BROXBURN ATHLETIC 4 LOCKE 2 , DONALDSON , BINNIE
TYNECASTLE 0
Tynecastle Jackson , Grant , E. Greig , Ferguson , D.Greig (Leslie 79m) , Langdale , Stevenson , O’Brien (Hopkinson 68m) , Jo.Smith (Cameron 61m) , Brady , Barfoot
subs not used Ja.Smith , Mitchell .
Referee Mr.M.Harris , Assistants Mr. S.Robertson ,Mr. A.Brown
attendance 109
Broxburn almost made the dream start in only three minutes when a Scott Richards shot struck a defenders arm and the referee had no doubt it was hand to ball and awarded the penalty .Scott Richards lined up and his effort struck the post and was cleared from the danger zone . Daniel Greig put a good ball across the box but there were no takers for the visitors and the ball went out for a bye kick . Nicholas Locke saw an effort cleared for a corner after 11 minutes with good build up play on the right . Jordan Smith thought he would try an effort from 30 yards out but the ball sailed over the bar and never troubled Connor Wallace in the home goal . Just before the half hour mark a great move sent Jack Beesley clear but the ball through to him was just too strong as it ran away from him . Tynecastle thought they had scored when a ball into the box was saved by Wallace and when it broke to the visitors attack Wallace again scooped the ball of the line and the defenders cleared the danger .Two minutes later on 39 minutes a corner into the box was met by the head of Jordan Smith but his effort went just over the bar . With five minutes remaining of the first half a great run by Binnie down the left before he switched to Locke who saw his effort deflected for a corner . Andrew Gillen created two chances for team mates in the dying minutes when , firstly his ball in to Richards saw the later’s effort blocked and cleared and then in the last minute his ball in to Binnie was just too high for him to get his head on to .
The game burst into life five minutes into the second half when Greg Binnie sent a ball into the box it was met at the back post by GORDON DONALDSON who headed into the top left hand corner . Three minutes later Wallace had to look lively as Ryan Stevenson put a ball across his box that the keeper gathered before any Tynecastle forwards got there . On the hour mark Jack Beesley sent a thirty yard free kick towards the goals and saw it crash off the bar and away . Half way through the half Michael Barfoot for the visitors made room for a shot 30 yards out that went high over the target . Gordon Donaldson made a good move before cutting the ball across the box but no one could turn the ball into the net . Locke shot over the bar narrowly with eleven minutes remaining. The tie was effectively over shortly after as Beesley received the ball from Conor Kelly wide right and he slipped it to NICHOLAS LOCKE who hammered the ball home . A minute later Locke turned and shot and Murray Jackson tipped the ball over for a corner . Conor Kelly will be annoyed at his effort on 83 minutes after receiving the ball from Cameron Ross he miss hit the ball straight at the keeper giving him no trouble at all.
The third goal did come when Greg Binnie put a great ball In to CONOR KELLY who scored from the right hand side of the box . NICHOLAS LOCKE got his second and his side’s fourth when Beesley passed to him over thirty yards out and he sent a rocket past Murray Jackson in the visitor’s goal .In the last minute Cameron Ross sent Greg Binnie free one on one with the keeper and as the keeper came out Greg hit it past his right hand side but the ball agonisingly hit the right hand post and the defence got back to clear . A comfortable win in the end and a boost going into the William Hill Scottish cup next week at Girvan .
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 2 KELLY , MILLER
TYNECASTLE 0
Tynecastle Jackson , Langdale , Greig , Johnson (Leslie 27m) , Andrew , Milligan , Hendry ( Jo.Smith 57m ) , Grant , O’Brien , Barfoot , Hopkinson ( Elliot 55m) , subs Ja.Smith , Combe , Brady Moffat
Referee Mr C. Napier Assistants Mr C. Ashley ,Mr D MacKinnon
attendance 177
With so much at stake ,it was no surprise both sides started cagily but the hosts opened the scoring in 10 minutes when a loose ball out f defence was picked up by Nicholas Locke who ran forward and when most thought he would strike he laid the ball off to his right to CONOR KELLY just inside the box and he took a touch before firing home the opener . Two minutes later a good ball into the home defence was headed goal ward by Taylor Hendry but Connor Wallace held comfortably . A long ball through on sixteen minutes found Alexander Miller but his shot went over the bar . A minute later at the other end Taylor Hendry saw a shot blocked and cleared . End to end stuff as Donaldson then put a great ball in from the left which found Miller’s head but it went over the bar . The second goal did come a minute later when Jack Beesley’s free kick in to the box from the left sailed over everybody and found ALEXANDER MILLER who steered his header across the goal into the far side of the net . On 27 minutes Miller weaved his way into the box before shooting wide of the target . A minute later a ball into the hosts box was met by Kenny O’Brien who fired a shot towards goal the Connor Wallace had to be at his best to turn behind for a corner . Just after the half hour mark a good ball into the box found Shaun Harrison but he could not get any power or direction on his header as it went wide left of the target . With 36 minutes on the clock a free kick wide left about 30 yards out by Jordan Hopkinson went wide right of the target with Wallace having his goal covered .The game was still swinging from end to end and a great move from the home side saw Conor Kelly force a good save from Murray Jackson . The last chance of the half came when Gordon Donaldson crossed from the left but Kelly headed wide right .
