Venue: Away

INVERKEITHING HILLFIELD SWIFTS    1

BROXBURN ATHLETIC                           4  SCOTT,NIMMO,ROSS(pen),BINNIE

Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts   Wortley , O’Connor , Francis , McCann , Reid , Griffin , Russell , Houston (Kay 74m) , Cowie (Sullivan 80m) , Hamilton (Smith 82m) , Murray  subs  Brough , Malapira , Duffy ,  Shaw

Referee Mr E. Cairns ,  assistants  Mr E. Walls  and Mr A. Brown

Attendance 90

On a very windy arena this game was going to be tough with strong winds blowing slightly across the park .it was the visitors who had the element advantage at kick off .The first chance how ever fell to the hosts in the first minute when Ryan O’Connor and his good ball into the box from the bye line had to be cleared before any off his team mates got near the ball .  Broxburn took the lead on 4 minutes when Dominico Gibson had a throw in on the left he threw to Conor Kelly ,making his return after a long lay off , who laid it back to CRAIG SCOTT thirty yards out and he caught it sweet firing into the top right hand corner giving Ross Wortley in goals no chance . A minute later at the other end Scott Russell twisted through challenges in the box before firing off a shot that Connor Wallace saved .  Ross Nimmo got down the right on 11 minutes and his ball into the box was cleared out to Scott but this time his shot vent over the bar from similar position from where he scored his goal . O’Connor got down the right hand side two minutes later and his cross found Calum Murray who saw his shot deflected for a corner . Just after the quarter hour mark a short free kick to Gibson saw him pull his shot wide right from 20 yards out on the left . Half way through the half Nicholas Locke sent a free kick over the bar  . Good play between Locke and Miller sent a ball into Connor Kelly who’s glancing header went over the bar . Cameron Rioss forced a good save after being set up by Nicholas Locke . Broxburn doubled their lead three minutes before the break when  Cameron Ross passed to ROSS NIMMO out on the left he cut inside and from 20 yards out left of the goals he curled a shot high into the net another goal of Quality . Just before the break the hosts looked to certain to get a goal back when Calum Murray got in the box and just as he was about to pull the trigger Andrew Gillen got across and his tackle was timed to perfection and he cleared the danger .

Greg Binnie on at half time almost opened his account on his return in quick time but Wortley saved well from his shot two minutes after the restart .Despite playing the second half against the wind Broxburn were taking the game to their hosts .On 49 minutes a corner into the box was cleared out only as far as Nimmo but his shot was well left of the target . Alexander Miller got down the  right and his excellent ball into the box was cut out for a corner . The corner came into the box and Miller saw his attempt at goal go just wide right of the target . The Swifts  got back into the game on the hour mark when a free kick wide right and about 15 yards out from the bye line .JOHN FRANCIS stepped up to take it and he fired a rocket into the roof of the net . Connor Wallace done well to save from Scott Russell two minutes later . The Swifts had their tails up and on 66 minutes good play saw the ball into the box and Murray crashed a attempt of the woodwork before the ball was cleared . Miller set up Ross on 67 minutes but Wortley saved well . Nicholas Locke made a good run and his shot was well saved on 75 minutes  .Miller saw a shot saved 2 minutes later . On 81 minutes greg binnie could not get the ball over the line when the loose ball came off him and bounced of the post before being cleared . Shaun Harrison sent a great pass to Locke who turned well but sent his shot just over the bar . Broxburn eased the pressure with two minutes remaining of the ninety when a long ball into the box was about to be brought down by Alexander Miller when he was bundled to the ground and the referee had no option to award the penalty to which CAMERON ROSS stepped up and kept up his record of scoring from the spot since he signed from Leith Athletic . With the last touch of the ball a ball into the host box deep into injury time eventually was forced over the line by GREG BINNIE . A 4-1 win on paper is good but the hosts made it difficult for us today and we will wrap the points up safely and stay top of the league and move on  .

