BROXBURN ATH V CAMELON

ATTENDANCE 177

The visitors had the first opportunity on 7 minutes when Stevenson fired a ball across the six yard box but the ball eluded all and went for a throw in . A minute later the exact same happened . At the other end on ten minutes good play forced a corner which Gordon Donaldson headed over at the back of the six yard box . Joe Tait was causing problems down the left for the visitors defence and after another good run his cross was cut out for a corner that came to nothing . On 21 minutes good passing play around the box just failed to create an opening  for the home side . Two minutes later the visitors opened the scoring when a ball played across the box from the right hand corner of the 18 yard box found LEWIS McARTHUR at the back post unmarked to nod the ball home . Joe Tait saw an effort from the left hand side that went over the bar . Just after the half hour mark good football being played down the right saw Adam Murray fire over a cross that was turned behind for a corner under pressure . Kyle  Sampson fired a shot ,after good build up play , just past the left hand post from 25 yards out .Joe Tait made another good run down the left , his cross was cleared but only as far as Greg Nicol  who sent a shot just wide left of the post  for the last piece of action of the half .

Broxburn went on search for the equaliser early in the second half with Tait making another good run down the left into the box but his cut back cross was cut out by the keeper .  The equaliser came on 50 minutes when a ball into the box had the visiting defence all at sea , quite apt for the Mariners , and Gary Brass was about to fire home from six yards when he was brought down . GREG BINNIE stepped up to the spot and fired the spot kick home giving Jakub Welna no chance in the Camelon goal . The hosts should have taken the lead 4 minutes later when a corner to the back post should have been turned home but went wide left of the target . With the home side pressing hard Tait set up David Greenhill who fired a shot over the bar . The home side took the lead when Tait had a good shot blocked from the right and it fell kindly to GREG BINNIE who fired home for his and hiss side’s second .  On the hour mark a good run by Binnie gave claims for a penalty that the officials were not prepared to sanction . With ten minutes remaining Ross Nimmo forced a great save , not for the first time , from Welna  . A minute later a corner into the box was headed on by Donaldson and with his back to goal Shaun Harrison overhead kicked the ball goal ward but again Welna tipped the ball over at full stretch . The last chance fell to the home side with a couple of minutes remaining a short corner on the left was then played into the box and it was cleared to Gordon Donaldson who’s effort was tipped around over the bar .

A good performance and deserved three points just the tonic the side and club needed . With no game next week it was important to stop the bad run and we can now give players with niggling injuries a proper break and those with not so much game time will get their opportunity on Wednesday evening when we play Preston Athletic in a friendly at the Albyn Park with a 8pm kick off .

CAMELON   WELNA , SANDISON , McILDUFF , FEE , SHARP (GRIBBEN 65m) , COWAN (BOYLE 90m) , McARTHUR , McTAGGART (WALLACE 90m),  SAMPSON (HOPKINSON 71m) , ANDERSON , STEVENSON (PATON 71m) . SUBS   CATTANACH

REFEREE   MR A. SHEPHERD     ASSISTANTS  MR E. WALLS , MR R. MacARTNEY

 

BROXBURN ATH V LINLITHGOW ROSE

Attendance 500

With a maximum capacity due to government restrictions it was good to see the maximum capacity being filled for this tasty fixture . The home side started the brighter when Andrew Gillen ran through the midfield before firing over from 25 yards out . Greg Binnie was sent through into the box on the right hand side and fired a shot that went just wide right into the side net . On thirteen minutes Linlithgow created a chance but the home defence stood strong and the ball bas turned behind for a corner that came to nothing . Half  way through the half a free kick to the visitors central and just outside the box gave them a chance to open the scoring but the effort went well over the bar and the chance was gone .  The game was a bit of a scrappy affair with both teams finding it hard to break each other down . With five minutes remaining Linlithgow pushed for the opener  but to know avail the closest coming from a throw in that was lobbed over the six yard box but Wallace was equal to Alan Docherty’s shot and well saved .