In the first minute of the second half Conor Kelly made a good run down the left and his shot crashed off the corner of the bar and post .The rebound fell to Beesley who crossed to Miller who’s header was saved . Michael Barfoot shot over the bar on 48 minutes . On 53 minutes Euan Greig made room on the edge of the box but the full back shot over from 20 yards out . Craig Scott saw a shot go over the bar on the hour mark . Jordan Smith got into the box for the visitors but Wallace saved his shot . Half way through the half Miller thought he had added the third but despite a good move it was disallowed for offside . A couple of minutes later Broxburn hit the woodwork again and it was cleared for a corner . With 76 minutes gone Ross Nimmo put a great ball in to Miller who scooped the ball over the bar from eight yards . Craig Scott saw an effort deflected for a corner two minutes later .Greg Binnie sent a corner in from the left on 79 minutes that went past everybody and was cleared of the line at the back post by Barfoot . With the game petering out with four minutes left Locke set up Miller who shot over Greg Binnie headed wide of the target from a Nimmo cross . In the last embers of the game Greg Binnie was through one on one with the keeper but Murray Jackson saved well to protect his goal . A comfortable win though Tynecastle had their moments .A place in the next round away to Girvan in three weeks reward for the win and one to look forward to .
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 1 GILLEN
BONESS UNITED 1 STEVENSON
Boness United Murphy , Jacobs , Syme , Snowdown (Keast 63m) , Hunter , Gemmill , Donnelly (McKenzie 63m) , Morgan , Grant , Campbell , Stevenson , subs Hewitt , Mooney , Mitchell
Referee Mr J. Stewart assistants Mr R.Stewart ,Mr J. Crocker
attendance 318
A good crowd anticipated a cracking opening game to the season saw a share of the spoils which was fair over the ninety minutes .Shaun Harrison fired in a free kick slightly from the right about thirty yards out but it went straight through to the keeper who grabbed it out the air comfortably on four minutes . Stuart Hunter put a good ball from the left into the back of the six yard area but Chris Townsley headed clear for a corner . Thomas Grant made room central about 25 yards out to fire a shot in that sailed over the bar . half way through the half a good break for the home side broke down when Conor Kelly’s pass out to Andrew Gillen on the right hand side was just too strong for his team mate and the ball went out for a throw in . On the half hour mark good play forced a corner for the home side . The opening goal came in bizarre fashion on 36 minutes , when ANDREW GILLEN gathered the ball out on the right touch line he hit his cross too close to the keeper but with everyone expecting Andrew Murphy to gather easily the big keeper let the ball go through his hands and drop over the line . Grant tried an effort on 42 minutes for the visitors but Connor Wallace had it well covered .