EDINBURGH UNITED         1

BROXBURN ATHLETIC      3  DONALDSON , MILLER (2)

Edinburgh United  Walker , Kerr (Grieve 68m ) , Murray , Spalding , Guiney , Conlon , , Mckinlay  ,                        Auriemma (Flynn 83m) , Swanney (Robertson 70m ),  Redpath , Ritchie , subs Watson ,Henderson , Hanratty

Attendance 90

Broxburn started well enough with Craig Scott firing in a free kick in the first minute that Darren Walker in the hosts goal clutched out the air with ease . Cameron Ross put a good ball across the box on four minutes with Craig Spalding turned the ball over his own bar . The home side came in to the game with the visitors falling out of it a bit and a minute later James Redpath fired a shot wide left from 18 yards out . Stephane Murray made room before crossing into the box it was cleared out as far as  Craig Spalding  who saw his shot just miss the target on the left .Ross Nimmo put a good ball through to Alexander Miller who saw his shot go just over the bar . The home side took the lead on 25 minutes when a ball into the visitors box was not properly cleared and when the ball fell to JAMES REDPATH on the edge of the box he fired it past Connor Wallace to the delight of his team mates . This should have been the wake up call the visitors needed and on 25 minutes Gordon Donaldson got down the right and fired a good ball across the hosts box but there were no team mates there to connect . With ten minutes left Miller burst into the box and his shot was deflected wide left by the tackling Edinburgh United defender .The visitors should have gone in at half time on level terms when Ross Nimmo got to the bye line after a mistake in the home defence on the right hand side and he picked out Miller at the back post who’s header went over the open goal with everyone expecting the net to ripple .

The second half started with more purpose for the visitors and Nimmo fired a shot wide right of the target after 2 minutes . Two minutes later at the other end Daniel McKinlay got into the right hand side of the box but pulled his shot wide of the left hand post . Broxburn got on level terms when winning a corner on the right the initial attempt at goal came off the bar but fell to GORDON DONALDSON 5 yards out to prod the ball home on fifty minutes .Another near chance for the visitors on 56 minutes when Dominico Gibson shot over the bar as the visitors went for the winner . Ross Nimmo was getting down the right hand side and again he put a great ball into the danger area on 63 minutes but the home defence dealt with it and cleared the danger . A couple of minutes later a ball into the edge of the box found Miller try an overhead kick but the attempt went tamely past the left hand post . The same player got down the right hand side and with other options in the box he fired a shot wide left from the right hand side of the box . A free kick in from Nimmo found Cameron Ross who saw his shot saved . The visitors took the lead with four minutes left of normal time when a ball in from the right hand side found ALEXANDER MILLER on the edge of the box who turned and shot past the stranded keeper .Broxburn protected their lead with a short corner on full time that eventually saw Miller shoot and Walker was forced to save at his bottom right hand corner . In injury time the points were sealed whe a ball over the home defence was met by the on running ALEXANDER MILLER who shrugged off the defender that was challenging him before sending the ball past the keeper and ease the visitors worries of any equaliser .

Not the best performance today but three points keep’s us top and if we can pick up points when not at our best then take it and move on .Next week’s game at home to Preston Athletic in the league gives us a chance to up the performance rating and keep our place at the top .

JEANFIELD SWIFTS         2    F.SMITH , S.SMITH

BROXBURN ATH               0

Jeanfield Swift  Mitchell , McLaren (S.Smith 30) , Anton (Mollison 72m), Whitehead , Deane , Dewar (F.Smith 77m)   Scott , Dodd , Holden , Simpson , Fergus . subs   Donovan , Leith , Davies , Mackie ,

