Venue: Home

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attendance 152

Broxburn Athletic 4  Hill of Beath 0 

Prior to kick off the club made a presentation to Goalkeeper Connor Wallace to mark his 150 start for Broxburn Athletic . In that time he has had 32 shut outs . He was pleased to mark the occasion with another shut out .

The visitors were first to create a chance that was turned for a corner in the first minute which came to nothing . At the other end two minutes later a ball over the top saw Ross Allum through on goal but his lob over the keeper went over the bar also . The opener did come a minute later when pressure on the visitors paid off when the ball landed at GREG BINNIE’s feet 12 yards out he fired home under pressure from the defence . On 12 minutes a free kick went over the Hawthorns defence and Cammie Ross got his head to it just before the keeper got there but it went wide left . The home side doubled their lead when a ball over the defence again trying to play offside , was met by JACKSON BARKER who made no mistake and took his opportunity . Half way through the half Cammie Ross made a good run down the left but his cross into the box was a shade to hi for Binnie in the box . Daniel Watt was through into the box but Jordan Wright shepherded him and eventually got the ball hitting it off the big forward for a throw in to Broxburn .A bit of melee erupted on 36 min without much fuss  referee Rhys Struthers  defused the situation booking two player’s from each side . Hill of Beath’s troubles got worse as the half ended with substitute Johnathan Galloway was substituted after 38 mins having been on the park only 19 minutes  . Then  four minutes later Daniel Watt saw red picking up a second yellow for a poor challenge . The last action of the half saw a Barker shot from the left go out for a throw on the right hand side .

Half time Broxburn Athletic  2 Hill of Beath 0

Into the second half, with the visitors having a mountain to climb they won a free kick just outside the penalty box to the right. Wilkie took the click but Ross headed strongly clear for the Brox.

In 55 minutes a nicely floated cross from the left from Hutchison had Wilson scrambling in the visitors goal as he tried to punch unconvincingly clear and needed his fellow defenders to complete the clearance.

Moments later a Ross cross found Allum whose volley went across the goal and cleared by the visitors defence.

Slack play from Broxburn in the midfield area saw the ball given away twice forcing Harrison into evasive to stop Quinn. From the free kick Luke fired over the bar.

Broxburn went close in 59 minutes from a great move starting with a ball from Wright, Binnie flicked the ball on with his head, Barker then neatly cut the ball back to Allum who fired just wide.

On the hour with Broxburn in control the third goal duly arrived Binnie again at the heart of it playing a great ball to Cowley whose cross was volleyed into the corner of the net by ALLUM.

Allum fashioned another shooting chance for himself in 63 minutes this time striking with his left foot but off target.

More good play between Barker and Nicol saw the latter crack a shot into the side netting.

In 66 minutes Binnie was fouled about 30 yards out, whilst he was receiving treatment Hill of Beath made 2 changes Kinninmonth and Adamson replacing Luke and Connolly.

From the free kick Ross’s cross was met by Wright whose header looped over the bar.

Ross was replaced by Tait.

In 70 minutes a slight scare for the Brox with Hutchison trying to shepherd the ball back to Wallace, Adamson tried to nip in and finish but the ball stuck between the keepers legs.

3 minutes later the home side made changes Hutchison and Binnie off Newall and Ireland on.

Wright moved forward with the ball with his pass finding Tait but shot well off target.

In 81 minutes Beesley replaced Cowley.

A Wright slip almost caused a chance to come the visitors way but was scrambled out for a corner. Adamson took the kick but Wright won the ball commandingly in the air and cleared effectively.

In 85 minutes Broxburn capped an excellent team performance with a great move down the right, the cross found its way to ALLUM at the back post who hit his shot strongly into the right hand corner of the net.

In the following minute Tait was booked. From the resultant free kick Wilkie crossed with Fleming getting in a header but his effort went over the cross bar.

The Brox threatened once more in injury time a Newall cross was won by Barker but his effort went just wide.