The first opportunity of the second half fell to the hosts when Craig Scott crossed in from the left but Alexander Miller could not get a direction on his header and it went over the bar .Conor Kelly put a ball into the box from the left on 51 minutes but was too strong and the ball sailed well wide of any team mate . A great opportunity for an equaliser came just past the hour mark when Ryan Stevenson cut a ball back into the middle of the box from left on the bye line but the Broxburn defence cleared the danger before any bones player got the chance to hit it . Nicholas Locke shot weakly past the right hand post on 62 minutes . Two minutes later Locke put a good ball in to Miller but the strikers header was saved . Boness thought they had scored on 66 minutes when a ball floated into the six yard box from the right found big defender Stuart Hunter to head home but he was adjudged to have been offside ,much to the annoyance of the visitors . Half way through the half and a ball played across the box sixteen yards out was struck by Mark McKenzie but he saw his shot deflect wide right of the target . The corner came in to the back of the box and was headed back across where Ryan Stevenson glanced his header wide right of the target . The visitors were on level terms on 73 minutes when a ball played into the box from the right was met by the fist of the keeper but unfortunately it fell to RYAN STEVENSON who fired through a crowded box into the net . Broxburn pressed on for a winner and Andrew Gillen set up Locke but his shot was blocked and it would not drop kindly for Miller who was ready to pounce .Ross Nimmo set up Craig Scott with a pass from the left along the edge of the 18 yard box but his shot went wide left of the goals . With five minutes remaining a good ball in from the right by Andrew Gillen was defended well and headed clear of the danger area . With time running out a Ross Nimmo effort from 20 yards out and central was saved and cleared of the line . One more chance for Nimmo when Scott played him through down the left he tried to lob the advancing keeper but saw his attempt go over the bar .
A fair result in the end but disappointed we could have won the match on the chances we had . We now travel to Crossgates on Wednesday the 31st of July for a Premier League match with a 7-30pm kick off .
other Premier scores today are as follows
BLACKBURN UTD 2 LINLITHGOW ROSE 2 ; JEANFIELD SWIFTS 7 CAMELON 2 ; DUNBAR UTD 3 MUSSELBURGH ATH 2 ; NEWTONGRANGE STAR 0 TRANENT 3 ; SAUCHIE 2 HILL OF BEATH 2 ; WHITHILL WELFARE V PENICUIK ATH AND DUNDONALD V CROSSGATES WERE POSTPONED DUE TO WATERLOGGED PARKS
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 2 MILLER (2)
PUMPHERSTON 1 BETT
Pumpherston Shaw , Ewen , Millar , Guatella (Rodger 30m) , Adams (Irvine 46m) , Carroll , Batt , Beaumont , McRitchie (McCullagh 63m) , Anthony , Campbell , subs Turnbull , Mcqueenie
A good game that saw no goals the first half before the visitors took the lead in the second half through John Batt before Alexander miller got two to win the match .Another lot of game time under the participants belt and we move on to Clydebank which will be a tough encounter on Saturday 20th of July with a 2pm kick off .
BROXBURN ATH 2 DONALDSON ,NIMMO
BONNYRIGG ROSE 3 HOSKINS, MURREL , TURNER
Bonnyrigg Rose B.Young , Brett , Martynuik , K.Young , Hoskins , Turner , Stewart ( McGachie 56m) , Lough (Andrews 25m) , Currie , Gray (Murrell 56m) SUBS Nelson , Swanson
Referee Mr C. Wilson Assistants Mr M.Addy ,Mr D. MacKinnon
attendance 956
In what was going to be a tense afternoon it was Broxburn’s Conor Kelly who had the Visitors keeper Bryan Young called into action on 4 minutes . Kerr Young tried an effort for the visitors a minute later that went wide left of the target . On 17 minutes Conor Kelly got down the right before firing a good ball into the box that was cleared for a corner .The corner came in and was cleared out to Craig Scott on the edge of the box and he saw his shot saved by Young . Alexander Miller made a good run down the right hands side and put a ball in for Kelly who’s shot was saved and the ball broke back out to Ross Nimmo who fired a shot well over . The game exploded a minute later when Miller was running through after a ball and Bryan Young came out to challenge him on the edge of the box and was adjudged to have handled the ball outside his box and was red carded .Bonnyrigg brought on Michael Andrews for Keith Lough .From the free kick Locke fired a shot but was blocked it broke to Nimmo who’s shot was also blocked before finally falling to GORDON DONALDSON who fired it past a crowded box into the net .Broxburn went two nil up on 38 minutes when ROSS NIMMO fired a rocket into the net giving Young no chance .Locke and Scott both had shots in the last five minutes of the half that missed the target .