The second half started as the first half finished with Wallace making a good stop on 50 minutes . The opening goal came 4 minutes later when ALAN DOCHERTY gathered the ball in midfield  and from  25 yards out fired a ball into the top right hand corner by way of a deflection of Daniel Nimmo that wrong footed Wallace . Mark Stowe had a golden opportunity to double his side lead but shot passed the post disappointingly for the Linlithgow faithful . Wallace made a great save from Jack Ogilvie on 63 minutes .Broxburn tried hard to get back on level terms and on 79 minutes a great ball across the box was agonisingly just too far in front of Michael Beagley  running in at the back post . Three minutes later a corner in from the right was met by the head of Greg Nicol who sent his header crashing off the right hand post and away for a bye kick . Linlithgow should have sealed the points in the last minute of normal time when Conor McKenzie was through one on one with Wallace with the keeper coming off best saving for a corner .  Linlithgow made sure of the points in injury time when Mark Stowe made his way into the box from the left hand side corner and was challenged by Graig Newall who was adjudged to have fouled the top scorer . MARK STOWE stepped up and fired a unstoppable penalty past Conor Wallace into the top right hand side .

Disappointment from the home side after a good game to watch , not to take anything from the match  will take the positives out of this and move on to Saturdays game at Lothianthistle Hutchiesonvale on January the 8th with a 3pm kick off at Ainslie Park .

LINLITHGOW ROSE   SHAW , LAWRIE (THOMSON 65m) , THOM , STOWE , DOCHERTY , HARE , OGILVIE (McKENZIE 65m) , McMULLAN , SNEDDON (PAYNE 72m), MacPHERSON , BREMNER ( ALLAN 72m) .  SUBS McMINN , BAUR  , WATT

 

Referee Mr. D. Graves  Assistants Mr. C. Macrae  , Mr. C. Stirling

BROXBURN ATH V TYNECASTLE

BROXBURN ATH V JEANFIELD SWIFTS

Attendance 126

Another cold afternoon as games being abandoned around the region because of snow , no adverse weather at the Albyn . Paul Simpson was the first to try for goal after only 2 minutes but his shot went wide of the target . A minute late Ross Allum at the other end tried an ambitious shot from 30 yards that went wide left of the visitors goals . Gary Fergus should have done better on 6 minutes when through one on one with Connor Wallace but the keeper came out on top with a good save . The visitors took the lead a minute later when a ball played across the six yard box from the right found DAYLE ROBERTSON unmarked at the back post with the easiest of tasks to turn the ball into the net . It was to get worse on 15  minutes when Daniel Nimmo fouled the forward in the box and gave away a penalty . DAYLE ROBERTSON stepped up and fired home from the spot . Good pressure on 18 minutes from the home side ended when Player Manager Chris Townsley lobbed the ball goal ward but the keeper managed to clutch it at full stretch . Craig Newal made Dalton work in the visitors goal with his cross dipping under the bar he tipped it over for a corner . Four minutes later on 36 minutes the visitors increased their lead when when Christopher Scott put a ball over from the left and the home defence did not pick up CHRISTOPHER DODD who turned the ball home unchallenged . They almost made it four two minutes later when Christopher Scott fired in a free kick that Wallace saved before being turned behind for a corner .

Three minutes into the second half it could have been four but the Jeanfield forward was crowded out and the danger was cleared .  Broxburn got back in the game on 51 minutes when great play out of defence was followed by a long through ball that GREG BINNIE out muscled the defender before  slotting the ball home . The same player should have done better six minutes later when a great ball across the box land at Binnie 6 yards out and with everyone expecting the net to bulge he some how scooped it over the bar .Just after the hour mark Gary Fergus had a golden opportunity to score but he headed , over under no pressure . Broxburn were pressing hard and were rewarded with sustained pressure when a ball into the six yard box produced a scramble before DANIEL NIMMO up for a corner was there to prod the ball over the line .  A good ball in from the left found Fergus who’s shot was well saved by Wallace before his defence cleared the ball up the park .  Ross Allum almost equalised but his shot was well saved by Dalton before the defence cleared the ball away from the danger area . Broxburn pressed for the equaliser but to no avail and Jeanfield went back to Perth with the three points .

