Wednesday 1 June 2016
Penicuik Park
East Super League Fixture #29
Penicuik Athletic
Starting XI | Bejaoui (c), Fraser, McDermott, Meikle (White 68), Young, Lister (Gay 46), Lough, Barr, McCallum (Scott (T) 46), Somerville, Blaikie
Unused subs | Dickson (T), Bunyan (T)
Camelon Juniors
Starting XI | Kane, Bell, Devlin, Tierney, Benton, Donaldson, Taylor, Fotheringham, Flynn, Collumbine, Wright (Trialist 73)
Unused subs | Ure, Kelly, Peacock
Manager Meikle shuffled the pack again after Saturdays defeat at Bonnyrigg with an eye on the upcoming Fife & Lothians Cup Final with three trialists on the bench. The match started in an end of season fashion with no cutting edge to it but stuttered into life with 19 minutes gone when a quick interchange of passes by Camelon set up FLYNN for a shooting opportunity from 20 yards out and he fired his shot past Bejaoui to give the visitors the lead. Six minutes later it was the visitors who threatened again and a Collumbine header had Bejaoui scrambling across his goal as the effort went past his left hand upright. On the half hour mark both Lister and Somerville had efforts for Penicuik which didn’t trouble Kane in the Camelon goal to be followed eight minutes later by a jinking Lister run down the run but his ball across the face of the goal was headed clear by Bell. The visitors surged to the other end and a scissor kick by Donaldson went narrowly past the post.
HALFTIME | Penicuik Athletic 0-1 Camelon Juniors
Penicuik kicked off the second half and within two minutes saw a Somerville shot on the six yard box brilliantly saved by Kane before Blaikie crashed a 25 yard shot past the keepers right hand upright. With 52 minutes gone a long Gay pass found Somerville in space, he cut inside beating his man but fired his shot into the arms of the alert Kane. The visitors doubled their lead in the 62nd minute as Donaldson and Devlin combined to set up COLLUMBINE who slotted past Bejaoui from 12 yards out. Twenty minutes into the second half a Lough run created space for Fraser and his cross was met by Scott but his effort landed safely in the arms of Kane. As both sides made changes scoring attempts were restricted to long range efforts until the 82nd minute when Devlin forced a corner for Camelon seeing his shot from six yards deflected wide. Penicuik responded and from a Barr knockdown Scott volleyed wide from ten yards out. A lacklustre home performance in a game where the visitors were sharper and ended their season with a victory.
FULLTIME | Penicuik Athletic 0-2 Camelon Juniors