The ten men took the game to Broxburn in the second half and Lewis turner saw a shot go wide left on 57 minutes . Two minutes later a ball into the box saw Craig Purves clear of the line and away for a corner . Aaron Murrel saw a header go just wide left . Nimmo made a good run into the box before firing a shot wide left from the right hand side of the box . Turner shot over the bar on 68 minutes .With 20 minutes remaining Bonnyrigg got back in the game when DEAN HOSKINS sent a shot past Wallace into the top corner from the left . There were ten minutes left when a corner into the box was met by the head of Hoskins but his effort came off the bar . Bonnyrig got the scorline they needed to win the championship with 4 minutes remaining when AARON MUREL fired home from just inside the box to the delight of the Bonnyrigg faithful .Broxburn almost snatched the title back with a minute left when Michael Linton put a through ball out left to Gordon Donaldson he got inside the box but pulled his shot past the far right post . Broxburn were pushing for the winner and sent Conor Wallace up for a corner in the last minute but when it broke down Bonnyrigg broke up the other end and the ball was played into LEWIS TURNER who rolled the ball into the unguarded net to seal the victory . That was the last action of the game and Bonnyrigg were crowned champions .We can be proud of our season so far and with Tranent next Saturday we can go on to win silverware in the king cup .
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 2 BEASLEY (2)
COLDSTREAM 1 BRIGGS
Coldstream Turnbull , Herdman , Heugh , Straughan , Fox , Bonnington ( Brown 83m) , Dixon , Windram , Paterson (Brown 63m) , Bright , Lee subs Corfield , Allan
Attendance 176
Referee Mr. A.Shepherd Assistants Mr. P.Hanlon ,Miss F. Morton
Broxburn started well within the first minute Greg Binnie made a good run into the box on the right before sending a good cross across the six yard box but was just too much in front of his team mates and the ball went straight through to safety for the visitors . Two minutes later Jack Beasley made good room in the box before sending a good ball into the danger area but again no one in red and whit were there to get on the end of it . The opening goal came on 10 minutes when Cameron Ross went on a run down the left and was brought down as he headed for goal .JACK BEASLEY stepped up to take the free kick wide left and 25 yards out, he fired a great ball into the top left hand corner . With fifteen minutes gone Gordon Donaldson put a great ball to the back post from the left and Greg Binnie knocked it back out to Beasley who’s ball into the box was met by the head of Alexander Miller but he could not find the target and the ball went over the bar . Miller tried an effort from 25 yards out on twenty minutes which Elliot Turnbull saved . Just after the half hour mark a corner into the box found the head of Chris Townsley but the big defender headed wide right of the goals . Beasley was thwarted by Turnbull who was quick to come out and grab the ball just before Beasley in the box . Coldstream’s Craig Heugh tried an effort from thirty yards out but it sailed over the bar not troubling Connor Wallace in the home goals after being in his sick bed all week . Binnie had the last effort of the half that was deflected for a corner which came to nothing .
Coldstream almost got a goal on 53 minutes when a good ball into the box was eventually cleared by the home defence . On the hour mark Miller made a good run down the right but his shot went over the bar . With 63 minutes on the clock Binnie sent a good ball through to Miller but it was a little to hard allowing the keeper to come and collect the ball . Half way through the second half Binnie played Cameron Ross through down the left and when he cut inside his shot went over the bar .Binnie again created another opening two minutes later but his great ball across the box was a fraction in front of Craig Scott and the ball was cleared . The second goal came on seventy minutes when Cameron Ross played a great ball down the right into the path of JACK BEASLEY who took a couple of strides forward into the box on the right hand side before firing high into the far top left hand corner of the net . A minute later a Miller attempt was saved comfortably . The visitors got back in the game a minute later when Ben Herdman fired a rocket from thirty yards that crashed of the corner of post and bar bounced down and STUART BRIGGS was first to react to head into the net .Coldstream had their tails up and went looking for a leveller with some mounting pressure . They almost capitilised on 84 minutes when both Donaldson and Wallace went for the same ball on the edge of the box and collided leaving the loose ball that coldstream could not turn into the net . Dominico Gibson saw a shot deflected for a corner and Townsley could not get direction on his header when the ball came in to box . In the last minute Kristian Dixon saw a good run and shot from the lleft come of the left hand post and Craig Purves was first to the loose ball to turn behind for a corner . When the corner came in Ross Straughan saw his header tipped on to the bar from Wallace’s hand and it bounced away from the danger area .
Next round was the target and next round is where we are with an away tie at Tranent to look forward too .