JEANFIELD SWIFTS   DALTON , REID , WHITEHEAD , DAIZANSKI ,F.SMITH , SIMPSON (STRUTHERS 75m) , FERGUS , DODD (DONALD 88m) , SCOTT , ROBERTSON (McLAREN 75m) , S.SMITH  SUBS MITCHELL

REFEREE MR A. GRIEVE   ASSISTANTS  MR J.FAIRLEY , MR S.ROBERTSON

BROXBURN ATHLETIC V UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING

attendance 102

On a cold bitter day the hardy souls were hoping for some action on the park to warm everybody up ..With nothing to note the first 20 minutes it was the hosts who showed some good play which saw Jackson Barker put a ball square to Joe Tait who blasted well over from 18 yards . Two minutes later it was Tom Cowley who set Joe up but this time he shot wide left from a similar position .On the half hour mark a ball into the box  was turned behind for a corner for the visitors . The corner in resulted with a bit of a scramble which ended with a shot from James Berry which was saved by Connor Wallace . Ben Redwood fired a shot just wide right two minutes later .Craig Newall did well getting down the right hand side before firing a low cross  across the box that came of a Broxburn forward but went wide right of the target . The final effort of a dreary first half fell to Jason Jarvis who fired over from 30 yards out .

Jason Jarvis  had the first go at goals  in the second half but saw his effort go wide right . Scott McArthur  went on a run before firing over the bar . A ball in from the right was not dealt with and McCarthur knows he should have done better than fire wide left from 6 yards out . Half way through the second half Craig Newall turned a good effort into the box from the visitors  behind for a corner . Joe Tait made a good run down the left and put a teasing cross across the box but there were no takers to turn the ball home .  A minute later a corner to the back post saw Player/Manager Chris Townsley head goal ward but his effort was saved comfortably .  The only goal of the game came on 77 minutes when a free kick on the right was played into the box which was headed towards goal but wide the Stirling forward kept the ball live firing back in to the near post where BEN REDWOOD prodded the ball home . Ten minutes left and a corner for the visitors resulted with a effort from Mathew Burrows  go just over the bar . Jason Jarvis saw a header come of the bar with four minutes left  to end any chances for both teams as Stirling run down the clock .

With a very makeshift defence today against a team a league higher in the pyramid would  pose a challenge but i felt we did not let ourselves down and we can take a lot of positives into next week’s home game against Jeanfield Swifts  in the league with a 2-30pm kick off .

UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   FRY , STANGER , HUTCHISON , DOWNIE , BURROWS , DOAN , BERRY ,  McARTHUR ( PENKER 65m) , REDWOOD ( ZOETAN 81m) ,McGALE  , JARVIS  SUBS DAVIDSON , KENNEDY , TAYLOR , LAVERY

REFEREE  MR C.WILSON    ASSISTANTS   MR E.WALLS , MR S. ROSS

BROXBURN ATH V WHITEHILL WELFARE

Attendance 157

In a wet very windy afternoon it was not going to be a day for quality football . The first opportunity came from a Whitehill Welfare free kick which wind assisted was too strong into the box for the visitors forwards and it went past the left hand post from the right hand side .Immediately at the other end , a quick corner on the left saw Ross Allum fire over a cross come shot that sailed past everybody and the right hand post . Greg Binnie should have opened the scoring on 17 minutes when a great ball into the box found him six yards out but his attempt was well saved by Ross Gilpin in the Welfare goals from point blank range . On twenty minutes a shot 25 yards out from Blair Tolmie ricocheted off David Greenhill on the edge of the box and looped up and dropped towards goal Connor Wallace had to tip it over to make sure .  Half way through the half Allum sent Greg Binnie through but the visiting defence crowded him out and cleared the danger . With 38 minutes on the clock  Ross Gilpin launched a long ball and the wind caught it as it bounced in the home 18 yard box and bounced just over the bar .  A minute later a Andrew Gillen shot didn’t trouble Gilpin . In the last minute of the half a great run down the left by Joe Tait saw him cross across the box towards Binnie but Tolmie stepped in front of the forward to head clear .

