Month: July 2021

Whitehill Welfare 0-2 Broxburn Athletic Another scorcher and Ferguson Park Rosewell looked superb in the sunshine for the visit of Broxburn to take on Whitehill. The home side forced an early corner but it was cleared out and Ross of Broxburn took a classy first touch before releasing a lovely 45 yard pass out to Tait on the left flank and he outpaced McCormack but then ran the ball over […]

Dalkeith Thistle 1-2 Ormiston A beautiful summer evening at Kings Park, Dalkeith saw the local Thistle welcoming their East Lothian visitors from Ormiston on a perfect night for football. The first chance of note saw Dalkeith keeper Dowie take a heavy touch from a passback but as he hacked the ball clear, he was clipped by Brown and a free kick was awarded. After six minutes Korpalski did well to […]

Bonnyrigg Rose 2-1 Celtic B The Lowland League 2021/22 season kicked off with some interesting fixtures, perhaps none more so than the visit of the Celtic B side to New Dundas Park to play a Bonnyrigg Rose side who had been title challengers when Covid intervened last season. With barely a minute gone, a lovely head flick from McGachie saw Hunter sprinting away but Celtic goalkeeper Oluwayemi was smartly off […]

Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale 2-2 Musselburgh Athletic A glorious summer evening at Ainslie Park saw the return of competitive EOS football as the hosts entertained their visitors from East Lothian, and the healthy crowd in attendance were most certainly well entertained. Within a minute, Daniel released Deland down the Vale left flank but his cross was deflected into the arms of visiting keeper McRae before at the other end, a […]

Easthouses Lily 2-5 Leith Athletic On a humid evening, it was a last chance for the respective Easthouses and Leith managers to shuffle their packs pre season prior to Saturday’s competitive action which starts with visits to Edinburgh South and Coldstream for tonight’s combatants. After three minutes, a nice ball through almost had Sproule in for the visitors but Amos was off his line smartly to clear whilst at the […]

Report on10th July Tranent 1-0 East Stirling A good test for today’s East Lothian hosts Tranent as Foresters Park welcomed Lowland League East Stirling, with today’s match being the last Saturday pre season fixture before next weekends big kick off. First on the attack were the visitors as Rodden sent a long pass down the left flank but Young’s touch was heavy as he tried to outpace Thomson. On six […]

Report 9th July Easthouses Lily 3-6 Edinburgh United A first visit to Easthouses this season with their visitors not having too far to come from their Paties Road base and both teams set about serving up one of the most open and chance laden games I’ve seen in a while. The first opening arrived on six minutes as a long ball almost found S Scott on the edge of the […]

Report 4th July Penicuik Athletic 1-2 Haddington Athletic An overcast muggy day as the home side welcomed their visitors from East Lothian and two of the best footballing sides I saw last season locked horns in an exciting looking pre season fixture. After Kateleza had been flagged offside for the home team, Haddington moved to the other end and McGarry did well to get to the goal line but a […]

Report 2nd July Preston Athletic 1-1 Newtongrange Star After a scorching day, a cooler evening thankfully awaited the players of both sides in this East versus Mid Lothian pre season fixture at Pennypitt Park. Within 20 seconds, the home side lost possession from kick off and Rixon was through one on one with keeper Bain and he did well diving low to his right to touch behind the 16 yard […]