Junior Round-Up

Apr 29 2010 by Eric MacKinnon, West Lothian Courier

Junior Round-Up

Premier League
Ballingry Rovers 3
Fauldhouse Utd 1
FAULDHOUSE slipped further into the relegation mire with a defeat at Ballingry Rovers.
Bryan Felvus scored for the Hoose who are playing well but not getting the breaks their play merits.

St Andrews United 3
Armadale Thistle 1
ARMADALE Thistle had the away day blues as they fell to defeat at St Andrews.
United captain Patrick opened the scoring after just five minutes when  Dale's defence failed to clear their lines.
At the other end the county club were playing well and making inroads which resulted in an equaliser from McCulloch equalised ten minutes before the break.
Armadale felt aggrieved at having a strong penalty appeal waved away after Craig Chilton was hauled down by the United keeper.
And their woes were compelled on the stroke of half-time when the hosts took he lead following a long-range drive from Ramsay.
McGuigan added a third in the second-half to clinch the points and leave Armadale still needing points to ensure their Premier League safety.

Fauldhouse 3
Arniston Rangers 0
ON Tuesday night Fauldhouse gave their league survival hopes a massive boost with a stunning home win.
Bryan Felvus netted a double while Kenny Martin was also on target.
The Hoose are now just one wain away from clawing their way out of the bottom three places.

South League
Broxburn Ath 2
West Calder Utd 0
TITLE hopefuls Broxburn continued their superb run with a home win over West Lothian neighbours West Calder.
Goals from Barry Craig and John Jeffrey helped them to a win which takes them to within six points of league leaders Tranent although Broxburn do have two-games in hand and a superior goal difference.

Edinburgh Utd 1
Livingston Utd 2
GOALS from Lee Docherty and Chris Caldwell has Livi cruising at 2-0 up before a consolation strike 12 minutes from the end ensured a nervy finish.

Haddington Ath 2
Blackburn Utd 0
BLACKBURN’S poor run of form continued as they were convincingly beaten by Haddington at a sun-soaked Millfield Park.
Blackburn stopper Davie Sneddon was harshly sent-off in the first-half for a tackle which handed the hosts a penalty duly dispatched by Murray for the opener.
Murray turned provider in the second-half when his corner was smashed into the net by Paterson for the deciding goal.
Blackburn United: Hunter, Murray (Miller), Sneddon, Spence, Crooks, P.Donnelly (Wingate), Keir, Brown, N.Millar, McQuillan, Gillespie (R.Donnelly).

Pumpherston 0
Harthill Royal 0
BOTTOM club Pumphy held nearby rivals Harthill to a goalless draw on Saturday.

Stoneyburn 4
Dalkeith Thistle 3
THREE was the magic number for Stoneyburn as the South Division’s form side clinched their third win in a row.
They battled well and earned another excellent three points by edging out Dalkeith by the odd goal in seven.
In the early going it looked as if it wouldn’t be Stoneyburn’s day after the visitors took a lead after just five minutes before doubling their advantage midway through the first-half.
But this Stoneyburn side are made of stern stuff and Doonan pounced on a half-chance in the box to pull a goal back for his side and register his ninth goal in just six matches.
Callaghan drew the hosts level after the break and within a few minutes Matonti headed Stoneyburn in front for the first time in the match.
Dalkeith came back again to find an equaliser before they shot themselves in the foot with a disastrous own-goal restored Stoneyburn’s lead and handed the points to the homesters.

Broxburn Ath 2
Harthill Royal 1
A CHARLES Pearson double kept Broxburn’s title charge on course on Tuesday night.
Pearson’s early goal was pegged back by Mark William before Pearson netted a winner ten minutes from time.

Livingston Utd 1
Pumpherston 2
JOHN MURPHY’S goal for Livingston wasn’t enough to prevent Livingston from going down to fellow strugglers Pumphy who duly swapped positions at the foot of the pile.
Jason Deans netted both goals for Pumpherston.

Sauchie 1
Blackburn Utd 0
BLACKBURN’S winless run was extended to five matches as they were beaten by single Sauchie strike.

Stoneyburn 2
West Calder Utd 2
FOUR goals were shared in this inter-county battle.
Steven Johnston bagged the opener for West Calder but Lee McAulay levelled for the hosts.
Johnston was on target again in the second-half but Gary Bones grabbed a second equaliser for Stoneyburn and with it a share of the points.