The  second half started very slowly  and the first opportunity came in 57 minutes when Ross Allum was tripped in the box . ROSS ALLUM stepped up and blasted the ball home from the spot . A couple of minutes later Craig Newall saw a run and shot from 20 yards saved .After the hour mark the home side allowed Ryan Weir go on a run cutting inside towards the 18 yard  box before sending a shot crashing off the cross bar and over for a bye kick .  Gordon Donaldson sent a great free kick into the box from thirty yards out on the right but was just to strong and went wide of the left hand post past the despairing Allum trying to get on the end of it .  Allum was through on68 minutes but Gilpin saved well . A minute later Allum again was thwarted by the heroics of Gilpin yet again . Ross Nimmo on for Joe Tait sent a great shot from the left just wide of the target on the right . Nimmo again on 74 minutes saw a free kick hit the bar and then cleared by Tolmie for a corner . The game was coming to a close but the talking points in the last five minutes plus were a plenty . First Allum saw Gilpin stop him from adding to his goal with a fine save . In injury time Craig Newall was on a run down the right when Bryn Wilson brought him down to stop him and he received a second yellow card after collecting his first for a similar challenge on Ross Nimmo three minutes earlier . In injury time Allum saw a shot from the left come of the base of the left hand post and out for a bye kick .  Their was still time for more when Blair Tolmie got involved with an argument with the referee regarding the taking of a free kick by him not being still ,eventually the referee lost his patience issuing a second yellow card  to the centre half . This sparked a verbal exchanged to the referee from the visiting bench which saw the manager being shown a red card and his assistant a yellow card .

A good three points in awful conditions at times but we take them and move on to prepare for next week away to Camelon in the league with a 2-30pm kick off .

WHITEHILL WELFARE   GILPIN , SCOBIE  ( McKINLAY  74m), WILSON , GORMLEY , TOLMIE , McLAUGHLIN , BROWN , HORNIG , LAIDLAW , WEIR , WARD .  SUBS  SALIK , MILLER , HEWITSON , GK FOSTER

Referee Mr A. Shepherd   Assistants  Mr  D.Dickson , Mr J. Heggie

BROXBURN ATH V LOTHIAN THISTLEHUTCHIEVALE

Attendance 206

A free kick from Shaun Harrison from the left hand side 25 yards out , early doors , tested the keeper but Ruairidh Adams handled it well in the visitors goal .A great ball from Binnie across field was just out of reach of Joe Tait at the back post . A minute later Kenny O’Brien was clear and should have done better for HVLT but shot wildly over . The opening goal came on fourteen minutes when a ball into the box was fired off the cross bar from ten yards by GREG BINNIE but he was first to react to head the rebound home . The home side doubled their lead in 20 minutes when a great move started by GREG BINNIE and finished by him saw him lob a pass to Andrew Mair who with his back to goal overhead kicked a pass into the left hand side of the box to BINNIE to rush in and fire home giving the keeper no chance . The visitors got back into the game on 25 minutes when a ball in from the left saw KENNY O’BRIEN unmarked in the middle of the box to head home . Binnie was denied his hat trick when a lobbed ball goalward was save at full stretch by Adams ,

The start of the second half saw Adams make another good save and when it broke to Tait he fired wildly over the bar . Tait tested the keeper on the hour mark after a great run with the ball . A minute later a ball into the box to Brass saw the big striker crowded out as the ball would not fall kindly for him . The visitors got on level terms soon after when a foul  25 yards out on the left hand touch line resulted in NIALLI KEMP sending the free kick in to the top left corner .

