Saturday 5 October 2019
Penicuik Park, Penicuik
East of Scotland Premier Division Fixture #8
Penicuik Athletic
Starting XI | Watt, O'Donnell (Ponton 58), Baptie, Young, Page, Jones, Watson (Connolly 23), McCrory-Irving, Stewart (O'Neil 90), Stevenson (c), Forbes
Unused subs | Swain, Tansey, O Winnik
Goalscorers | None
Penalty save | Watt (35)
Sent off | None
Camelon Juniors
Starting XI | Shaw, McGroary, Lochie, Morrison (c), Skinner, Deans (Kay 74), Kane (Daramola (63), Herron, Docherty, McMullan (Morrison 74), McKenzie
Unused subs | Swanson, Sneddon, Kinnear
Sent off | None
Camelon got off to a flier opening the scoring through Conor MCKENZIE in the second minute. Then in the 9th minute, Deans had a first time shot from distance that went over the Cuikie crossbar. Two minutes later, ‬it was two for Conor MCKENZIE as he slid in at the back post to convert Dochety’s cross. Before Penicuik could gather their thoughts, Camelon added a third two minutes later when Deans squeezed a pass to Ryan KANE who slotted home. Connolly tried to create a chance for himself but fired a powerful shot wide ‬past Watt. Shortly afterwards, ‬ Baptie sent in a cross from deep but Stewart just failed get on the end of it. Then with Penicuik trying to find a way back O’Donnell combined with Stewart but the former fired right at Shaw‬. In the 25th minute, substitute Connolly tried to create a chance for himself but fired a powerful shot wide‬. To rub salt into the wound, Camelon were awarded a penalty in the 34th minute, but keeper Watt came to the rescue with a fine save. At the other end, Stewart drove in on goal and rounded Shaw but the ball broke to Jones and his goal bound effort was cleared for a corner. Just before half time, Stevenson broke down the wing and collected a one two before curling a low shot past the far post.
HALFTIME | Penicuik Athletic 0-3 Camelon Juniors
With a big second half performance required of Penicuik, in the 49th minute, a neat interchange between McCrory-Irving and O’Donnell led to Connolly setting up Stevenson but he dragged his shot wide‬. Then in the 57th minute, a Penicuik attack broke down and Camelon countered with Watt getting a foot to the ball to send McKenzie’s shot wide‬. On the hour mark, Baptie’s ball forward found Jones and he cut it back for Ponton who was denied by Shaw for a corner. Then followed a flurry of substitutions by both sides, that failed to change the flow of the game. In summation, this was a well deserved three points for Camelon and a poor Penicuik performance.
FULLTIME | Penicuik Athletic 0-3 Camelon Juniors