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Match Report
Penicuik vs Crossgates 31.7.18
Qualifying League Cup
Penicuik 1 Crossgates 1
Penicuik: Cordery, Forbes, Baptie, Hume (c), Young, Connolly, Barr, Jones, McIntosh, Somerville, Sampson, Subs:
Hamilton, Ponton, Salazar, McCrory-Irving
Crossgates: Henderson, Swan, Brand, Nutt , Devaney, McDonald, Shaw, Paterson, Hynd, Watt, Allan, Subs: Clark,
Ross, Stark, Hutchison, McKenzie, Penman
Crossgates Primrose were the visitors for this second League Cup qualifying tie and they caught Penicuik cold in the
opening minute when Shaw drove at the Penicuik defence and cut the ball back to the edge of the penalty area from
where PATTERSON cleverly curled the ball over Corderry and into the net. After getting over the shock of the early goal,
Penicuik got into their stride and in the 7th minute a long range strike by Baptie went narrowly over the bar. Minutes later,
a testing cross into the box by McIntosh saw two Penicuik players go for the ball but a lack of communication saw the ball
headed harmlessly away. In the 17th minute, McIntosh was denied by keeper Henderson who turned his header away to
safety. On the half hour a strike by Hynd was saved at the second attempt by Cordery. In the 36th minute, another Baptie
cross found Somerville but he couldn’t direct his header on target. Right on half time, a poor defensive header by Nutt fell
to Somerville, but his first time volley was way wide of the target.
Half time: Penicuik 0 Crossgates 1
It only took nine minutes for Penicuik to get on level terms. Penicuik were awarded a corner kick, hotly disputed by the
visitors, and Baptie curled the ball to the front post where SOMERVILLE slipped his marker and glanced a header in off
the crossbar. Two minutes later, Forbes broke up the right and curled the ball into the box where Sampson just failed to
connect with an overhead kick. Then an attack down the left wing by Crossgates saw a long range strike beat Cordery but
much to the relief of the home fans the ball cannoned back off the base of the post. In the 79th minute, a Penicuik free
kick taken by Baptie fooled everyone but the ball hit the post and went out for a goal kick. Minutes later, a Connolly shot
was comfortably saved by Henderson. In the 86th minute, a strike by substitute McCrory-Irving took a deflection but
Henderson was alert to the danger and saved comfortably.
Final Sore: Penicuik 1 Crossgates 1
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