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Match Report
Nithsdale vs Penicuik 15.9.18
2nd Round South Challenge Cup
Nithsdale 2 Penicuik 11
Nithsdale:
Kerr,
Crolley,
Telfer,
Bell,
Fleming,
Farrow
(c),
Griffiths,
A
Lang,
Thomson,
West,
L
Lang
Subs:
Gallacher,
Gall,
Sheppard, Candlish, Dalzell
Penicuik:
Wood,
Caddow,
Williams,
Young,
Hamilton,
Connolly
(c),
McCrory-Irving,
Jones,
Kateleza,
Somerville,
Ponton
Subs: Hume, Forbes, Sampson, Sproule, Baptie, McIntosh
This
was
Penicuik’s
South
Region
Challenge
Cup
debut
yesterday
as
they
faced
Nithsdale
Wanderers
in
the
second
round
and
they
racked
up
the
club’s
biggest
win
of
the
modern
era
to
progress
to
the
third
round.
Right
from
the
start
Penicuik
piled
on
the
pressure
and
took
the
lead
in
the
5th
minute
when
BELL
,
under
pressure,
knocked
the
ball
into
his
own
net.
In
the
13th
minute,
KATELEZA
doubled
Penicuik’s
lead
when
he
tapped
home
McCrory-Irving’s
cut
back.
Three
minutes
later
it
was
0-3
as
JONES
slotted
the
ball
into
the
bottom
corner
of
the
net.
Penicuik
were
over
running
the
home
side
and
it
only
took
another
three
minutes
to
add
a
fourth,
courtesy
of
Penicuik’s
top
goal
scorer,
SOMERVILLE
.
In
the
29th
minute,
good
work
from
Jones
ended
with
him
delivering
an
excellent
cross
for
SOMERVILLE
to
dive
in
and
head
his
second
and
Penicuik’s
5th.
Ten
minutes
later
a
third
hat-trick
of
the
season
for
SOMERVILLE
his
excellent
strike
finish
high
into
the
net.
In
the
43rd
minute,
PONTON
followed
up
to
slot
home
the
seventh,
after
Somerville’s
initial
shot
was
saved.
Half time: Nithsdale 0 Penicuik 7
The
home
side
battled
hard
and
Penicuik
found
it
more
difficult
to
get
the
ball
in
the
net.
Ten
minutes
into
the
half
and
SOMERVILLE
added
an
8th
goal
and
his
fourth
of
the
game.
Then
in
the
64th
minute,
SAMPSON
rose
to
glance
home
a
Somerville
cross.
Nithsdale
were
awarded
a
penalty
in
the
69th
minute
duly
converted
by
THOMSON
.
Then
another
inside
five
minutes
to
Nithsdale
was
again
awarded
a
penalty
with
Young
receiving
a
red
card.
Keeper
Wood
got
a
touch
to
THOMSON’s
spot
kick
but
couldn’t
keep
the
ball
from
crossing
the
line
reducing
the
leeway
to
2-9.
Despite
being
down
to
ten
men,
Penicuik
were
still
the
dominant
side
and
SPROULE
collected
Kateleza’s
excellent
set
up
and
fired
in
his
first
goal
since
his
return
from
injury,
and
his
first
since
2016.
The
scoring
was
completed
in
the
89th
minute
when
a
Sampson
strike came back off the post and McCrory-Irving’s return shot was turned into his own net by keeper
KERR
Final Score: Nithsdale 2 Penicuik 11
My thanks to John Crawford for the match photos and to Andy Penman for the match report