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 6 MILLER (2), SCOTT (2), LOCKE ,GIBSON
STIRLING UNIVERSITY eos 1 HEATH
Stirling University (eos) Bushell , Monro , Gunn , Rose , Corrin (Hodges 65m) , Fitzpatrick , Maclean (McClaren 78m) , McAnespie , Bird (Sheills 84m) , Collins , Heath
Attendance 98
referee Mr J.Stewart Assistants Mr S.Davidson ,Mr B.White
Broxburn kicked off with a strong swirling wind at their backs but it was the Student’s from Stirling who opened the scoring in only three minutes when CALUM HEATH gathered the ball half way inside his opponent’s half and ran through the home defence before firing into the bottom left hand corner from the right hand side of the penalty box .Two minutes later David Collins broke away but fired into the left hand side netting . This was the shake up the home side needed and a minute later Nicholas Locke was through on goal but was brought down but the referee played advantage as the ball ran through and ALEXANDER MILLER got there to fire past Murray Bushell in the visitors goal . A minute later Craig Scott tried a shot from 25 yards out but it took a deflection and went narrowly past the right hand post .Broxburn went in front on seven minutes in the simplest of fashion when Michael Linton lobbed a ball over the top of the visiting defence and ALEXANDERR MILLER was there to score . Half way through the half and Locke weaved out an opportunity but his final shot went wide left of the target . Scott fired a shot over the bar on 26 minutes . On 34 minutes a loose ball inside the six yard box just would not fall to any of the Broxburn forwards and Bushell managed to gather the loose ball . Euan Bird carved out an opportunity in 38 minutes but Connor Wallace saved comfortably . Cameron Ross tried his luck from just outside the box but his effort went over the bar with five minutes of the half remaining. Miller also fired over the bar with the last opportunity of the half .
Against the wind the second half Broxburn were camped in their opponents half early doors . Miller had a double opportunity on 54 minutes when his first shot was well saved but when it broke back to the striker he fired over the bar .A minute later the same player made his way down the left hand side and into the box but pulled his shot wide right of the far post . With 64 minutes gone Cameron Ross put a teasing ball across from the right and it deceived all before the defence managed to clear from the back post . A minute later the visitors goal scorer tried a shot from thirty yards out that shaved the top of the cross bar on its way over .Ross Nimmo put a great ball into the mix on the edge of the six yard box but just as Miller was about to shoot Murray Bushell dived at his feet and thwarted the danger . A sigh of relieve was heard when on 74 minutes when a Nimmo ball to the back post found Locke who controlled the ball before laying it back to CRAIG SCOTT to hammer the ball home from the edge of the box . Stirling were not out of it and with ten minutes remaining a ball over the top to Edward Hodges on the right hand side saw him drive into the box and his shot was saved well by Wallace at the expense of a corner . Broxburn put the points in the bag on 84 minutes when a long ball to Greg binnie on the left was then pulled back to CRAIG SCOTT who fired home past a crowded box into the net . With two minutes remaining a ball into the edge of the box was met by NICHOLAS LOCKE who made good space before firing home past Bushell . A minute later it was six when DOMINICO GIBSON got the ball in the middle of his opponents half before firing a shot past the statues’ keeper . The score line was maybe a bit harsh on the students but we went about our job professionally and took our chance’s when they came along . That was our last home leagu match and we are rightly proud to have finished undefeated at home in the league . We go on our travels next week to St Andrews with a 2-30pm kick off . A bus will be leaving the Albyn Park at 11-45am sharp and if anybody wishes to book a seat they should contact the committee as soon as possible .
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 4 BINNIE (3) , GIBSON
DUNIPACE 0
Dunipace Martin , MacPherson , Galloway , Cumming , Denham , A.Stevenson , Stowe (Williamson 79m) , Wright , Dymock , McFadden ( Tulloch 69m) , Gallacher ( Paton 65m),
subs Shanks , O’Connor
Attendance 167
Referee Mr B. Falconer Assistants Mr D. McKniff ,Mr D. Dickinson
Broxburn set the scene for attacking the visitors as early as the 2nd minute when Jack Beasley got down the right but his ball into the box was hammered clear by the defence . Two minutes later Beasley again got down the right this time he found the Head of Dominico Gibson who knocked it down to Greg Binnie but the defence thwarted the chance and cleared the ball away from the danger area . Greg Binnie forced his way past two defenders before shooting but Martin in the host’s goal saved comfortably . It was all Broxburn and in eight minutes a good Conor Kelly cross found the head of Binnie who’s header was saved . On 18 minutes a free kick in from the left was just too much for the attacking Broxburn forwards and the ball went out for a bye kick .The goal came half way through the half when Broxburn were awarded a corner on the left .The ball came deep into the box and GREG BINNIE unmarked was able to steer the ball into the bottom left hand corner of the net .Just after the half hour mark another corner into the box was met by Binnie again but this time his header went over the bar . Dominico Gibson almost finished of a good move when his shot was saved after it took a deflection towards goal that Martin did well to follow in the visitors goals .
