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West Calder pupil helps Tynecastle to Scottish Cup glory

EAST CALDER wonderkid Cameron Young was the toast of Tynecastle last week after leading them to a tremendous Scottish Cup glory.Read

West Lothian junior football round-up

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Fife and Lothians Cup: Musselburgh Ath 2-2 Whitburn (Musselburgh won 3 – 1 pens).Read

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Whitburn manager Derek Strickland eyes Superleague survival

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Bathgate boss refuses to blame absence of star pair for league loss

GRAEME LOVE refused to blame the absence of key duo Jim Lister and Graeme McLaren for their weekend defeat to Lochee, insisting his side had enough firepower to win the match.The Jags pair were unavailable due to their involvement with the Junior Scotland side in the Umbro Quadrangular Tournament but boss Love wasn’t looking for any excuses.He said: “Before Saturday we still had 11 league matches to play as well as at least two cup matches and in one cup we are still at the second round stage.“So we have a lot of matches left to play and potentially a lot more so we wanted to get the game played.“Next week we have four games in seven days as we have matches on Saturday, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday again.“Considering all this we really had to play the match.“We did have two players away with the Scotland squad but so did Lochee and we also felt we had enough to go on and win the game.”Both Lister and McLaren scored as Scotland dumped the Republic of Ireland 2-1 to win the prestigious tournament and Love hopes their good form continues on thier return to Creamery Park.“I kept in touch with Jim and Graeme while they were away and it is great they did so well,” continued Love.“It gives them a boost and it means they come back to us on a high which is beneficial to us for our remaining games.”On Saturday, Barry Heggie bagged the game’s only goal in the dying minutes to take all three points for Lochee leaving Love gutted and admitting it will be hard now for the Jags to reign in long-time league leaders Bonnyrigg now.He added: “There wasn’t a lot in the game but we lost a goal two minutes from the end and the Lochee guys themselves admitted the player was at least five yards offside when he scored.“That was the disappointing thing but we should have still won the game.“I don’t want to dwell on the guys who were away as we had more than enough to win the match.“I still won’t rule out anything until it is mathematically impossible to catch Bonnyrigg but losing ion Saturday has made it so much more difficult. We know we need to win all of our remaining league fixtures to give ourselves a chance.”Read

Linlithgow come to the four to book Scottish Junior Cup final place

TOMMY COYNE proved he was as clinical in the box as his old man after slamming home a deadly double to fire Linlithgow Rose into the Scottish Junior Cup final.Read

Burnie bomb title hopefuls with three-goal blitz

FOR the second week in succession, Bathgate Thistle had keeper Andy Carlin to thank for helping them to victory.Read

West Lothian Association of Youth Football Clubs (WLAYFC) fixtures

WEST Lothian Association of Youth Football Clubs (WLAYFC) fixtures for the coming week.Read

Linlithgow Rose lose in semi-final first-leg showdown

LINLITHGOW ROSE will have to turn around a one-goal deficit to progress to the Junior Scottish Cup final after they slipped to a narrow 1-0 defeat in the semi-final first-leg.Read

Bathgate Thistle manager’s blushes spared by hero keeper

GRAEME LOVE insists Bathgate have keeper Andy Carlin to thank for booking a fourth-round spot in the Fife and Lothians Cup after he stopped three penalties in a dramatic shootout.Read

Whitburn win on return to junior action

WHITBURN scraped into the quarter-finals of the East of Scotland Cup after almost throwing away a two-goal lead against lower-league Sauchie, who should have taken the game into a penalty shoot-out in the dying minutes of the match.Read

West Lothian Association of Youth Football Clubs (WLAYFC) fixtures and results.

WEST Lothian Association of Youth Football Clubs (WLAYFC) fixtures and results.Read

Armadale dump Blairgowrie to rise to third place

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Scottish Cup rehearsal gives Rose first blood

LINLITHGOW Rose and Lochee United will meet a week on Saturday for a place in the Junior Scottish Cup final and a chance to win junior football’s Holy Grail.Read

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Superleague: Glenrothes 1- 1 Whitburn.Read

Bathgate manager Graeme Love insists title glory is still there for the taking

GRAEME LOVE took a long hard look at the Superleague table this week and insisted that long-time leaders Bo’ness can still be reigned in.Read

Linlithgow earn final four spot in battle of West Lothian

LINLITHGOW ROSE won the battle of West Lothian to clinch a Scottish Cup semi-final spot at the expense of county rivals Bathgate Thistle last weekend.Read

Linlithgow Rose manager Dave Baikie reveals delight at booking Scottish Cup semi final spot

DAVE BAIKIE has continued Linlithgow Roses’ proud Junior Scottish Cup tradition and admitted he doesn’t care who his side get in this week’s semi-final draw.Read

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