Referee Mr G. MacRae   Assistants   Mr D. Fearn , Mr K. Laird

attendance   120

The home side carved out the first opportunity on 7 minutes when Connor MacLaren got down the left before sending a ball across the box that Connor Wallace cut out gathering safely .Craig Scott saw a shot three  minutes later being parried by Mark Mitchell in the Swifts goal before his defence cleared the danger . Andrew Gillen played a good ball in from the right for Scott who’s cross into the box could not be directed goal ward by the head of Nicholas Locke and the ball went wide left of the target . A minute later at the other end a good ball in from the right found the head of Gary Fergus who should have done better than send his header over the bar . MacLaren set up Robbie Holden but the latter’s header was well saved by Wallace . Just before the half hour mark a corner into the box was cleared by Christopher Townsley but only as far as Connor MacLaren who’s shot went just wide left .A corner for the hosts was cleared out but only as far as Christopher Scott who’s shot was attempted to be diverted goal ward by Christopher Anton but he turned it wide right .  Tradgedy struck with seven minutes of the half remaing when Conor Kelly went down after a challenge and the game was stopped as fear of a serious injury was quickly established .The game was held up for almost 45 minutes before restarting the remaining 7 minutes of the half after Conor was taken by Ambulance to Perth hospital .  With two minutes of the half remaining a good ball into the box was met by Nicholas Locke who knocked it to Greg Binnie who in turn headed wide right of the target to the disappointment of the striker .

Early in the second half Paul Simpson created room before shooting from the edge of the box just over the bar . On 55 minutes a great ball through to Locke from Binnie was thwarted by the advancing keeper who done enough to divert the ball for a corner with Locke ready to strike . Christopher Dodd forced a good save from Wallace on 58 minutes . At the other end Craig Scott saw an attempt at goal well saved .  The opening goal came a minute later when a shot from Holden was well saved  by Wallace  and it broke out to SCOTT SMITH who fired into the bottom left hand corner . A good free kick into the box found the head of Greg Binnie but it went wide left .  Ross Nimmo had a shot that went wide right with 11 minutes remaing in the darkening gloom . With 7 minutes left Jeanfield sealed the points when Scott Smith was brought down by Michael Linton  in the box and FRASER SMITH scored from the spot kick awarded . The visitors pressed to get back in the game but the Jeanfield defence held out under pressure with chances being created for the visitors but none finding the back of the net . Not a good day  for us or indeed Conor Kelly who was diagnosed as having dislocated his arm  and not as complicated or as  bad as was first feared .He was released from hospital later that evening with his arm repositioned and pain killers . We wish him a speedy recovery .

LINLITHGOW ROSE           3  COYNE (2), RONALD

BROXBURN ATHLETIC      0

Linlithgow Rose   Marley , Gray , McKinlay (MacKinnon 79m) , Thom (Ovenstone 60m) , MacKenzie , Barbour , Ronald , Batchelor , Smith , Coyne , Ro MacLennan subs Sloan , Urquhart , Shields , Strickland , McKinven

attendance 450

Referee Mr P.Stuart    Assistants Mr J.Vander   , Mr Mr B. White

Broxburn started brightly but Linlithgow soon got into the game and Owen Ronald was put through and he rounded the advancing Connor Wallace but slid his attempt at goal into the right hand side netting . On eleven minutes Roddy MacLennan tried an overheaed kick but saw it go over the bar from just inside the box . Wallace saved well from Darren Smith on 14 minutes . Ross Barbour thought he could beat Wallace from 40 yards out but the keeper gathered easily . With 20 minutes on the clock Craig Scott put a great ball into the box and Nicholas Locke saw his glancing header shave the crossbar on the way over . Half way through the half Darren Smith put a cross come shot into the box and Wallace had to look lively as he tipped the ball over the bar . With half an hour gone Ian Gray got down the right and his cross into the box found the head of Tommy Coyne but his effort was easily save as he failed to get any power on the header . A minute later Cameron Ross shot wildly over the bar .Broxburn’s best chance came on 36 minutes when Alexander Miller was through with a defender to beat and attempted to go round him but MacKenzie stopped him in his tracks with Ross Nimmo free on the right with a clear run in on goal .Nicholas Locke was through and shot over on 40 minutes .With the half coming to a close Roddy MacLennan robbed Miller of the ball in midfield and ran through on goals  before shooting which Wallace saved .

Two minutes into the second half Nimmo put a ball into Miller who headed over . The opening goal cam a minute later when the referee thought he saw an infringement in the box and Booked Chris Townsley before TOMMY COYNE  scored from the spot just out of reach of Wallace in the right hand corner . Linlithgow doubled their lead when OWEN RONALD was allowed to create room inside the box before crashing a shot from the left hand side in of the right hand post .Nimmo and Miller linked up well to provide the later with a chance that Kyle Marley saved well as it broke to Cameron Ross he was adjudged to have been offside .With an hour on the clock Locke passed back to Craig Scott who’s shot went just over the bar from 25 yards out . Nicholas Locke saw a shot saved for a corner two minutes later . Nimmo saw an attempt on goal go wide left of the target . Owen Ronald saw an effort go wide left from the right hand side of the box . With the last action of the game Blair Batchelor sent a shot towards goal that TOMMY COYNE got his head to, to steer the ball into the net and end the action .