The second half started as the first half when Craig Scott ,on at half time for Andrew Gillen , sent a ball into the box that Gibson headed wide of the target . On 52 minutes Dominico Gibson saw a shot from 20 yards out on the left take a deflection for a corner . Kelly put a great ball in from the right and Gibson was thwarted when Martin dived at his feet inside the six yard box to grab the ball . Connor Kelly done well to get down the left but his cross come shot could have been better with team mates waiting in the middle . Binnie was unlucky on the hour mark when a near perfect ball over the top gathered speed and was just beyond the striker . The second goal did come on 67 minutes when a Beasley short corner to Nicholas Locke out on the right ,was then played into the box where Kelly forced a double save from the Dunipace keeper but it finally broke to the head to DOMINICO GIBSON who headed home . Two minutes later if the tie was not over it was now when a free kick into the box found GREG BINNIE clear to head into the net . It was four nil on 83 minutes when GREG BINNIE gathered the ball on the right and went on a run past defender’s challenge’s to get clear and slot past the luckless keeper . Cameron Ross made a good run into the box with two minutes remaining but his shot at goal was well saved . It should have been a handful in the final minute when a great ball across the six yard box was met at the back post by Jack Beasley who some how managed to turn the ball past the right hand post of the unguarded goals . Through to the next round with a home tie against Dunbar Utd or Coldstream ,who play on Tuesday evening ,on the 23rd of March . A lot of good came out of the game with players getting good game time that have been idle on our run recently and great to see Grant Gavin get on as sub with 15 minutes to go to make his season’s debut .
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 2 NIMMO , TOWNSLEY
ST ANDREWS UTD 1 HARRISON O.G
St Andrews L.Wilson , Blainey (Quinn 69m) , S.McDonald (Moran 61m) , O. Fleming , M.Fleming , R.McManus , Honeyman , Penman , J.Wilson King , R.Cunningham (Falconer 52m) subs S.Cunningham , Stark , A.Fleming
Attendance 120
referee Mr R Lee assistants Mr W. Chadwick ,Mr J.Taylor
Broxburn started the brighter and it was no surprise when they opened the scoring on 6 minutes when a long ball down the park from Connor Wallace found Nicholas Locke wide left who got the better of the full back before cutting into the box along the bye line and cut the ball back to ROSS NIMMO who stepped to his left before firing into the net . Two minutes later Nimmo got down the right and crossed into the box but was inches away from the incoming Alexander Miller . A further two minutes past and Nimmo again got the better of his opponent down the right but his final run into the box the ball just run away from him and out for a bye kick ..Nimmo should have scored on 18 minutes when Locke played him through slightly to the right hand side inside the box and he forced a good save from Lee Wilson in the visitors goal .A minute later a Craig Scott free kick broke back out from the box to him but his shot was deflected for a shy . At the half way point of the half a couple of half chances were created by the home side as they continued to press A corner on 23 minutes saw Cameron Ross’s corner in come straight back to him and he lobbed the ball to the back of the box where CHRISTOPHER TOWNSLEY rose above everybody to head home .On the half hour mark ,Townsley couldn’t get enough power on a header and it dropped in to Wilson’s arms . Two minutes later a Craig Scott free kick into the box was destined for the top corner off Alexander Miller’s head but some how Lee Wilson got his fingers to it to turn it behind for a corner Miller received a ball from a throw in on 35 minutes and turned and shot over the bar . With the first half clock running down a corner in found Gordon Donaldson at the back and his header hit the crossbar on it’s way over . In the last action of the half Nicholas Locke fired a free kick goal ward that must have stung the keeper’s finger’s as he turned the ball behind .
