Tuesday 10 November 2020
Penicuik Park, Penicuik
East of Scotland Premier Division Fixture #6
Penicuik Athletic
Starting XI | Watt, Baptie, Young, Connolly, Watson (Lamb 73), Somerville (c), Stewart (Kateleza 73), Thomson, Stevenson, Viola (Devlin 46), Forbes (O'Donnell 66)
Unused subs | Page, Edwards, Reid
Bookings | Forbes (41), Baptie (55), Lamb (87)
Sent off | None
Tranent Juniors
Starting XI | Adams, Hawkins (c), Whitson, Miller, Berry, Greig, Paterson, Murphy, Craigie, Lander, Smith
Subs | Ponton, Watson, Moffat
Sent off | None
Penicuik were the first to create a goal scoring chance when a pinpoint Watson cross was headed over by Somerville. However in the 8th minute Tranent took the lead when a cross into the penalty area picked out MILLER who turned quickly to drill the ball past Watt. Then five minutes later, a free kick to Tranent was parried by Watt and PATERSON reacted quickest to poke the ball home. On the half hour, another free kick to Tranent was headed clear but fell to Smith outside the box. His first time dipping strike was saved by Watt. Immediately afterwards, Penicuik attacked up the left and Stevenson’s deep cross had Adams backpeddling to tip the ball over the crossbar. Then another free kick by Stevenson had keeper Adams scrambling across his goal line as the ball flashed inches wide of his right hand post. At the other end, a Smith free kick was well saved by Watt.
HALFTIME | Penicuik Athletic 0-2 Tranent Juniors
Into the second half and Penicuik upped the pace of the game pressing the visitors defence, but keeper Adams intercepted a dangerous under strong pressure from Connolly and Lamb. On the hour mark, a clever turn by Stewart saw him get round the back of the Tranent defence and he appeared to be pulled down. However he quickly got to his feet to cross the ball to Devlin two yards from the goal line, but a superb tackle by Tranent captain Hawkins saved the day for Tranent. Four minutes later, a corner to Tranent was headed by Whitson at the back post, but Baptie was on hand to clear the ball off the line. Then a long ball by Tranent saw Paterson strike for goal, but Watt was alert to the danger turning the shot round the post for a corner. Following another corner to Tranent, Craigie at the back post volleyed the ball towards goal and again Baptie was there to clear off the line. In their next attack, Paterson broke free, one on one with Watt, but he dallied too long and Thomson and Young recovered to deny the striker. In the 80th minute, Penicuik pulled a goal back. A Stevenson corner kick was headed back across goal by Connolly and SOMERVILLE, unmarked, headed home. In the 86th minute, with Penicuik piling on the pressure, Devlin was picked out by a deep cross, but his header went straight to Adams. Then deep into injury time, a Lamb shot into the danger area was sidefooted home by SOMERVILLE for a share of the points.
FULLTIME | Penicuik Athletic 2-2 Tranent Juniors