Saturday 6 October 2018
Olivebank Stadium, Musselburgh
East of Scotland Conference A Fixture #6
Musselburgh Athletic
Starting XI | Adams, Lynch, Myles, McNaughton, Cherrie, Thomson, King (c), Callaghan, Hogg, Deland, Evans
Subs | Cornet, Whyte, Maskrey, Ralton, Gregory, Gillan
Goalscorers | None
Sent off | None
Penicuik Athletic
Starting XI | Cordery, Forbes (Caddow 52), Baptie, Young, Hamilton, Connolly, Barr (c) (McCrory-Irving 63), Jones, Kateleza, McIntosh (Sampson 78), Ponton
Unused subs | Sproule, MacDonald, Hume
Sent off | None
Having beaten the Burgh comfortably at Penicuik a few weeks ago, the visitors travelled to Olivebank expecting a much tougher challenge against a home side who were unbeaten on league business at home last season.After Wednesday big win over Tweedmouth Rangers, manager Harvey made six changes to the starting line up and the visitors started in lively fashion as both sides put their 100% Conference A records on the line.
In the fourth minute Barr broke down the left but his ball across the six-yard box was cleared by Callaghan, but Cuikie were already turning the tempo up and after six minutes forced a succession of corners to no avail. However, the opener wasn’t long delayed as Hamilton broke from the back and played a cute pass over the home backline and KATELEZA was first to react as he latched onto the pass and then reacted quickest to ricochet off the defender and slotted the ball past the on-rushing Adams. The second came eight minutes later as McINTOSH headed home reacting quickest after his initial shot hit the crossbar from a Baptie corner. A minute later a late McNaughton challenge on Kateleza saw the resultant free kick header narrowly wide by Barr but the assistant’s flag was raised for offside. There were 20 minutes on the clock before the home side had an attempt on goal as a long Adams clearance was headed goalward by King but Cordery collected easily and six minutes later the same player saw ho shot well saved. The next chance fell to Ponton as he headed wide a Forbes cross and was followed in the 33rd minute by goal number three as the Burgh defence failed to deal with Connolly’s long pass into the box, Ponton pounced and knocked the ball across goal for BARR to slot home into the empty net. With four minutes to the interval the home side saw a header crash off the bar, but it was the visitors who increased their lead prior to the half time whistle as great pressing work and quick passing between McIntosh and Kateleza saw the ball reach JONES who made no mistake from eight yards out.
HALFTIME | Musselburgh Athletic 0-4 Penicuik Athletic
The home side came out strongly at the start of the second half seeking to get back into the game but Penicuik forced two early corners before a late challenge by McNaughton saw Forbes helped off the park to be replaced by Caddow. The match flared up ten minutes into the half and both McIntosh and Hogg saw yellow as Burgh sought a way back with Deland trying to make headway down the left and King looking to get on the end of anything in the box. On the hour mark it was King who brought a good save from Cordery as the visitors replaced Barr with McCrory-Irving. With 66 minutes gone Ponton set up McIntosh but he shot wide from a good position as the game hit a quiet spell as the visitors dominated possession. In the 78th minute the visitors made it five after a great passing movement involving seven players before Kateleza played in McCRORY-IRVING who passed the ball past Adams into the corner of the corner of the net. Sampson replaced the hard-working McIntosh and the visitors finished the game well on top with efforts from McCrory-Irving and Caddow keeping the home defence on their toes. The game finished with a rash late challenge by King, who saw yellow, on keeper Cordery as Cuikie maintained their good goal scoring form and their 100% league record.
FULLTIME | Musselburgh Athletic 0-5 Penicuik Athletic