sent the ball in to Alexander Miller who fired over the bar on 4 minutes . Four minutes later a corner in from the left saw Dylan Weldon get a free header but saw it go over the bar . Miller forced a great save from Jack Findlay in the host’s goal . Broxburn broke the deadlock on 13 minutes when Nicholas Locke sent ALEXANDER MILLER through on goal and when he rounded the keeper he swept the ball into the unguarded goal . Half way through the half Preston sent a free kick into the box and it was cleared to the back right of the box where Steven Campbell was unmarked and he floated the ball back into the mix where it fell to Weldon who fired over the bar from just inside the box . Conor Kelly saw a good attempt deflected for a corner on 25 minutes .Preston got back on level terms in 27 minutes when SCOTT WALKER made room on the edge of the box before firing low into the bottom left hand corner . A minute later a ball back to Findlay in the host’s goal was spilled and when Miller went for the loose ball the keeper impeded him but the referee gave nothing more than a corner . Miller saw two attempts cleared off the line on the half hour mark . An attempted clearance at the other end by Andrew Gillen broke to Dylan Weldon who got down the left before firing across the box where Conor Wallace done well to turn the ball behind for a corner . Preston were reduced to ten men with six minutes of the half remaining when Miller was through on goal and Craig Innes came across him and brought him crashing to the ground for which he saw a straight red card . Two minutes later Miller sent a shot wide left of the post from the edge of the box on the right hand side .
The second half started slow and it was on 55 minutes when the first chance of the half was sent in from miller which the keeper spilled but Kelly was adjudged to have fouled the keeper going for the loose ball . On the hour mark Conor Kelly fired in a shot that Findlay managed to tip over the bar . From the corner the ball broke out to Ross Nimmo who fired in a shot that was blocked and cleared . Broxburn took the lead when a ball played into the box by Andrew Gillen broke back out to Chris Townsley just outside the right hand side of the 18 yard box he sent a ball into the box where GORDON DONALDSON got beyond the defence to guide the ball home past Findlay on 64 minutes .Five minutes later the visitors took a strangle hold on the game when a Beasley corner into the box eight yards out was met by the head of CHRISTOPHER TOWNSLEY who headed home . GREG BINNIE got on the end of a Jack Beasley ball into the back left post for him to turn the ball past Findlay to put his side in a comfortable position five minutes later . Jack Beasley almost made it five when a great shot from the right hand side came crashing off the left hand post with Findlay rooted to the spot . The final chance of the game came on 82 minutes when Gordon Donaldson got down the left and fired a ball across the box that was just too strong for the in coming Daniel Duncan ..This sent us back to the top on goal difference with two league games to come this week which could give us the chance to consolidate our position at the top of the league