Ross Allum was sent through by Ross Nimmo but the forward shot high and wide .  The visitors took the lead when good move down the left saw Thomas Penker received the ball from Douglas to send to the back post where it was headed back and across the six yard box and ERROL DOUGLAS was all alone to head into the empty net .  Broxburn were now throwing everything at the visitors and Greg Nicol saw a shot saved for a corner after a scramble in the box .  Jordan Wright went on a good run down the left into the box but his cut back was cut out by the keeper . Ross Nimmo sent a ball into the box for Craig Newal but the keeper saved his shot . Going into injury time Broxburn won a corner on the right and a great ball in saw SHAUN HARRISON head high into the net from eight yards to give his side a leveller . There was one more chance from the home side as Ross Allum was through on goal on the left hand side of the box and with the angle decreasing with every stride he shot past the keeper but a defender got behind him and somehow cleared it off the line .

After being so much in control to be struggling to take anything then should have gone on to win , what a roller coaster match for the home side . The next two weeks see’s a break from league action with cup ties away to Berwick Rangers and Newburgh .

LOTHIANTHISTLEHUTCHIESONVALE  ADAMS , MOORE (DEVINE 46m) , DELAND ,LALLY ,

O’BRIEN (JELEN 80m) ,DOUGLAS , MURRAY (KEMP 46m) , VIOLA , SIGNORINI ,DOHERTY (FOSTER 87m) , PENKER   SUBS HENDERSON , DONALD , DEYA

REFEREE MR K. LINDSAY   ASSISTANTS  MR S. ROSS , MR D. BROGAN

BROXBURN ATH V INVERKEITHING

attendance   195

Broxburn Showed their intent to get back to winning ways as early as the first minute when a free kick into the box was headed over by Gary Brass . A ball in from a corner was played back across the six yard box but there were no takers for the home side . The opening goal came on 14 minutes when a ball out quickly from Donoghue to Harrison was played long GREG BINNIE shrugged of the attention of the defender and got in to the box to fire past Neil Mitchell in the visitors goal . Gary Brass tested the keeper on 18 minutes as he scrambled to gather the ball after stopping it . Craig Newall saw a shot saved for a corner by Mitchell . The corner in fell to GARY BRASS who made no mistake from inside the six yard box . Jordan Wright sent Greg Binnie into the box on the left hand side but this time Binnie shot wide right of the target .

The second half first opportunity fell to the visitors when Greig Spence saw his shot saved by Donoghue .A great ball to the back post on 55 minutes saw Binnie fire in a shot that was saved . Tait got on the end of a through ball but the defence closed him down and cleared the danger . Half way through the second half Greg Nicol saw an attempt on goal go over the bar .Ross Nimmo was sent through on goal but the defence held firm and blocked his attempt . The substitute did not have long to wait for his goal . With four minutes left he was in again clear of the defence and unleashed a shot that Neil Mitchell (and everybody else) in the goals thought he had but it slipped through his hands and landed in the back of the net to ROS NIMMO’s delight .The last minute saw the last chance when Ross Allum fired in a shot that Mitchell saved well .

A better performance producing a better result  and hopefully we can kick on now . A satisfactory debut for Daniel Nimmo who had not even seen his team mates until before kick off as we bought him from Linlithgow Rose . We move on to Saturday and the third home game in a row this time to Lothianthistlehutchiesonvale in the league with a 2-30pm kick off .

