Month: July 2022

Newtongrange Star 7-0 Edinburgh South A beautiful evening at New Victoria Park for a Midlothian pre season friendly as Newtongrange Star hosted near neighbours Edinburgh South. After four minutes, a foul by South’s Calum Begg on Chris Robertson gave Star skipper Adam Nelson the chance to deliver a free kick deep into the South box but when the clearance fell to Ryan Porteous, he couldn’t get any power on his […]

Preston Athletic 0-7 Hibernian XI A beautiful summer evening in East Lothian brought around 400 fans down to Pennypitt Park to see home side Preston Athletic entertain a young Hibs Development side who once again had Darren McGregor at centre half. After two minutes, a driving run by Joao Balde set up a chance for Robbie Hamilton to bring out a good block from home keeper Lenin Flood and it […]

On the 19th June, Russell Aitken attended Thirlestane Castle for the Sir Jackie Stewart Classic event. It was all in aid of Sir Jackie Stewart's charity 'Race Against Dementia'. On display was Mark Webster's 2012 Formula 1 race car, Mayra MS-80 02. Sir Jackie Stewart gave it a test drive 50 years on from driving it to win the championship. There were also over 1000 classic cars on show.

Tranent Juniors 1-2 Hibernian XI A poignant occasion at Foresters Park tonight as Tranent welcomed a young Hibs side to play in a benefit match for the family of Daniel McFarland who represented both clubs and who passed away in tragic circumstances at work a couple of years ago and a minutes silence was held prior to kick off. With four minutes gone a Tranent corner fell to Martin Maughan […]