Saturday 18 January 2020
Tulloch Park, Perth
East of Scotland Qualifying Cup 2nd Round
Kinnoull
Starting XI | Osinski, Blyth, Brown, Frydrychowiz, L Woolley (c), Hughes, Ragan, Simpson, Smart, Norrie, K Woolley
Subs | Davies, Cunningham, Nyass, Morrison, Robertson
Goalscorers | None
Sent off | None
Penicuik Athletic
Starting XI | Watt, O'Donnell, Young, Page, Connolly (c) (Watson 71), Kateleza, Jones, Tansey (Somerville 48), McCrory-Irving, Stewart, Forbes (Ponton 64)
Unused sub | Baptie
Goalscorers | Stewart (41)
Sent off | None
The second tie of 2020 took place in Kinnoull Perth and Penicuik progressed to the 3rd round of the Football Nation EOS Qualifying Cup with a hard fought win over Kinnoull and now face Tranent in the next round. Penicuik were quickly on the attack and a Tansey free kick was headed on to the crossbar by Frydrychowiz. Immediately afterwards, Kateleza had two strikes on goal cleared off the goal line. In the 25th minute, a long range effort by Kinnoull forced Watt to scramble across goal to turn the ball past for a corner kick. Then a moment of controversy saw Tansey drive past Hughes who in turn deliberately and cynically scythed the midfielder down from behind. Without question his actions deserved a red card, but the referee only issued a caution. Ten minutes later, McCrory-Irving slipped his marker but his strike on goal flashed over the bar. In the 41st minute, Penicuik broke the deadlock when Page’s ball over the top of the home defence picked out STEWART, who hooked the ball high over the advancing keeper.
HALFTIME | Kinnoull 0-1 Penicuik Athletic
Three minutes into the half and Tansey, who was still suffering from the Hughes foul, made way for Somerville. In the 55th minute, a slick interchange between McCrory-Irving and Jones set up Jones, but keeper Osinski pulled off a superb save to deny the midfielder. Penicuik made further substitutions to freshen up the side with Ponton coming on for Forbes and Watson for Connolly. Then, following a corner to Penicuik, substitute Somerville’s glancing header went narrowly past the upright. In the 83rd minute, Penicuik, having used all three substitutes, went down to ten men. Goal scorer Stewart was tackled by Brown on the right wing. Both players went down heavily and Stewart took no further part in the game, suffering a broken collar bone. Despite losing Stewart, ten man Penicuik managed the remainder of the game comfortably and in injury time, McCrory-Irving came close with a powerful first time volley off a Kateleza cross.
FULLTIME | Kinnoull 0-1 Penicuik Athletic