BROXBURN ATHLETIC 4 LOCKE , TOWNSLEY , BINNIE , RICHARDS
CRAIGROYSTON 0
Craigroyston Cockburn , Donaldson , Ross , Anderson , Nisbet , Mitchell , Milligan , Greenhill (MackIntosh 75m) ,, Girdwood , Tobin ( Miller 65m) , Osborne ( Campbell 65m) , subs Wells
Attendance 120
Referee Mr A.Craven Assistants Mr N.Silva ,Mr S.Duff
Broxburn had a chance In four minutes when a corner into the box found Conor Kelly who’s shot was blocked for another corner .The corner came into the box and a couple of chances were created but the visiting defence scrambled the ball clear . Nicholas Locke was through three minutes later but the ball just ran away from him and the defender cleared the danger . On thirteen minutes Craig Purves gathered the ball in his own half and was allowed to stroll forward and from thirty yards out fired a shot that rocked the goals when hitting the bar and going over for a bye kick . Kenny ross fired in a shot for the visitors which Townsley headed clear it fell to Mark Osborne who fired well over the bar on sixteen minutes . Three minutes later Kenny ross put a good ball into the box but Chris Townsley headed over the bar to the safety of a corner . Mark Osborne tried an effort half way through the half that went just over the bar from the edge of the box . Broxburn took the lead in 28 minutes when a ball was cleared out the visiting defence it was played over the top back into the danger area and NICHOLAS LOCKE beat the offside trap and ran in on goal to score past the keeper .Despite claims for offside the goal stood and was proved to be the correct decision on our analyst’s video of the incident . Broxburn eased into a comfort zone when scoring a second just before half time when a Craig Scott corner to the back of the penalty area found CHRISTOPHER TOWNSLEY who bulleted a header into the net .
The second half started with the home side well in control after the late second goal in the first half . Conor Kelly almost added to the scoreline on 56 minute but could not get any power in a shot and Craig Cockburn in the visiting goal gathered easily . The third goal came two minutes later when Nicholas Locke made a great run down the right getting to the bye line before crossing to GREG BINNIE who turned the ball past Cockburn into the net . Good play down the left set up Craig Scott who’s shot stung the finger’s of the keeper before he gathered the loose ball at the second attempt . The points were wrapped up but still had a fourth goal and good play on the left from Greg Binnie played the ball into SCOTT RICHARDS who was delighted to score after coming on as a sub after a long lay off with injury . All together a good day at the office and lot of positives to take out of the game today after last week’s disappointment . Next week’s Game is at Penicuik Athletic in the Football Nation cup with a 2-30pm kick off under their lights a tough game is expected .
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
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 3 KELLY(2) ,DONALDSON
EDINBURGH UNITED 0
Edinburgh United Walker , Kerr , Robertson , Spalding , Guiney (Redpath 77m), Conlon , Hendry , Watson , Brockie , McKinlay (Murray 89m) , Hutchison (Flynn 38m) subs Swimmey ,Grieve , Ritchie , Hay
Attendance 90
Referee Mr G.Haynes Assistants Mr N.Silva Mr W. Chadwick
With a cold wind sweeping down the park it was Nicholas Locke who warmed the opposing keeper up in 3 minutes when he tried an effort from 25 yards out . Connor Kelly was thwarted by Darren Walker in the visitors goal after a good ball through the defence . Ross Nimmo made room on the edge of the box before firing a shot from the right hand side that just missed the corner of the up right and bar on the left . The opening goal came after 16 minutes when a good ball deep into the box was headed back into the path of CONNOR KELLY by Nicholas Locke for him to fire home from 12 yards out .Two minutes later Taylor Hendry weaved his way into the box before shooting wide right . Scott Richards tried a snap shot from the left hand side that Walker dealt with comfortably . Nicholas Locke had two bites at the cherry trying to force the ball home but Walker saved at his feet the second time . Half way through the half Nimmo played Alexander Miller into the box where the striker was brought down and a penalty was awarded immediately . Gordon Donaldson stepped up to take the penalty and Walker saved his kick before GORDON DONALDSON turned the rebound into the net .That is four penalties in four games that Broxburn have failed to bulge the net from the twelve yard mark . Just after the half hour mark a well worked free kick initially by Jack Beasley and Nicholas Locke , the ball was sent into the box where Conor Kelly turned and did not get any power in his shot and Walker saved easily .A good ball into the box was fired past his own goal by Corey Robertson for a corner .When the corner came in Miller headed wide after a free header in the middle of the goals .
