GIRVAN 0
BROXBURN ATHLETIC 1
Girvan Leavy , Caldwell , Maxwell , O’Donnell ,Mossie , Davidson (Balfour 60m) , Dale , Bell , Love , Harvey , Dempsie ( Robertson 83m) , subs Brown , Smith , Marshall , Gallacher , Patterson
Attendance 116
Referee Mr R. Lee Assistants Mr R. Haswell ,Mr R. Stewart
Broxburn started well and in two minutes a good ball into the box was headed over the bar by Alexander Miller . Four minutes later Miller sent a ball into the box and Conor Kelly cut it back but the defence cleared the danger . A minute later good play on the right saw miller lay the ball out to Jack Beesley who sent the ball into the box where Kelly headed towards goal and Stuart Leavvy in the hosts goal saved well before his defence cleared the danger .. On ten minutes Miller had a good touch before shooting and forcing a save from Leavvy . The opening came on twelve minutes when a good move from Beesley to Miller and this time Millers ball was met by CONOR KELLY who hit the back of the net .Two minutes later the host’s should have been level when Robert Love was through one on one with Wallace but the striker lobbed the keeper and the bar with his effort . Broxburn came close again when a Beesley free kick into the box was met by Miller who hit the wood work and when it rebounded the keeper saved well . Half way through the half two good blocks from the home defence kept the score down to one . Kerr Dale had a fresh air shot on 27 minutes and the visitors had a let off . The last chance of the half fell to the home side when Wallace handled a pass back inside the box and the home side were awarded a in direct free kick that was blocked then cleared by Kelly on 34 minutes .
Early in the second half Connor Kelly made a good run into the box on the right but chose to pass behind his team mates across the box rather than shoot himself . On 51 minutes a ball into the box was met with his back to goals Nicholas Locke who’s scissor kick went narrowly wide of the right upright . Three minutes later a good ball to Miller saw the striker turn and shoot but over the target . Dale had a good free kick saved by Wallace at the expense of a corner . On 64 minutes Alexander Miller had a great chance six yards out to ease the nerves but fired over from a great scoring position. A minute later good play from Miller and Kelly saw Miller shoot over the bar again . With 71 minutes on the clock and nerves showing Kerr Dale saw a shot saved by Wallace . Locke mishit a shot straight at the keeper on 76 minutes . The last 15 minutes saw no real goal scoring opportunity’s and Broxburn progressed thanks to the early Conor Kelly effort .
We will play better and loose so we take the result and move on putting the performance behind us .
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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 .