Another 3 points from a rampant Brox moving them up to 3^rd in the league table. Great to see a first home clean sheet of the season on keeper Wallace’s 150^th appearance for the club. Next up is another home game once again against a Fife team in the shape of Crossgates Primrose. A chance to avenge the 4-5 loss in their last meeting.

 

HILL OF BEATH  WILSON , GRIERSON , KELLICHEN , FLEMING , M. WATT , GIBSON , LUKE ( ADAMSON 66m ) , LEISHMAN ( GALLOWAY 19m ) ,  D. WATT , CONNELLY ( KINNINMONTH 66m ) , QUINN ,    SUBS   ,MALACHAN , DONALDSON

REFEREE MR . R. STRUTHERS   ASSISTANTS  MR L. HOGARTH , MR J. FRAME

Attendance 148

East of Scotland Premier League – Broxburn Athletic v Newtongrange Star
– 31/07/2021
On a dreich afternoon at the Albyn Broxburn welcomed Newtongrange Star. With neither side in
great form it was a crucial game for both teams to try and kick start their seasons.
Broxburn showed 3 changes from the side who were beaten by Tranent in midweek Purves for
Melvin, Greenhill for Barker and Binnie for Tait. Newtongrange also made changes from their
midweek loss to Crossgates, McIntosh, Trialist 14 and McBay for Tait, Davies and Rixon.
The visitors got off to a great start in 2 minutes from a corner with the home side static
FERGUSON hit a great shot into the net from 16 yards.
This set back seemed to affect Broxburn as they struggled to string passes together whilst the
visitors seemed far more comfortable and sharper in their play.
Broxburn forced Brennan into a save but only a tame back header from Binnie.
Things got even worse for the Brox in13 minutes when Wallace let a speculative PEDEN shot go
under him and into the corner of the net.
Broxburn were left with a mountain to climb in 19 minutes when from a free kick just inside the
Brox half Nelson's kick drifted to the back post which was won by the head of Hamilton whose
header picked out SMITH who had the simplest of tasks to prod the ball into the net.
A shell shocked Brox tried to pull a goal back in 22 minutes Binnie being fouled 20 yards out,
Nimmo taking the free kick but saved by visiting keeper Brennan.
Nelson dispossesed Nicol in midfield and cracked an ambitious shot goalwards from 35 yards
which Wallace saved.
Good work from Binnie on the half hour forced a corner which Ross took, Grant winning the
header at the back post but not able to direct to a red shirt.
In 32 minutes a lifeline for the Brox after determined play from Nicol, the visitors failed to clear
the ball, which went to NIMMO who drilled in a shot which beat Brennan all ends up.
In a very open game chances at both ends in 36 minutes, a good run from Binnie saw him play in
Ross but his shot was blocked. The visitors went straight down field with more defensive
indecision allowing Bremner to knock the ball past Wallace but thankfully Grant was on hand to
stop the ball going into the net.

