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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 […]

Spartans 2-1 East Fife A few highlights from yesterdays pre season friendly at Ainslie Park between a Spartans side looking once again to be amongst the contenders in the Lowland League and an East Fife side who listed a number of trialists in their starting line up. After five minutes, one of those trialists wearing the No 7 shirt forced Spartans keeper Blair Carswell to beat behind an angled 15 […]

Whitehill Welfare 0-2 Tranent League Cup semi final action in Rosewell as Whitehill Welfare and Tranent met to decide Linlithgow Rose’s opponents in Sunday’s final at Newtongrange. Before kick off, a minutes applause was held as a mark of respect for the family of Welfare captain Fynlay Connor, who sadly lost his mum over the weekend. The first five minutes saw the ball being pinged about like the proverbial hot […]

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Linlithgow Rose 3-1 Gala Fairydean Rovers East of Scotland Qualifying Cup Final A glorious day at Penicuik brought out a crowd of around 600 to watch an EOS v LL Cup Final as Linlithgow Rose squared off against Gala Fairydean Rovers. Within fifteen seconds, Rose’s Jamie Allan took the ball off Gala’s Liam Campbell and strode forward before firing in a low 20 yarder which keeper Josh Blair was right […]

Preston Athletic 3-1 Lochgelly Albert A three way last Saturday shootout at the top of EOS Conference B saw Oakley, Glenrothes and Preston all in with a chance of the title, so the game at Pennypitt between Preston Athletic and their visitors from Fife, Lochgelly Albert, attracted a very decent crowd. The early stages were very cagey with much of the play confined to midfield and after five minutes, a […]