INVERKEITHING HILLFIELD SWIFTS   MITCHELL , PATERSON , SCULLION , C.SIMPSON , DEANS , LIDDELL , MAUCHLAN , HYND (T.SIMPSON  78m) , STRANG (MURRAY 73m) , KELLY , SPENCE  SUBS MacDONALD ,McLEAN , COWIE , ANNANDALE , KAYE

REFEREE MR B.FALCONER    ASSISTANTS  MR C. ASHLEY , MR A. BROWN

BROXBURN ATH V DUNDONALD BLUEBELL

Attendance 278

With visitors from Groundhop uk in attendance this was expected to be a competitive game . Conditions were to put a stop to any good football . The opening chance was created for the home side when Greenhill made a great cross field pass to Tait but his team mate couldn’t get the ball under control and the chance was gone . On five minutes Gary Brass was through on keeper just inside the box , Kyle Marley in the visitors goal saved his first attempt and when the ball rebounded back to Brass he put it over the bar . Stephen Husband sent a free kick deep into the Hosts box but the home defence defended well and cleared the danger . Greg Nicol saw a shot deflected for a corner on 20 minutes . The visitors saw an opportunity go a begging when a ball across the six yard box but no one took advantage of the situation and the ball went out for a throw in . Joe Tait should have done better on the half hour mark when getting on the end of a corner he shot weekly straight at the keeper .A couple of minutes later from another corner Andrew Gillan shot over the bar . With four minutes left Shaun Donoghue came to his side’s rescue with a great save from Christopher Gay .

Dundonald had the wind the second half and Donoghue was called into action when he produced a great save from a shot from Stephen Husband from just inside the box on the left hand side . With 57 minutes on the clock a square ball just outside the box found Husband unmarked but he pulled his shot wide of the target . Jack Smith had a good run cutting inside from the left before shooting wide right .The visitors took the lead on 61 minutes when ELLIOT FORD picked up on a poor clearance before turning in the box and firing home . The game was short of opportunities and this was to be the winner . Disappointing after first half chances to have nothing to show  need to take our chances when on top . We regroup and prepare for the visit of Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts on Wednesday night  .

 

INVERKEITHING HILLFIELD SWIFTS  MARLEY , DURIE , HUSBAND (ROGERSON 84m) , WILSON , GAY , SMITH , FORD , McKENZIE (SIBANDA 89m) , BROWN (GILLFILLAN 89m) , MACKIE , DRUMMOND

REFEREE  MR W. PARE     ASSISTANTS MR D. KERR , MR C. DOYLE

BROXBURN ATH V CROSSGATES

Attendance 134

 

Match Report

East of Scotland Premier League – Broxburn Athletic v Crossgates Primrose  – 21/08/2021

On a dreich day at the Albyn Broxburn were looking to keep their winning run going currently standing at 5 games. For the first time this season manager Townsley was able to name an unchanged starting 11. Crossgates made 2 changes from the side who beat Camelon in midweek Lewis Sawers for Reece Sawers and Aitken for Campbell.

With the rain steadily falling the home side got off to a great start in 7 minutes a Wright pass sent Gillen down the right whose crossed was controlled by ALLUM who fired a great shot into the bottom left corner of the net despite the best efforts of keeper Robertson to keep the ball out.

The visitors responded in 12 minutes from their first meaningful attack McKenzie cutting in from the left and firing in a great curling shot which brought a good diving save from Wallace.

That warning wasn’t heeded by the home defence as a minute later they were caught out by a through ball which sent McKenzie clear, he lobbed the onrushing Wallace who got a hand to his effort but the ball broke to LEWIS SAWERS who headed home from close range.

In 17 minutes Binnie was sent clear of the visitors defence and was stopped by a desperate challenge by keeper Robertson just outside the box which brought a straight red card for the keeper.

Substitute keeper Hunter was brought on to replace goal scorer Lewis Sawers.

From the free kick Allum touched the ball off to Ross who didn’t catch his shot right the ball broke to Cowley who blazed his effort well over the bar.

Broxburn had their tails up and from another great passing move Allum set up Ross who dragged his shot wide of goal.

In 23 minutes a mistake from Hutchison allowed Scott Lawrie room as he advanced to the right side of the penalty box but none of his team mates were up in support with the Brox defence crowding him out.