In 42 minutes Greenhill won a corner, although the ball did appear to come off him however
and the Brox made the award count Ross taking the kick PURVES rising above the Nitten
defence to head into the net.
Broxburn had the bit between their teeth now as a great move down the left saw Greenhill get a
shot off which was blocked for a corner.
In a Jeckyl and Hyde type performance from the home side a fairly harmless cross from
McIntosh was dropped by Wallace and scrambled clear.
Half Time Broxburn Athletic 2 – 3 Newtongrange Star
Broxburn made 2 half time changes, Newall for the injured Hutchison and Brass for Binnie.
Brass was quickly into the thick of the action forcing Brennan into a save.
In 53 minutes Ross cut in from the left and fired in a shot which took a deflection for a corner.
Ross's corner found Brass at the back post whose header was blocked for another corner. In a
good spell of home pressure the ball fell to Nicol who fired wide and over the bar.
The game continued to be wide open Newtongrange winning a corner in 56 minutes cleared by
Brass with McIntosh firing in a shot from the clearance which was blocked. Straight down the
other end and a Ross effort suffered a similar fate.
The Brox should have drawn level in 58 minutes a Brass cross picking out Wright in splendid
isolation with the goal gaping he headed over.
On the hour Newtongrange had a real chance Peden's cross from the left finding the trialist
unmarked at the back post but he made a hash of his shot mistiming completely. The visitors
went closer a minute later after a good move down the left McIntosh fired the ball into the net
but the linesman had flagged for offside.
Grant was booked for Broxburn in 61 minutes and then replaced for Barker. Brass was also
booked in the game for the home side.
Peden was then booked for a foul on Nimmo and Newtongrange had a further 3 player booked
in the game Webb, Nelson and McIntosh.
In 67 minutes the come back was complete Ross played the ball to Gillen whose cross was
touched back by Barker to GREENHILL who smashed an unstoppable shot into the roof of the
net, Brennan having no chance of saving.
The Nitten defence was now looking very frail and Brass was giving them a torrid time he broke
free but fired into the side netting.

In 68 minutes Nimmo did brilliantly to beat Peden to the ball and his cross picked out an
unmarked Ross who hit his shot straight at Brennan when a goal seemed likely.
Trialist 12 replaced Trialist 14 for Newtongrange in 70 minutes. The trialist made an immediate
impact getting his head to a Nelson corner but just too high and over the bar.
In 77 minutes Allum and Tait replaced Nimmo and Greenhill. The visitors replaced McIntosh
with Rixon moments later.
In 81 minutes a quickly taken free kick caught Broxburn napping Wallace denying Bremner a
goal.
Brass and Gillen both had decent efforts at goal before a real let off for Broxburn, Nelson
steadying himeself nicely to curl a shot which hit the home bar.
With 2 minutes remaining after a foul on Tait, Ross took the free kick which found Brass at the
back post but he headed over.
Into stoppage time with Broxburn pressing for a winner a Ross shot took a delection for a
corner. From the resultant corner Ross's cross found Wright whose header hit the head of
keeper Brennan and out for yet another corner.
Albyn Park erupted when Ross clipped in another great ball which a Nitten defender headed
straight up in the air, Nicol won the ball with his head directing the ball to an unmarked Allum
who volleyed the ball into the net for a 93rd minute winner!
A quite amazing game with every emotion gone through over the 90 minutes. The defensive
frailties were again cruelly exposed but what a great show of team resilience to get back in the

game and pull off the most unlikely of wins . The return of Gary Brass was hugely instrumental

in turning the game around . Tynecastle away next for the Brox .

 

NEWTONGRANGE STAR  BRENNAN , PEDEN , WEBB , FERGUSON , NELSON , McINTOSH ( RIXON 78m) , DOUGAL ( NETO 70m) , McBAY ,HAMILTON , BREMNER ,SMITH .

