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Young Harvey Copeland (14 years old) live on Wednesday Sport Live on 20th August gives his report, his view of the East Kilbride v Boness united game https://www.mixcloud.com/sportsonbdfm/harvey-copelands-report-from-east-...

Newtongrange Star 0-2 Spartans A decent day for football at New Victoria Park and a big test for EOS First Divisions Newtongrange Star hosting Spartans of the Lowland League in this East of Scotland 2nd Round Qualifying Cup tie. A foul on Dean Ballantyne by Spartans Calum Burns gave Star’s Brad Hainey the first opportunity to deliver into the visitors penalty area from wide left after four minutes, but the […]

Arniston Rangers 3-1 Peebles Rovers A cooler evening than we have been experiencing recently but perhaps one of the reasons why Arniston and Peebles served up an absolute cracker at Newbyres Park in this EOS Division Two midweek fixture. Prior to kick off, a minutes silence was held to mark the passing of former Arniston Rangers President Jimmy Cranston. The home side were first to show as their captain Ryan […]

Preston Athletic 2-0 Rosyth Recreation Two teams looking to start making moves up the table met at a sun drenched Pennypitt Park as Preston Athletic entertained Rosyth Recreation on a rock hard pitch which had the sprinklers going till not long before kick off. Within 20 seconds, Sean Ward found Mikey Hamilton and he outpaced his marker down the left and cut into the Rosyth box before flashing an angled […]

Dalkeith Thistle 4-1 Ormiston Primrose A cracking evening and an interesting EOS Division 2 fixture saw Dalkeith Thistle welcoming Ormiston Primrose to Kings Park with both clubs in a confident mood after winning their last two fixtures. Three minutes in, Jack Burrows did well to head an awkward bouncing ball on to Lewis Russell but referee Lewis Hogarth awarded offside against the Thistle striker. Ronan Clelland was next to look […]

Arniston Rangers 2-3 Leith Athletic An interesting Alex Jack Cup tie at Newbyres Park, Gorebridge as Arniston Rangers, buoyed by the midweek signing of John McManus from Musselburgh, welcomed last seasons finalists in this competition, Leith Athletic. A fiery park and a blustery breeze saw a number of early passes go astray although on five minutes, Leith skipper Wayne Sproule almost had Stephen Scott interested just inside the Arniston box […]

Ormiston Primrose 4-0 Hawick Royal Albert A wee bit of East Lothian history as Ormiston Primrose returned to the village for their first competitive fixture in a generation by playing hosts to Hawick Royal Albert and with both sides losing their opening fixture last Saturday, an opportunity to kick start their season awaited these teams. Primrose looked to use the pace of Ben Tracey through the middle in the opening […]

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Edinburgh University 0-5 Bo’ness United A nice night for football at Peffermill and both Edinburgh University and Bo’ness United came into this one off the back of encouraging opening day results, so this had the makings of an excellent contest. Within 30 seconds, a long cross towards the back post almost picked out Alassan Jones for the visitors but Ross McGuire was there to turn the ball behind for Uni. […]