Tuesday 31 July 2018
Penicuik Park, Penicuik
East of Scotland League Cup Group Stage
Penicuik Athletic
Starting XI | Cordery, Forbes, Baptie, Hume (c), Young, Connolly, Barr (McCrory-Irving 68), Jones, McIntosh, Somerville, Sampson (Ponton 68)
Unused subs | Hamilton, Salazar
Goalscorer | Somerville (54)
Sent off | None
Crossgates Primrose
Starting XI | Henderson, Swan (Clark 41), Brand, Nutt , Devaney, McDonald, Shaw, Paterson, Hynd, Watt (Stark 82), Allan (Hutchison 68)
Unused subs | Ross, McKenzie, Penman
Goalscorer | Paterson (1)
Sent off | None
Crossgates Primrose were the visitors for this second League Cup qualifying tie and they caught Penicuik cold in the opening minute when Shaw drove at the Penicuik defence and cut the ball back to the edge of the penalty area from where PATTERSON cleverly curled the ball over Corderry and into the net. After getting over the shock of the early goal, Penicuik got into their stride and in the 7th minute a long range strike by Baptie went narrowly over the bar. Minutes later, a testing cross into the box by McIntosh saw two Penicuik players go for the ball but a lack of communication saw the ball headed harmlessly away. In the 17th minute, McIntosh was denied by keeper Henderson who turned his header away to safety. On the half hour a strike by Hynd was saved at the second attempt by Cordery. In the 36th minute, another Baptie cross found Somerville but he couldn’t direct his header on target. Right on half time, a poor defensive header by Nutt fell to Somerville, but his first time volley was way wide of the target.
HALFTIME | Penicuik Athletic 0-1 Crossgates Primrose
It only took nine minutes for Penicuik to get on level terms. Penicuik were awarded a corner kick, hotly disputed by the visitors, and Baptie curled the ball to the front post where SOMERVILLE slipped his marker and glanced a header in off the crossbar. Two minutes later, Forbes broke up the right and curled the ball into the box where Sampson just failed to connect with an overhead kick. Then an attack down the left wing by Crossgates saw a long range strike beat Cordery but much to the relief of the home fans the ball cannoned back off the base of the post. In the 79th minute, a Penicuik free kick taken by Baptie fooled everyone but the ball hit the post and went out for a goal kick. Minutes later, a Connolly shot was comfortably saved by Henderson. In the 86th minute, a strike by substitute McCrory-Irving took a deflection but Henderson was alert to the danger and saved comfortably.
FULLTIME | Penicuik Athletic 1-1 Crossgates Primrose
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