SUBS McCATHIE , TURNER , CONLON ,DAVIES

Referee Mr G. Calder .  Assistants Mr  T..Martin , Mr D. Robertson

Match Report  ATTENDANCE 248
East of Scotland Premier League – Broxburn Athletic v Tranent Juniors –
27/07/2021
Broxburn returned to Albyn Park after their first league win of the season at Whitehill Welfare
on Saturday on a balmy summer evening, welcoming high flying Tranent Juniors as visitors.
Broxburn showed a number of changes to Saturday's starting line up with Newall, Townsley,
Harrison replaced with Gillen, Melville(making his debut) & Nicol.
Tranent were first to threaten in the 3rd minute a Docherty cross being headed out of danger by
Wright only to fall to Watson whose shot struck the bar.
In 5 minutes Grant intercepted a poor Tranent pass and picked out Nimmo who advanced
towards goal before being well tackled by Thomson.
Tranent were denied the opening goal in 9 minutes by the linesman's flag as a Miller cross found
Watson who shot into the net.
Knox replaced Thomson in 14 minutes for Tranent.
Tait forced visiting keeper Swain into a mistake but his shot was blocked away for a corner.
From a long hopeful ball by Thomson, Wright appeared to mis-judge the flight of the ball which
bounced perfectly for WRINGE to lob the ball over the advancing Wallace to give the visitors the
lead.
Tranent were having a good spell in the game and in 19 minutes Miller found Docherty on the
left and his dangerous cross was deflected away for a corner.
The Brox retaliated a minute later with a good move of their own when Ross sent Tait away
down the left he got himself into position to shoot but from a diffficult angle his shot drifted
wide of Swain's right hand post.
The game continued to swing from end to end the visitors right full back Stevenson hitting a
cracking volley from the right which had Wallace scrambling across his line as it sneaked past his
left hand post.
In 22 minutes, on loan Spartan Joe Tait continued to cause Tranent difficulties down the left
with his pace and was having a great battle with Stevenson which the defender just got the
better of to prevent the Brox player getting clear.
Tranent were equally dangerous down their left side Docherty cutting in past Gillen from the left
and firing a shot just wide which Wallace in the home goal had to keep an eye on.
The visitors should have doubled their lead from a corner on the half hour when Thomson was
left unmarked but somehow headed wide. A real let off for the Brox.

Broxburn then had a great opportunity in 34 minutes, great work from Nimmo on the right saw
him beat his defender in the box and when a shot seemed certain he delayed by trying to beat
another man with his shot finally being blocked.
Another decent Broxburn move saw Nimmo send over a decent cross from the right which Tait
got on the end of but was flagged offside.
In 44 minutes Grant nicely intercepted a pass in midfield and played a fine ball to Nimmo on the
right whose cross was on the money but no one in red could get on the end of it and it ran
through to keeper Swain.
Half Time Broxburn Athletic 0– 1 Tranent Juniors
Allum replaced Tait for Broxburn in 46 minutes.
The visitors came out of the blocks firing in the 2nd half and from a short corner Docherty hit a
great shot which keeper Wallace did well to tip over the bar.
In 49 minutes Broxburn were made to pay when they failed to clear their lines Docherty put
over a great cross from the left and GREIG flicked the ball past Wallace into the bottom right
hand corner of the net.
Broxburn tried to retaliate in 53 minutes Nimmo's cross finding Barker but his effort was well
defended for a corner which nothing came of.
The home side were punished again in 58 minutes for only half clearing the ball KNOX hit an
unstoppable shot past Wallace into the net.
In 61 minutes a Gillen cross found Nimmo but his effort to fire goalwards was blocked.
A minute later Hutchison was booked for the home side, quickly followed in 65 minutes by
Murphy for Tranent.
In 65 minutes Broxburn made a double substitution Nimmo and Barker replaced by Binnie and
Greenhill.
In 67 minutes Ross won a corner from which the ball broke to Melvin who got in a goal bound
shot which was blocked away for another corner.
Tranent made changes Landon and Muirhead replaced Wringe & Watson.
In 73 minutes Cowley replaced Grant.
In the following minute Broxburn's best move of the half saw Binnie switch play from right to
left his pass picking out Ross who cut inside and stuck a great right foot shot which was just too
high.
In 76 minutes Tranent made their final changes replacing Murphy and Greig with Anderson and
McKenzie.
Substitute Greenhill played a great ball into the goal mouth which Allum got a glancing header
to but it wasn't enough to beat Swain.

