Saturday 24 August 2019
Moorside Park, Cardenden
East of Scotland Premier Division Fixture #4
Dundonald Bluebell
Starting XI | Lennox (c), Durie, Hendry, Wallace, Nimmo (Mackie 54), C Gay, M Gay (Ness 35), J Smith (Rogerson 35), C Smith, Cargill, Drummond
Unused subs | Wilson, Crowe
Sent off | None
Penicuik Athletic
Starting XI | Watt, Baptie, Young, Connolly (c), Jones (Watson 75), Tansey, McCrory-Irving, Ponton, Stewart, Stevenson, Forbes
Unused subs | Somerville, Williams, Swain, Viola
Bookings | Jones
Sent off | None
Dundonald were quick off the mark and keeper Watt had to be alert to save an opening minute strike by Cargill. Immediately afterwards a free kick to Penicuik was headed narrowly wide by Forbes. Then a long rang effort by Cargill went wide of the target. Penicuik took the lead in the 12th minute when Tansey got round the back of the home defence, cut the ball back to Sam JONES who had an easy tap in. Shortly afterwards, a long range strike by Tansey was well held by keeper Lennox. With Penicuik in charge, Tansey sent over a testing cross into the box but with Stewart rushing in to head home, Lennox came to the rescue to cut out the cross. Then a slick passing move by Penicuik was rounded off with a powerful Tansey shot, but again Lennox came to the rescue with a great one handed save. Dundonald relied on the long ball, but the Penicuik defence dealt with each and every one thrown at them.
HALFTIME | Dundonald Bluebell 0-1 Penicuik Athletic
Penicuik doubled their lead in the 53rd minute when a wicked Baptie free kick was headed home by Sean STEWART at the front post. On the hour mark, a Baptie corner went all the way to Forbes at the back post but his cut back missed everyone before the Baptie fired high over the bar. Five minutes later, a ball was fizzed into Tansey and he did well to turn his man but his strike went just wide of the post. Penicuik added a third in the 68th minute when Stewart beat his man and cut the ball back for Arran PONTON to smash home the third, low into the bottom corner. Penicuik seemed to ease off after the third goal and Dundonald came back into the game pulling a goal back in 73rd minute through Ross DRUMMOND. Three minutes later, the home side got it back to 2-3 when Michael NESS slammed the ball past Watt ensuring an interesting last quarter of an hour. In the 78th minute, Watt did well, diving low down to his left to save. Penicuik saw out the remaining minutes comfortably.
FULLTIME | Dundonald Bluebell 2-3 Penicuik Athletic