The visitors despite being down to 10 men were still causing anxious moments for Broxburn,  McKenzie getting a shot on target which Wallace had to deal with.

Broxburn had a great chance to go further ahead from a Binnie cross from the right a mistake by Swan at the back post allowed Allum a shooting opportunity which he hurried and shot over.

Hutchison was booked for a foul on McKenzie.

In 32 minutes it was 10 v 10 when Nicol received a straight red card for a high challenge on Lawrie.

Crossgates took the lead in 42 minutes when AITKEN strided clear of the home defenders from a McKenzie pass and his shot was fired into the bottom left corner of the net, Wallace getting a hand to it but couldn’t keep the ball from hitting the net.

Ross was booked for foul on Ritchie.

The visitors should have increased their lead in first half injury time this time Scott Lawrie was played in by McKenzie but with only Wallace to beat he hit his shot well wide.

Half Time Broxburn Athletic 1 – 2 Crossgates Primrose

Broxburn made a change at half time Newall replacing Hutchison.

Ross had had a quiet first half but burst into the game in 51 minutes with 2 defenders marking him he got the better of them and fired in a shot which just curled over.

Crossgates responded by creating a good chance a Ritchie cross picking out Scott Lawrie whose shot was saved by the feet of Wallace.

As the game swung from end to end Allum sent Newall down the left with a nice pass and his cross was met by the head of Binnie but he couldn’t direct his header on target.

In 62 minutes Newall was prominent again in attack hitting a strong shot from 20 yards which Hunter saved well.

Broxburn made a tactical switch Newall moving to the left and Ross to the right and this change swung the game dramatically in the Brox’s favour. In 66 minutes Ross beat his man and got over a great cross to the back post where an ALLUM header appeared to be brilliantly saved by Hunter, then another save from Newall before Binnie lashed the ball into the roof of the net. The linesman indicated that Allum’s initial header had crossed the line and was therefore awarded the goal to tie the game.

In the most amazing turnaround 2 minutes later Ross was brought down in the penalty box the linesman flagged for a penalty which ROSS dispatched into the net past Hunter.

In 76 minutes Lawrie and McKenzie were replaced with Paterson and McGuire for Crossgates.

In 78 minutes Greenhill then replaced Cowley for Broxburn.

The visitors were now pressing to level the game once again Paterson setting up Aitken whose shot was comfortably saved by Wallace.

Tait replaced Binnie for Broxburn in 80 minutes. McAteer replaced Aitken for the visitors 2 minutes later.

Neil Lawrie was booked for a foul on Ross.

In 85 minutes Barker conceded a free kick in good position for the visitors taken by Graham his cross being decisively punched clear by Wallace.

Crossgates were trying everything to grab an equaliser Paterson denied by great defending from Wright and Harrison.

In 92 minutes both Paterson and McAteer had chances to shoot but delayed with the home defence scrambling clear.

From a break upfield Ross advanced towards goal getting in a lovely curling shot which beat Hunter but struck the right hand post.

Another great 3 points for Broxburn against a very decent Crossgates side who made a great game of it in a very entertaining encounter. Next up for the Brox is a trip to Dunbar in the preliminary round of the Scottish Cup which they go into on a 6 game win streak and a chance to avenge that early season league defeat to the Seasiders.

Full Time Broxburn Athletic 3 – 2 Crossgates Primrose

CROSSGATES    ROBERTSON ,SWAN , McDONALD , RITCHIE , AITKEN ( McATEER 82m) , S. LAWRIE                    ( B.PATERSON 76m) , McKENZIE ( McGUIRE 76m) , SAWERS (HUNTER 19m) ,  C.PATERSON , N. LAWRIE , GRAHAM   , SUBS FORBES , TAYLOR

REFEREE MR A. CRAVEN    ASSISTANTS  MR A. BEBBINGTON , MR L. HARRISON

 

 

 

 

 

 

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