Saturday 27 October 2018
Penicuik Park
East of Scotland Conference A Fixture #8
Penicuik Athletic
Starting XI | Cordery, Forbes, Baptie, Young, Hume (c), MacDonald, McCrory-Irving, Barr, Kateleza (Somerville 68), McIntosh (Sampson 57), Ponton (Sproule 46)
Unused subs | Caddow, Hamilton, Jones
Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare
Starting XI | Hay, McIver, Wilson, Hall, Arthur, Young, Nethery, McDermott, Shearer, Taylor, Elliot
Subs | Tainish, Anderson, Taylor
Straight from the kick off Penicuik attacked down the left but Baptie’s cross was headed inches past the post by McIntosh. However nine minutes later, McINTOSH made no mistake when he stroked the ball home from close range after good work by Young, Kateleza and Baptie. In the 20th minute, Kateleza split the Easthouses defence with a perfectly weighted pass and McINTOSH pounced to squeeze the ball past Hay. Two minutes later, Ponton saw his effort go narrowly wide of the target. On the half hour, keeper Hay had to be on his toes to cut out a low Ponton cross. Penicuik’s pressure was constant, and MacDonald had a go from twenty yards but his strike flew high over the bar. Just before half time, a training ground corner kick saw McCrory-Irving lay the corner kick to the edge of the box, Forbes ran in and drilled the ball low and hard, but Hay pulled off an excellent one handed save to deny the full back. With seconds to go before half time, a lightning break from defence by Penicuik sat Ponton free on the left. He cut the ball back to McIntosh who should have completed his hat trick, but somehow he blasted the ball over the crossbar.
HALFTIME | Penicuik Athletic 2-0 Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare
Eight minutes into the second half and Penicuik were again dominating play and piling on the pressure. Then a long range effort by MacDonald flashed inches over the bar. Immediately afterwards, a powerful strike by Kateleza was brilliantly turned away by keeper Hay for a corner. On the hour mark, with the visitor’s defence reeling, a clever one two between Sproule and Kateleza inside the penalty are saw KATELEZA smash the ball into the net to make it 3-0. Three minutes later, the game was put to bed when BAPTIE curled a free kick from twenty yards, over keeper Hay and into the top corner of the net. In the 78th minute, a rare Easthouses attack saw Shearer let fly, but his shot was deflected narrow past for a corner kick. Minutes later, the same player saw his effort finger tipped away by keeper Cordery for another corner kick, but Penicuik defended well and immediately went on the attack. Forbes broke up the right wing and crossed the ball into the box. Somerville rose above the defence, but his header skimmed the crossbar.
FULLTIME | Penicuik Athletic 4-0 Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare