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Wednesday 22 July 2015, Olivebank
The friendlies continue with my second viewing of Lowland League Selkirk of pre-season, who visit Junior Cup finalists Musselburgh Athletic this evening.
Musselburgh Athletic have flirted with various names before their formation in 1934, including Musselburgh Bruntonians, Musselburgh Juniors and Musselburgh Fern since 1898
They won the Junior Cup in 1923 and have been runners up in 2011 and last season. They are an established side in the East Superleague but have been a victim of their success last season with many of their players moving on in the summer.
Doig, Beveridge, Ralton, Turner, Smith, Sheerin, Moffat, Munro, and Wilson have all moved on, with Superleague top scorer Sheerin’s departure to Livingston the most keenly felt.
They’ve not been slow to bring replacements in though, with Jamieson from Newtongrange Star, Hall from Whitehill Welfare, Conaghan from Peebles Rovers and McLeish and Roseburgh from Bonnyrigg Rose joining the club. With four trialists in the squad tonight, it doesn’t look like they are finished yet.
Selkirk get the first corner of the match in the third minute and Reynolds wins a header, but can’t direct it at goal.
Ugochukwz brings down Thomson 25 yards from the Selkirk goal in 8 minutes and Hunter curls the free kick just wide.
A good strong run down the right by Selkirk’s Samson in 11 minutes sees him get through a couple of tackles and he crosses for Page, but Adams is out of his goal very quickly to block with his feet.
The Musselburgh defence is caught out by a through ball in 13 minutes and Addison tries to lob the keeper, but his effort drifts wide.
Addison shows some good skill coming forward in 14 minutes, but Athletic’s Hunter eventually stops him with a good tackle.
Selkirk have started well and they threaten again in 15 minutes, with Reynolds crossing from the right and the ball just eluding O’Connor in the middle.
Selkirk keeper Newman is out sharply to clear a through ball for Thomson in 16 minutes and from halfway, Hunter tries to loft the ball into the empty net, but he’s too high.
Musselburgh break the deadlock in 25 minutes when Myles plays the ball up the right hand side for Jamieson, whose cross is headed home by Palizcka.
In 27 minutes, Selkirk’s Reynolds cross into the middle is headed behind by Trialist. Christie’s corner is missed by everyone and Musselburgh break. Thomson plays the ball to Jamieson, who hammers the ball into the net to make it 2-0.
Selkirk attack in 28 minutes and a defender slips after a cross into the middle, giving Page a great chance, but he hits it straight at Adams. McInally takes the resultant corner and finds Reynolds in space, but his attempted header comes off his shoulder.
Musselburgh break quickly in 38 minutes and Thomson passes to Myles whose shot from a tight angle is deflected wide. Palizcka has a chance from the corner, but heads it wide of the goal.
Reynolds is off down the right again for Selkirk in 42 minutes and he shows good feet inside the box and is brought down. The referee has no hesitation in pointing to the spot. O’Connor steps up and sends the keeper the wrong way to bring Selkirk back into the game.
Good build up play by Musselburgh right on half time ends with Myles receiving the ball 25 yards from goal and he curls a great effort in off the underside of the bar to restore the home side’s two goal lead.
Selkirk’s wide players Addison and Reynolds have been impressive in the first half with Reynolds in particular showing good pace on the right. Musselburgh’s passing has been impressive and they always look dangerous coming forward.
Former Musselburgh hero Jordyn Sheerin is in the crowd.
Three minutes into the second half Selkirk make their first substitution. Why they couldn’t have done this at half time is beyond me.
Palizcka is hurt following a clash with McDiarmid and the Musselburgh forward leaves the field covered in blood to be replaced by Trialist number 17.
Selkirk win a corner in 58 minutes after J Hay’s cross is deflected wide. McInally’s corner is met by McDiarmid, but it goes well wide.
Hall pulls the ball back from the by-line in 63 minutes to his Musselburgh team mate Myles, but he can only sclaff the ball wide.
Hunter latches onto a Musselburgh through ball in 64 minutes and he manages to push the ball past the onrushing Newman and into the net to make it 4-1 to the home side.
Selkirk’s substitute keeper comes on with number 1 on in 67 minutes, replacing the same numbered player.
With 15 minutes left, Jamieson floats a ball into the box which sails over the head of the Selkirk keeper which he is relieved to see go just wide of the post.
In 76 minutes, Selkirk’s Neave plays into J Hay’s feet on the edge of the box, he turns cleverly, then is brought down. O’Connor takes the free kick, but hits it into the wall.
Neave sends a teasing ball into the Musselburgh box in 77 minutes right across the face of the goal, but there are no takers.
Hall is wide for Musselburgh in 78 minutes and his cross comes all the way to the back post where Jamieson beats the keeper, but McDiarmid clears it off the line. The ball comes back to Jamieson, but he shoots over from a tight angle.
The referee gives Musselburgh a corner in 79 minutes when the ball is nowhere near over the line and the Selkirk defenders are understandably not happy. The corner is cleared.
In 85 minutes, Hamilton heads a Davie’s corner powerfully at goal but Malcolm saves well.
McInally shoots at the Musselburgh goal from well out in 87 minutes and Jackson is caught by surprise and only manages to get hands to it. The ball hits the post and bounces straight back into the keeper’s hands. I hope he bought a lottery ticket.
In the last minute, Selkirk get a free kick 25 yards out which McInally hits over the wall and the ball flies into the net to give the away side their second goal of the evening.
A good workout for both teams with Selkirk looking a lot better than they did in the previous friendly I saw them in. Musselburgh still look a good side and will be hoping to make their mark in the league this season.
Special thanks to Selkirk Secretary Sheree Davison who, for the second time this pre-season, helped me with their team. Thanks also to Musselburgh’s website manager Ryan Kelly for the home team.
Full Time: Musselburgh Athletic 4 Selkirk 2
Admission: £2
Musselburgh Athletic: 1 Adams (Jackson 62), 12 Hall, 2 Christie, 15 Trialist, 11 Davie, 4 Myles, 6 Hunter (3 80), 16 Conaghan (20 Trialist 74), 19 Palizcka (17 Trialist 54), 9 Jamieson, 10 Thomson (Hamilton 45). Subs: 2 Trialist, 3 ?, 5 Hamilton, 17 Trialist, 20 Trialist, 21 Jackson.
Selkirk: 1 Newman (Malcolm 67), 2 Samson (G Hay 56), 3 Christie, 4 McDiarmid, 5 Ritchie, 6 O’Connor, 7 Page (J Hay 48), 8 Reynolds (Neave 56), 10 McInally, 11 Addison, 20 Ugochukwz (Collin 74). Subs: 1 Malcolm, 9 J Hay, 12 G Hay, 14 Cosgrove, 15 Collin, 16 Neave.
Programme: None.
Friday 24 July 2015, Ferguson Park
Tonight’s game sees Lowland League Whitehill Welfare take on the Dundee United development side in a pre-season friendly.
Welfare were founded in 1953, although there has been a football club playing in the village of Rosewell since at least 1905. Welfare went senior in 1979 and joined the East of Scotland Football League and won it the first four seasons. They have actually won the league on 16 occasions, the most successful side in the League’s history, before joining the Lowland League for its inaugural season in 2013.
While they have proved difficult for many sides over the year in the Scottish Cup, their biggest day came in 1996, when I was there to see them play Celtic at Easter Road, where they lost 3-0 with a very respectable performance.
While they have been considered one of the giants of the East senior game for some time, there has been a feeling of slight underachievement in recent seasons, which has been reflected in several managerial changes and most recent incumbent Grant Cairnie saw a summer where every day one of his squad seemed to depart.
Since the end of last season, they have lost Lowland League top goalscorer Sommerville, along with his strike partners McIntosh and Noon, brothers Willie Kidd and captain Andrew Kidd, Sproule, Quinn, O’Donnell, McKenzie, Hall and Thom.
Long term injury victim Dodds is still missing and to add to their woes, goalkeeper Young broke his hand in training.
Manager Cairnie, in the hotseat since April, has been busy. Keeper Easton has joined on loan from Bonnyrigg Rose, while full back Robertson has signed from Whitburn Juniors, centre back Murray and Knight from Edinburgh United, O’Hara and Martin both from Preston Athletic and Nisbet and Togneri from Craigroyston. Williams, Connelly, Wringe and Keane have signed from Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, while Devlin, Anderson and Muir have signed from Tynecastle.
It’s an unrecognisable side that take to the field with only Manson and Bruce who rejoined the club from Spartans having played for Welfare previously. (Although McGlashan and A Martin are on the bench).
There’s a lot of talent in SPL Dundee United’s young squad, but I am unable to get a list of their team anywhere.
There’s around 120 in attendance.
With just two minutes on the clock, Welfare force a corner which Manson takes. Jardine rises well and heads the ball downwards and into the net to give the home side an early lead.
United give the ball away at the back in the next minute and Welfare almost create another chance, but eventually Manson is caught offside.
Bruce concedes possession on the goal line in the 9th minute to United’s number 8 who fires the ball across goal, but none of his team mates can get there.
United are starting to put some pressure on and Coote fires an effort just wide from the edge of the box in 11 minutes.
It’s fast and furious stuff.
Good build up play by Welfare in 14 minutes with Manson, Wringe and Togneri all involved, ends with the latter crossing to the back post where Devlin wins the header, but he’s too far out to trouble the keeper.
Welfare come forward with purpose again in 17 minutes and Manson’s shot from distance hits the bar. Devlin reacts quickest and puts the rebound into the net to double the lead.
Coote is brought down on the edge of the Whitehill box in 19 minutes. He takes the free kick himself and Easton thinks it is going over, but it dips and hits the bar and does go over eventually.
In 23 minutes, Jardine fouls United’s number 2 on the touchline. Number 8’s free kick is headed down by Moore, to number 11, but he shoots well wide.
A good run forward by Keane for Whitehill in 30 minutes is stopped when he is checked by number 5 on the edge of the box. Jardine’s free kick is punched away by the keeper.
With 34 minutes gone, Welfare’s Martin beats the keeper to the ball and lays it back for Wringe. His shot is hacked off the line by United’s number 5 to prevent his team going three behind.
United’s 11 does well down the left in 36 minutes and picks out Moore whose powerful shot is punched away by Easton.
Right on half time, United’s number 7 sees his cross deflected behind by Manson. A short corner is played to Coote who runs into the box and goes down under the challenge of Manson. The referee gives what looked a very soft penalty. Easton dives the right way, but Moore’s penalty is right in the corner and the half ends 2-1.
Jardine impressed me in the first half for the home side and Coote undoubtedly has talent for United, and is very good on the ball.
In 47 minutes, Coote appears to fouls Manson, but the referee plays on and the United midfielder passes to number 8, who hits it well over the bar.
United’s sub has a shot from a tight angle in 53 minutes which is deflected into the side netting. The corner is taken short and Moore works his way into the box before his shot is parried by the keeper.
Wringe does well to win the ball for Whitehill in the 61st minute and passes to S Martin in the box, but he is stopped by an excellent tackle by Souttar.
I don’t know how it is on the pitch, but the midges are an absolute nightmare in the crowd.
There’s a chance for United’s 8 in the box in 64 minutes, but a great tackle by Bruce halts his progress.
Moore shows good strength for United in 65 minutes before Bruce fouls him 25 yards from goal. Coote hits the dead ball well, but Easton holds.
A patient build up by United in 69 minutes sees some good ball retention until Coote plays the ball to number 15, who tries a volley, but it goes wide.
A long ball played forward by United’s number 3 in 71 minutes finds Coote through on goal and Easton comes rushing out. They reach the ball together, but Coote gets the break of the ball and shoots home into the empty net to tie the game.
With 74 minutes on the watch, Coote robs Whitehill’s Anderson and passes to Moore. He shows good feet but under challenge in the box, he dives to the floor. Very poor.
McGlashan miscontrols the ball in midfield in 75 minutes and he has to jump into a 50/50 challenge to retrieve the ball. The ball breaks towards the United goal and their number 5 lets the ball run away from him and Devlin nips in and places the ball into the corner of the net to put Welfare back in front.
Devlin finds himself clean through again in 77 minutes, but his shot lacks power and the keeper saves.
Devlin has another chance in 78 minutes when he heads a cross powerfully towards goal, but the keeper acrobatically saves the ball with both hands.
United’s 14 and 11 both have late chances after being set up by Coote, but both efforts go the wrong side of the post.
An entertaining game with Coote the stand out, but Welfare are maybe in for a better season than some might think.
Full Time: Whitehill Welfare 3 Dundee United 2
Admission: £5
Whitehill Welfare: 1 Easton, 2 Togneri (McGlashan), 3 Keane, 4 Murray (Williams 63), 5 Bruce, 6 Jardine (Anderson 45), 7 Manson (Connelly 63), 8 Nisbet (A Martin 45), 9 Wringe, 10 S Martin (Scott-Mercer 72), 11 Devlin. Subs: 12 McGlashan, 14 Connelly, 16 Robertson, 15 Anderson, 17 Scott-Mercer, 18 Williams, 19 A Martin.
Dundee United: 6 Souttar, 9 Moore, 10 Coote. Subs: 15 for 11 (45), 12 for 2 (76), 14 for 4 (76).
Programme: £1.
Saturday 25 July 2015, Easter Road
My desire to see some competitive action takes me to Easter Road to see my first ever Petrofac Cup tie, between the teams that finished second and third in the Championship last season, Hibs and Rangers.
Both are set for another season at least in the Championship after Rangers knocked Hibs out in the play offs, before losing to a rampant Motherwell in the final.
The Petrofac Cup is made up of the Scottish Championship, League One and League Two sides, as well as the winners of the Highland and Lowland League. The early rounds are done on a geographical basis (North and South) before the quarter finals.
Hibs start with a familiar team to that which played most of last season, with Championship player of the year Scott Allan on the bench. Allan has been a well-publicised transfer target of Rangers recently, and the Rangers fans certainly think he will end up there, singing “He’s one of our own” through the match. (He was reportedly a Rangers fan as a boy).
The Rangers team is almost unrecognisable from last season. There was quite an exodus at the end of the season and new manager Mark Warburton has made a raft of signings.
There are 11,225 in attendance.
A clever ball by Templeton in the 3rd minute finds Wallace running into the box and his attempted cut back is cut out by Forster to win Rangers the first corner of the game which comes to nothing.
A fast break by Cummings on the right in 4 minutes develops across the pitch and Stevenson plays Hanlon in down the left. His cross finds Cummings all alone at the back post, but Wallace manages to get across to block his header.
Gray hits a deep cross to the back post in 9 minutes, which Stevenson plays back into the box and finds Malonga, who lashes wildly over the bar.
Stevenson finds Cummings on the corner of the box in 11 minutes, but his low shot drifts wide of the Rangers goal.
Fyvie passes forward to Stanton in 14 minutes and he turns and strides forward before hitting an angled shot from 20 yards which flies past Foderingham and into the far corner to give Hibs the lead.
Templeton plays a nice ball for Wallace to run into the Hibs box in 20 minutes and Fontaine does well to block Waghorn’s effort. It runs on towards Holt, but he can’t direct the ball on target under pressure from two defenders.
Malonga limps off in 24 minutes to be replaced by the other Allan on Hibs bench, Lewis.
Wallace charges down the left and plays the ball inside to Waghorn on the edge of the box in 27 minutes, but the flag is up.
Martin wins a free kick on the touchline after being brought down by Wallace in 28 minutes and Stanton swings the ball into the box. Fontaine finds himself all alone inside the six yard box, but can’t get enough on his header and it drifts wide. A great chance to double the lead.
Some good ball retention by Rangers ends with Hanlon upending Holt on the edge of the box in 38 minutes. Tavernier steps up and sends a fantastic curling effort over the wall and into the top corner past a despairing Oxley for the equaliser.
In 40 minutes, Foderingham takes too long over a pass back and under pressure from Allan, can only half clear. Stanton picks it up and runs towards goal but is halted by a great tackle from Holt.
Tavernier feeds Holt wide in the box in 44 minutes and he cuts it back into the path of Waghorn, who side foots home to put Rangers in front.
Hibs must be wondering how they are behind at half time. They started brightly and put the Rangers defence under a lot of pressure and made them look very shaky, particularly to balls to the back post.
Wilson plays a long ball up the left hand side in 47 minutes and Waghorn runs onto it. With Fontaine going across to challenge, he shoots for goal from a tight angle and Oxley lets the ball squirm underneath him and into the net. 3-1 to Rangers.
Tempers on the pitch are starting to flare as the tackles come thick and fast. Kiernan perhaps lucky that his challenge where he seemed to have his studs up didn’t catch anyone.
A second forced substitution for Hibs in 53 minutes when Forster goes off, looking as if he has done his hamstring. Scott Allan enters the fray.
A quick break by Rangers in 54 minutes sees McKay feed Law on the edge of the box, but he drags his shot wide of the post.
In minutes McKay picks out Templeton at the back post, but his chest control is heavy and Hanlon quickly clears the ball away.
Gray takes a throw in to Cummings in 60 minutes and he turns in the box and appears to down rather easily under the challenge of Halliday, but the referee points to the spot. Cummings takes the penalty himself and sends Foderingham the wrong way to bring Hibs back into the game again.
If Halliday was feeling bad from giving away the penalty, he got the perfect fillip two minutes later when receiving the ball from McKay 20 yards out. He curled a great effort over the outstretched hands of Oxley and off the underside of the bar into the net to restore the two goal advantage.
Some determined play by Scott Allan sees him free Stevenson wide in the box in 66 minutes, but Kiernan is there to block his cutback.
Any hope Hibs had of getting something from the game is extinguished in 76 minutes when Law plays the ball wide to substitute Clark. His cross to the back post is bundled in by fellow substitute Miller inside the six yard box.
Lewis Allan has a chance to reduce the deficit in 78 minutes when Martin picks up on a sloppy clearance and feeds Allan, but he hits his shot high and wide.
A minute later though, Stanton finds Stevenson wide on the left and his cross to the back post is headed in by Gray. The flag is up for offside though, which seems very odd.
A clever ball by McKay is just out of the reach of Clark in the box and runs through to the grateful Hibs keeper in 80 minutes.
In 82 minutes, McKay races down the right and goes past Martin and swings a ball into the box which is just beyond the reach of Clark, but there’s Miller again to make it 6-2.
Both teams look like they need to work on their defences, with Hibs in particular completely capitulating in the second half. Rangers grew in confidence as the game went on and will be delighted with the thumping win. Maybe not as competitive a match as I was expecting.
Full Time: Hibernian 2 Rangers 6
Admission: £15
Hibernian: 1 Oxley, 5 Fontaine, 4 Hanlon, 23 Forster (Allan 53), 2 Gray, 48 Martin, 8 Fyvie, 11 Stanton, 16 Stevenson, 35 Cummings, 7 Malonga (L Allan 24). Subs: 10 S Allan, 31 Reguero, 33 Harris, 42 Dunsmore, 43 Crane, 44 Sinclair, 49 L Allan.
Rangers: 25 Foderingham, 2 Tavernier, 4 Kiernan, 27 Wilson, 5 Wallace, 19 McKay, 16 Halliday, 23 Holt (Shiels 61), 11 Templeton (Miller 62), 7 Law, 33 Waghorn (Clark 74). Subs: 3 McGregor, 9 Miller, 14 Clark, 20 Aird, 22 Shiels, 32 Kelly, 45 Thompson.
Referee: Willie Collum.
Programme: £2
Saturday 25 July 2015, Meadowbank
With the early kick off at Easter Road, a short walk to Meadowbank for the second game of the day in the Petrofac Cup. Lowland League Champions Edinburgh City against Scottish League Two’s Queens Park.
We clearly weren’t the only ones with the same idea as there were a few who did the same thing, including former Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill.
More teams beaten in play-offs with Edinburgh City losing out to Brora Rangers of the Highland League on the opportunity to play against bottom of League Two for a place in that league, and Queens Park who lost in the final of the League One play-off to Stenhousemuir.
City were formed in 1928 as an amateur club. They participated in the Scottish Football League in the 30s and 40s, but went out of business in the 1950s having had very little success and the end was called after the lease on their ground was refused.
A new club adopted the Edinburgh City name in 1986. They won the East of Scotland Football League Premier Division title for the first time in the 2005-06 season. They unsuccessfully applied to join the Scottish Football League in 2002 and 2008. They were confirmed as members of the new Lowland League from the 2013–14 season and won it last year.
Queens are the only fully amateur club in the Scottish Professional Football League and the oldest association football club in Scotland, having been founded in 1867. They are also the only Scottish football club to have played in the FA Cup Final, achieving this feat in both 1884 and 1885.
They dominated football in Scotland in the early years and have won the Scottish Cup ten times, although their most recent triumph was in 1893. In the more recent era, they have gone between the bottom two leagues.
City’s 16,000 seater stadium has 344 in it this afternoon, a situation Queens will be used to, as they play in Scotland’s national stadium at Hampden Park.
There are no programmes left when we arrive, but I did manage to obtain one at a later date.
There are American Football lines on the pitch which gives it a particularly strange look.
City kick off and right away Allum plays the ball wide to MacDonald who sends a dangerous looking cross into the box which is well headed away.
Carter works his way into the City box in 7 minutes, twisting and turning, but under pressure from Mbu, he shoots high and wide.
Good work down the left gives Queens a chance in 14 minutes, but Mbu blocks the effort on goal.
Queens win a corner in 16 minutes which comes to Burns on the edge of the box, but he shoots well over the bar.
There’s a lot of misplaced passes from both teams.
In 23 minutes, Burns is fouled on the touchline and McKernon swings the free kick into the City box. Quinn wins the header at the back post, but it’s straight into the arms of Amos.
An attempted through ball by Queens in 28 minutes is deflected and comes to Woods whose shot is saved by Amos.
A City free kick in 32 minutes is played out wide to Donaldson who finds the head of Osborne in the middle, but it’s off target.
A high ball into the Queens box in 40 minutes is fumbled by Muir and a defender just manages to head the ball wide before Guthrie pokes it home.
A minute from half time, some good skill by Queens Woods as he cuts inside and lays the ball off to Burns. He curls a shot towards goal and sees it come back off the post.
An uninspiring first half. Scrappy would be an injustice to the word scrappy.
Berry has a volley at the City goal in 47 minutes which is headed behind by McConnell. Burns’ corner is headed to the edge of the box where McKernon volleys back at goal, but it goes just wide.
There’s some excitement in 54 minutes when what sounds like the fire alarm goes off, but it stops quickly.
McLeish does well for Queens in 56 minutes and gets to the by-line before chipping the ball up for Berry, but he can’t get his header on target.
City’s McKee has the ball in the right back position in 62 minutes and seems to bring his elbow into Burns, but the referee gives nothing.
Allum tries a shot at the Queens goal in 68 minutes when he chips the ball up and volleys, but the keeper is well positioned.
It’s round about this point that it dawns on me that if nobody scores, this will go to extra time. If ever there was a match that didn’t need another 30 minutes, it is this one.
Burns takes a Queens free kick in 78 minutes which finds Woods at the back post, but he can only hit the side netting.
Someone score. Please. Anyone.
A long ball forward by Queens Wharton is well controlled by sub Galt in 88 minutes. He plays the ball to Berry inside the box, but he overruns it and the chance is gone.
Extra time.
McConnell receives the ball 25 yards from the Queens goal in 94 minutes and hits a great strike, but it is straight at Muir.
A great ball by City sub Muhsin in 97 minutes finds Gair, who cut it back to another sub, Deniran but the keeper somehow turns it round the post. The corner doesn’t even come into play.
Both teams huff and puff for the remainder of extra time, but there is very little of note. The referee is becoming increasingly fussy, which doesn’t help.
A woman sitting behind us sounded like she was having an orgasm all the way through the second half and extra time. She is also very loud and very sweary. This just adds to the experience.
The match goes to penalties.
Queens are up first and Woods scores, City’s Galt takes their first but bobbles his kick and Muir saves. Quinn scores for Queens. City’s Carse blasts his kick down the middle and Muir stays still and saves. Warton scores for Queens. Gair has City’s first successful penalty next. Queens McElroy is next, who came on in the last minute of extra time, clearly a penalty expert. Clearly taking advantage of the American Football lines by bringing on their special teams player. If he scores, Queens win. You can guess what happened next. Amos saves his kick which is straight down the middle. Osborne steps up for City and Muir makes a diving save to put Queens through.
I’m hoping this is the poorest game I see this season. It probably didn’t help that we had come directly from a game with eight goals, but this was a tough watch.
The giant Mbu won everything in the air for City and Woods showed some good skill for Queens.
City certainly matched their higher league opponents, but both teams can play a lot better than this.
Full Time: 0-0 (After Extra Time). Queens Park win 3-1 on penalties.
Admission: £10
Edinburgh City: 1 Amos, 2 McConnell, 5 McKee, 21 Mbu, 3 Donaldson, 7 Dunn (Carse 113), 4 Guthrie (Muhsin 64), 8 Gair, 11 MacDonald, 10 Osborne, 9 Allum (Deniran 85). Subs: 12 Carse, 14 Narayaninsamy, 15 Wishart, 16 Muhsin, 17 Deniran, 18 Harrison, 19 MacNamara.
Queens Park: 1 Muir, 2 McVey, 5 Quinn, 6 Gibson, 3 Burns, 7 Woods, 4 Wharton, 8 Berry, 11 McLeish (McElroy 120), 10 McKernon (Mortimer 103), 9 Carter (Galt 68). Subs: 12 McElroy, 14 Baty, 15 Marlow, 16 Galt, 17 Mortimer, 18 Gallagher, 19 O’Boyle.
Referee: Mike Roncone
Programme: (If you got one at the time) £2.
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