Broxburn started the second half on top but it was Shaun Conlon who ran into the box going wide left before turning his shot from a tight angle into the side netting on 50 minutes . Taylor Hendry got a chance inside the box on the hour mark that was saved by Paul Grant .Scott Richards sent in a good free kick on 65 minutes that found the head of Chris Townsley but the big defender could not hit target and it went over the bar . Two minutes later Nicholas Locke fired a free kick from twenty five yards out slightly left that was heading fro the top right hand corner before Darren Walker tipped the ball over for a corner at full stretch . Kelly and Binnie combined to force a save from Walker with five minutes remaining . The third goal came with two minutes remaining when a ball deep into the box was forced over the line eventually by CONNOR KELLY .
A comfortable win really good first half with the second half almost forgettable but for some weird decision’s being made by the officials that had both sides wondering what was going on . We move on to next week’s game at Herriot Watt University with a 3-00pm kick off
BROXBURN ATH 3 DONALDSON, NIMMO , KELLY
HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY 1 QUINN pen
Heriot Watt University Reid , Spence , Barclay , Giovanovits ,Quinn , Higgins , Ward (Hogg 63m) , Laurenson , Singh (Huxford 74m) , Lane , Graham (Muttit 83m) , subs Rae , Munro , McMahon
Referee Mr D. Graves
Attendance 135
In a very tactical match the first chance came after 14 minutes when a ball into the box was met by Christopher Townsley who put Conor Kelly through but his shot came off the bar and over .Three minutes the deadlock was broken when a Kelly shot was only parried by Calum Reid in the visitors goal and GORDON DONALDSON was on hand to lob the ball over the keeper into the net . A. minute later it was 2-0 when the visiting defence was put under pressure by Greg Binnie and forced a pass back to his keeper who miss hit it into the path of ROSS NIMMO in the middle of the box and he had the simplest task to find the back of the net . Ross Nimmo put a good ball into the box on 26 minutes but it was cleared by the defence . With six minutes left of the half Conor Kelly did well to get to the bye line before finding Nimmo who in turn set up Binnie , but the later sent his shot over the bar . A corner to the home side with two minutes left was met by the head of Shaun Harrison but it went wide right .
Broxburn had an opportunity to increase their lead five minutes into the second half when Conor Kelly was brought down in the box and when he stepped up to take the penalty award Calum Reid saved and his defence got the danger cleared . Ross Nimmo made good room coming in from the right for a shot but it went over the bar . A dangerous ball into the box was cleared over the bar by Christopher Townsley . On 61 minutes Binnie made a good run into the box but his cross was cut out for a corner . Shaun Harrison had two chances from successive corners his first was deflected past the target and his second was a free header that sailed over the bar . The points were sealed on 71 minutes when Ross Nimmo played a great ball through to CONOR KELLY who went past the keeper before lobbing the ball goal wards and despite desperate defending the ball found the net . Greg Binnie had a header on 73 minutes that went safely into Reid’s arms . Heriot Watt got a consolation goal on 74 minutes when a corner into the box was cleared out right but still in the box when Michael Linton clumsily challenged the forward giving the visitors a penalty which Captain AIDAN QUINN made no mistake from the 12 yard mark . Justin Hogg had a good ball across the box cut out by Connor Wallace . With time running down Nicholas Locke turned and shot forcing a great save from Reid . Another three points in the bag see’s us keep our top spot .With three cup ties coming up only time will tell if we are top by the end off the month .Tough cup ties start next week away to Jeanfield Swifts in the South Challenge cup .
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 5 RICHARDS (2),SCOTT (2), BINNIE
INVERKEITHING HILLFIELD SWIFTS 0
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts Shaw , Miller , Simpson , )’Connor , Francis , Kumar , Easton (Bogatu 19m) , Hamilton , Cowie , Russell , Murray , subs Griffin , Milne , McCann , Paterson
Attendance 135
Referee Mr S Wilson , assistants Mr K.Kennedy , Mr N. McGuiness
The first opportunity came on 4 minutes when a Nicholas Locke ball into the box was cleared out as far as Craig Scott who shot just over the bar . Four minutes late A Locke effort was tipped over the bar . The same player a minute later saw an effort from 30yards out go wide left of the target . The visitors had a chance on ten minutes when Scott Russell forced Connor Wallace to save turning the ball past his left hand post for a corner . The opening goal came after 11 minutes when SCOTT RICHARDS got the ball on the left hand side of the box and played a ball across the box which deceived everyone and found the far bottom corner of the net . A minute later the scoreline was doubled when Richards floated a ball into the heart of the penalty area where GREG BINNIE was totally unmarked and he guided his header into the top left hand corner of the net . Scott Richards should have scored a minute later but saw his effort saved . On fifteen minutes Craig Scott saw an effort well saved . It was Nicholas Locke’s turn a minute later to be denied by Adam Shaw in the visitors goal . The third goal did come half way through the half when Binnie got the ball on the right of the box and laid it off to CRAIG SCOTT just inside the box and he guided it into the far left bottom corner . Locke set up Connor Kelly on 28 minutes when he put the striker in on goal but the defender cleared for a corner . When the corner came in it was cleared to outside the box where Scott fired just over the bar . It was 4-0 after 33 minutes when Greg Binnie sent a fierce cross along the ground into the box and was met by SCOTT RICHARDS six yards out to turn the ball home . On 40 minutes Ryan Cowie fired a free kick from just outside the box past the right hand post . Broxburn went nap with three minutes left of the half when great play into the box was cleared out to CRAIG SCOTT who fired a rocket in off the bar giving Shaw no chance .