With only four minutes of the second half gone the hosts were awarded a penalty when a ball played into the box to Locke was met by the defender who was adjudged to have brought him down .Up stepped Cameron Ross but this time his penalty was well saved by Wilson at full stretch at his bottom right hand corner to turn the ball around the post for a corner . Four minutes later Nimmo put Locke through in the box on the left hand side and he sent a shot towards the top left hand corner and yet again Lee Wilson kept his side in the game with a great save . Just before the hour mark Dylan Honeyman received the ball from a throw but Connor Wallace saved his attempt at goal . The visitors did get a lifeline with 16 minutes remaining when Wilson made a run to the bye line and when he cut it across the goals Donaldson cleared the ball but it rebounded off SHAUN HARRISON and bounced into the net for an own goal . Any realistic hope of the visitors getting anything from the match vanished on 76 minutes when Ollie Fleming was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Locke on the edge of the box . The last real opportunity came in the last minute when a Nimmo attempt was well saved by Wilson . Not a great second half but three points is three points . Need to pick up in games to come if we are to realise our ambition’s .
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 3 MILLER , ROSS (2)
JEANFIELD SWIFTS 2 DAVIES (2)
Mitchell , Anton , Kennedy (Reid 77m) , Whitehead , Deans , S.Smith , McLaren , Davies ( Holden 73m) , Dewar (F.Smith 81m) , Simpson , Fergus . subs Mackie
Referee Mr S. Lambie assistants Mr L.MacKinnon & Miss F. Morton
Attendance 193
The visitors started the brighter and created the first opening in 2 minutes when Michael Kennedy got free in the box before cutting the ball to Scott Smith but Gordon Donaldson got over to tackle and clear the danger . Two minutes later Smith fired a shot from 20 yards which took a deflection which took the sting off the ball and Connor Wallace gathered comfortably . Broxburn created a great chance a minute late when Shaun Harrison cleared the ball up the park to Alexander Miller who laid it off to Nicholas Locke who was only stopped from scoring by Mark Mitchell in the visitors goal who came out quickly to throw himself at the captains feet to gather the ball . On eight minutes a free kick in from the left by Cameron Ross was headed out for a corner .When the corner came in Christopher Townsley saw his header go just over the bar . The opening goal came a minute later when a Harrison free kick from just inside the opposition half found Nick Locke who headed down into the path of ALEXANDER MILLER who turned the ball into the net . The lead only lasted five minutes when a corner played low into the box was picked up by Michael Kennedy who got to the bye line before lobbing a cross over from the right to the back post where RHYS DAVIES rose above everybody to head home from three yards out . Half way through the half the visitors created a good opportunity but the final ball into the box was not picked up by any one and the danger was cleared . Almost half an hour gone and Ross cut into the box but his shot was turned away for a corner . The corner came in and Miller sent a shot wide of target on the left hand side . A good ball a minute later to Locke was then passed to Ross who’s cross was cut out for a corner .The corner was swung into the box and Gordon Donaldson crashed a header off the cross bar and over with the keeper beaten . .The hosts took the lead on 33 minutes when CAMERON ROSS took a corner on the left hand side shooting towards Edinburgh end of the park and his corner deceived everyone to go in at the far right hand corner .Connor McLaren sent in a great ball on 41 minutes but none of his team mates were there to take the opportunity and the Broxburn defence cleared the danger .
Jeanfield came out the second half determined to get back on level terms and there was not a minute on the clock when Gary Fergus got the ball on the right hand side before cutting across the box with a pass that found RHYS DAVIES who scored his and his side’s second goal to level the game . On 55 minutes Conor McLaren got into the box but shot wildly over under pressure .Ross Nimmo fired a shot in from the right hand side that went wide left of the goals . An hour on the clock and a good free kick into the hosts box was not picked up by anybody and the danger was cleared .Half way through the half Gordon Donaldson sent a great ball across the six yard box from the left which Ross Nimmo could only turn wide of the right hand upright . With both teams going for the winner Scott Smith fired a shot just over the bar from just outside the box . Shaun Harrison showed great determination when thwarting a chance on the edge of the box before it was cleared from the danger area . Broxburn thought we had scored with seven minutes left as a Jack Beasley free kick was played into the box from the right hand side about thirty yards out found the head of Nicholas Locke running in to head home what everyone thought was a legitimate goal except the assistant . The winning goal was only delayed a few minutes when a long ball through found CAMERON ROSS in the box and his determination to score succeeded despite the best efforts of the defence . Miller had one more chance as the game went into injury time but his effort was over the bar . A good win over one of our rivals for the league is very satisfactory and we now have our destiny in our own hands and the players will know that rewards are just around the corner if they carry out a professional end to the season we will be there . We keep our feet on the ground and move on and every game will be treated like a cup final .