Not a good day for the BURN . We need to regroup and get ourselves up for the next challenge a home game against Craigroyston  on Saturday the 24th of November with a 2-30pm kick off

HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   0

BROXBURN ATHLETIC            7   MILLER (3) ,NIMMO,KELLY,ROSS ,LOCKE

Heriot Watt University  Reid , Hogg , Munro (Voy 53m) , Barclay , Quinn , Malin (Duffy 67m) , Graham , Laurenson , Muttitt , Spence , Singh (Ward 62m) subs Shrive , Smith , McMahon

Attendance   100

Referee Mr C.Charleston   Assistants  Mr G.McGregor  , Ms Niamh Westwood

The home side created the first opening when Calvin Muttitt was played through into the box but Craig Purves blocked his shot at the expense of a corner . It was Broxburn who got the goals flowing in 7 minutes when Ross Nimmo gathered the ball in his own half and played a pass through to Alexander Miller who returned the ball to ROSS NIMMO who fired a shot from the right  thirty yards out into the top left  corner giving the keeper no chance . Two minutes later a ball into the box to Chris Townsley from Craig scott was knocked down into the path of Nimmo who saw his shot tipped round the post for a corner . On thirteen minutes a loose ball into the box was picked up by Cameron Ross who saw his shot blocked on the line for a corner . With twenty minutes on the clock  Nicholas Locke ran through and shot from twenty yards the ball was blocked and deflected to Miller but the striker could not get enoght power on his shot and Callum Reid saved comfortably in the home goal . Broxburn were dealt a blow when Jack Beasley hobbled off after 23 minutes and Euan McGill replaced the full back . Heriot Watt had their best spell after this before the visitors regrouped . With 26 minutes  Arron Singh made a good run down the left before shooting wide right from inside the box . A minute later Neil Laurenson  tried a shot from twenty yards out central to the goals but his shot went wide left of the upright . The visitors had an escape when a loose ball was not cleared properly by Nimmo and Arron Singh won the ball inside the box and as Connor Wallace came out to stop him he shot past the keeper and was unlucky to see his shot come of the far right post and was cleared from the danger area . On the 39th minute mark Jack Spence shot wide right for the home side . A corner at the other end with four minutes left found Connor Kelly who’s header was cleared of the line . Broxburn got a cushion to go into half time with  two minutes remaining of the half when a long ball down the right was chased and caught by Connor Kelly who cut along the bye line before crossing to the back post for ALEXANDER MILLER  to head home . Connor Wallace saved from Arron Singh in the last minute of the half but it would not half counted as he was flagged for offside .

Broxburn increased their lead in 53 minutes when a ball out on the right to Kelly who then crossed into the box and ALEXANDER MILLER  met it with his head to score in the bottom right hand corner . A fourth was added on 63 minutes when Cameron Ross set up ALEXANDER MILLER  who scored at the second attempt to complete his hat trick . The fifth came two minutes later when Nimmo played CONNOR KELLY through and the striker slotted home from just inside the box .  Miller had a chance with quarter of an hour to go but pulled his shot wide of the target . The sixth came from the penalty spot on 80 minutes when Eaun McGill was fouled twice running into the box and CAMERON ROSS  stepped up to the spot and gave Callum Reid no chance to score on his debut . Broxburn were in seventh heaven when Euan McGill fired in a free kick from wide left for NICHOLAS LOCKE  to turn the ball home as he came in at the back post from the right hand side .  The last chance of the half came in the last minute when Cameron Ross fired a shot wide right .A good performance from the walking wounded and the guys that came in done a good job . Only disappointment was another injury to our long list .Bud Porteous is going to be busy man this week as we prepare for our away game at Linlithgow Rose with a 2-30pm kick