Three minutes into the second half Broxburn had a chance cleared of the line . Nihai Bogatu had a chance on the right hand side of the box but his attempt was deflected for a corner by Jack Beasley . On the hour mark Conor Kelly ran with the ball across the box shepherded by a defender who eventually cleared for a throw in . Inverkeithing had a succession of corner’s on the 63 minute mark . Craig Scott had another shot from 20 yards out sail over the bar on 65 minutes . Greg Binnie saw a shot go wide right of the target on 73 minutes . Kelly thought he had got the elusive goal but his attempt was blocked and cleared . A minute later Binnie was disappointed when a ball in from the left found him in front of goals but he turned the ball wide left from six yards out . Two chances in the last few minutes when balls into the box seemed to bounce of everybody and block the goal all though afterwards the visiting keeper did confess he clawed a ball from over the line back into play that the officials did not pick up on . .Good performance first half bit disappointing the second half but we move on to Saturdays home game against Heriot Watt University with a 2-30pm kick off .
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
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 5 TOWNSLEY (2) , KELLY (2 ,1 A PENALTY) , MILLER
BLACKBURN UNITED 2 BAIN , DOWNIE PENALTY
Blackburn United King , Dargo (McDowell 40m), Devine ( Hutton 61m) , Mildren ,Herriot , Williamson (Mungall 66m) , Bain , Young , Downie , Hepburn , Wright sub Sinnett
crowd approx. 180
Referee Mr G.Calder assistants Mr D.Cormack , Miss E.Hinget
A better than average game expected today with a lot at stake for both clubs .It was on three minutes when good play down the left set up Nicholas Locke who sent his effort wide of the right hand post . Three minutes later Ross Nimmo sent in a dangerous ball to the six yard box but the visiting defence cleared . It was Blackburn who took the lead on 13 minutes when a long ball out the box bounced with Craig Purves and JORDAN BAIN going for the ball with the Blackburn player getting on the end of it in the box before lifting the ball over Paul Grant in the hosts goal . The lead only lasted four minutes when Broxburn gained a corner and when Beasley sent it into the box from the right CHRISTOPHER TOWNSLEY got his head to it to head home . Alexander Miller sent a good effort over on twenty minutes .A minute later Conor Kelly worked well down the right before firing over a cross into the box but failed to find any of his team mates . Ross Nimmo fired in a free kick from twenty five yards out but Gavin King turned the effort round his right hand post for a corner . Miller made a good run down the right and along the bye line before shooting from a tight angle that King smothered at his near post just after the half hour mark . Almost imeadietly at the other end a ball into the box from Downie found Scott Wright who carved out an opening but put his shot just wide of the left hand post . Broxburn took the lead on 36 minutes when Greg Binnie got to the bye line on the right before crossing into box for ALEXANDER MILLER to turn home .
Blackburn came out in determined fashion and two minutes into the half Scott Wright got down the right before cutting along the bye line and his shot come cross was deflected for a corner . On 51 minutes Craig young tried to curl one in from the right hand side but it went well past the left hand post .Miller sent a ball into Binnie on 56 minutes but the defence stepped in to clear for a shy . With just over an hour on the clock a Ross Nimmo free kick into box broke out to Jack Beasley who’s shot was cleared as far as Shaun Harrison who in turn fired over the bar . Broxburn were awarded a penalty in 70 minutes after Kelly was impeded going for the ball in the six yard box . CONOR KELLY stepped up to the spot and fired home giving King no chance . Scott Wright received a ball out wide right before slipping past Gordon Donaldson and firing in a shot that Paul Grant did well to turn away for a corner .Blackburn got back in it on 70 minutes when Craig Purves tugged Jordan Bain to the ground as he made his way along the bye line into the box and DARREN DOWNIE scored from the spot . With only two minutes left of normal time and Blackburn still in the game CONOR KELLY got space just outside the box before firing home an unstoppable shot to give his side a two goal cushion . going into injury time and Ross Nimmo forced a good save from Gavin King . The game was put beyond all doubt two minutes into injury time when a ball cleared out the box was played back in CHRISTOPHER TOWNSLEY got a glancing header towards goal that seemed to spin on the surface sending the keeper the wrong way and nestling into the net .5-2 the final score but a much tighter game in reality three good points and our unbeaten record goes on .
