Russell Aitken

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. […]

Tranent Juniors 2-3 East Kilbride History in the making at Foresters Park as Tranent Juniors began their Lowland League journey by hosting seasoned campaigners East Kilbride so one to look forward to for sure. Within a minute, Ronan Hughes was onto a loose ball for the visitors but he was tracked all the way by Craig Barr who turned the ball behind. Three minutes later, Martin Maughan found Nathan Evans […]

Musselburgh Athletic 3-3 Newtongrange Star The hottest night of the year saw an interesting friendly at Olivebank between Musselburgh Athletic and Newtongrange Star with the only guarantee being everyone’s fitness was going to be well tested. In the first minute, Tyler Bolochoweckyj was released down the left flank and his cut back saw Dean Ballantyne bring an excellent save out of Burgh keeper Ross McRae low down to his left […]

Easthouses Lily 0-4 Bathgate Thistle A beautiful summers day greeted the players and spectators for an interesting pre season friendly between Easthouses Lily and Bathgate Thistle and the heat would definitely be a factor in this one. It was a perfect start for the visitors as they took the lead with under two minutes on the clock with a goal that the home defence will have nightmares about. Bathgate keeper […]

Haddington Athletic 6-0 Dunbar Athletic The pre season trip round the grounds visited Millfield tonight as Haddington Athletic played their first pre season friendly against East Lothian amateurs Dunbar Athletic on a perfect night for football. Shaun Hill was first to make progress down the right flank for the home side after two minutes and his far post cross was well defended by Liam Dunn who turned the ball behind. […]

Dalkeith Thistle 0-4 Vale of Leithen A cracking day at Dalkeith Campus as Dalkeith Thistle hosted Vale of Leithen in an interesting looking friendly as the build up to the season kick off on July 30th continues. Within a minute, Dan Garvey tried a speculative overhead kick from 10 yards for Vale and it didn’t miss by all that much. Thistle moved to the other end and Jordan Mackie fired […]

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 […]

Bryan Copeland · I don’t tend to do match reports on friendlies so my son Harvey who goes to every game with me wanted a go. On this basis I’ve told him he can sin the friendlies if he likes and I may even give him a competitive game or 2 as well. A little help from me but mostly him and here is tonight’s match report courtesy of Harvey […]

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