Broxburn's persistence paid off in 82 minutes from a Binnie short corner, Ross crossed the ball
perfectly which GREENHILL headed into the visitors net. This seemed to galvanise the home side
and from a Tranent mistake Ross couldn't capitalise as he tried to find support inside him.
In 87 minutes, Docherty who had been a thorn in Broxburn's side the whole game saw another
well struck shot this time blocked by Nicol. The same player in the following minute was
thwarted by good defending from Wright and Hutchison.
In 93 minutes Knox hit a powerful shot from 25 yards which was well blocked by Wright for a
corner which the visitors made nothng of.
Another tough night for Broxburn against an excellent Tranent side which won't be far away
from honours this season. The home cause was certainly not helped by the defensive injury
situation. A chance comes again at the Albyn on Saturday to get back on track against
Newtongrange Star.
Full Time Broxburn Athletic 1 – 3 Tranent Juniors

 

TRANENT    SWAIN ,STEVENSON , MILLER , THOMSON (KNOX 14m) , BAULD , WRINGE  (LANDER 67m) , MURPHY (McKENZIE 75m ), DOCHERTY , GREIG (ANDERSON 75m) , WATSON (MUIRHEAD 67M) ,THOMSON ,

SUBS  SMITH , JACKSON

REFEREE  MR F. BUSHELL .  ASSISTANTS  MR C.COSTELLO , MR F.ANDERSON .

 

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Penicuick Kicked of in glorious sunshine but into a strong west to east wind .Cameron Ross made a good early run but was blocked on edge of the box and the visitors cleared the danger . On 5 minutes Shaun Harrison sent a free kick into the box from the left but his ball in eluded everybody and went by the right hand post for a bye kick .Ten minutes into the game and Paul Tansey sent a cross over but was too strong for everybody and it cleared the danger area .

Good pressure from the home side saw Cammie Ross effort deflect for a corner on 15 minutes . The corner in was blocked and then fell to Ross Hutchieson who’s goal bound effort was headed clear and over the bar by Ryan Baptie .Penicuik saw two shots blocked on 18 minutes before Aaron Somerville fired a shot wide left from 18 yards . Straight up the other end a free kick 30 yards out from Cammie Ross saw Robert Watt make a excellent save pushing the ball round his post for a corner . Cammie saw an effort after a good run go wildly over the bar .

A minute later the deadlock was broke with a long ball over the home defence saw PAUL TANSEY clear to beat Connor Wallace in the home goal  to put the visitors in front .

Penicuik had the first effort in the second half when Tansey saw his shot gathered by Wallace . Aaron Somerville made space but shot wide and high on 51 minutes . Tansey made a good run down the left but was to strong with his cross and it went out for a throw in .  Great play down the right saw a great ball into Greg Binnie six yards out but his effort went straight at the keeper .

Broxburn Ath levelled things on 57 minutes when CAMERON ROSS gathered the ball down the left before sending a cross come shot into the box that found the far top right hand corner of the net .

Cameron Dawson tried to catch Wallace out with a free kick from just inside the Broxburn half but Wallace gathered easily . With the game nearing the end  the action in the last 15 minutes produced more talking points . Great play again saw a final shot from Joe Tait go just wide left . The visitors took the lead on 83 minutes when a corner into the six yard box was blocked twice before CAMERON DAWSON  forced the ball over the line  . With Broxburn pushing for an equaliser a long ball over the top saw AIDEN WELSH clear in a suspiciously offside position   free to run round Wallace unchallenged to seal the points with the home defence stunned there was no flag from the near side assistant .

Penicuik found time for a fourth in the last embers of the game with LUMBER KATELEZA scoring .

Disappointing the game ended this way as it was a tight close affair that no team deserved to lose the score line that it finished  . We will regroup and go to Dunbar on Tuesday evening to start and pick up points .

PENICUIK   WATT , BAPTIE , YOUNG , EDWARDS , WATSON  (DAWSON 66M) ,SOMERVILLE (WALSH 66M) , TANSEY ( KATELZA 88M) , NEAVE , FINNIE (COLLINS 71M ), FORBES , REID (LAMB 66M)  subs not used

THOMSON , HOPE

REFEREE   MR D. GRAVES ,  ASSISTANTS MR F. ANDERSON ,MR M. RAEBURN