Match Reports

LOTHIAN THISTLE HAD LOCAL RIVALS EDINBURGH CTY AT A GREAT LOOKING PLAYING CONDITIONS AT THE ENCLOSURE. SATURDAY 4TH SEPT

CITY STARTED WELL AND LOTHIAN FOUND IT HARD TO GET IN THE GAME AND CITY OPENED THE SCORE TO GO INTO HALF TIME I-0

LOTHIAN GOT INTO THE GAME IN THE SECOND HALF AND GOT THERE GOAL FROM A SIDE FLICK BY ALLAN MCDONAUGH TO SHARE THE POINTS,BOTH TEAMS HAD CHANCES TO GET THE WIN

LOTHIAN THISTLE HAD A SHORT TRIP TO PEFFERMILL TO PLAY EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY.28/8/10

IN A STRONG WIND BOTH TEAMS STILL TRIED TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND LOTHIAN THOUGHT THEY SCORED BUT THE LINESMAN RULED IF OFF HT 0-0

UNIVERSITY SCORED AT THE START OF THE SECOND HALF TO GO AHEAD.LOTHIAN HAD MOST OF THE SECOND HALF BUT THEY COULD NOT BREAK DOWN THE UNV DEFENCE

LOTHIAN STARTED WITH THREE POINTS ON THERE MIND AND PRESTON MADE IT HARD FOR THEM BY TAKEN THE LEAD AND ALTHOUGH HAD A FEW SHOTS FF TARGET THEY COULD NOT GET A GOAL

PRESTON THEN SCORED AGAIN TO MAKE IT 0.2.THIS BROUGHT LOTHIAN TO LIFE AND LLOYD DIGNAN SCORED TWO GOALS TO PUT THE GAME 2.2 AND CAPT JAMES YOUNG SCORED THE WINNER FOR LOTHIAN TO BRING THE THREE POINTS

LOTHIAN THISTLE HAD THE LONG TRIP TO KELSO TO PLAY THE FIRST ROUND ALEX JACK CUP SAT 21ST AUGUST

LOTHIAN NAMED A UNCHANGED TEAM AND STARTED THE GAME WELL AND WHEN THE BALL CAME OUT JAMIE BUTLER SHOT HOME ,A FINE HEADED GOAL FROM CRAIG HUME PUT LOTHIAN 2.0 NIL UP

THE SECOND HALF SAY A FEW MORE CHANCES PASS THERE WAY BEFORE A SHOT FROMCRAIG HUME WAS PUSHED OUT BY THE KELSO GOALKEEPER AND SCOTT WALACE SCORED THEN A FINE RUN BY LLOYD DIGNAN SAW

HIS SHOT GOING INTO THE TO CORNER.JAMES YOUNG SCORED FROM THE SPOT AFTER KELSO SCORED WITH A FINE OVERHEAD KICK.LOTHIAN THISTLE ARE THROUGH TO PLAY ORMISTON AT HOME IN THE NEXT ROUND.

LOTHIAN THISTLE HAD ANOTHER DERBY AWAY TO TYNECASTLE AT FERNIESIDE TUESDAY 17TH AUG

LOTHIAN WITH A FEW CHANGES IN THERE SIDE WENT AHEAD WITH A FINE LLOYD DIGNAN GOAL AND FUTHER GOAL FROM JAMIE BUTLER WENT 2.0 UP AND WITHOUT HITTING THE WOODWORD FOUR TIMES AND SOME OUTSTANDING SAVE FROM THE TYNECASTLE GOALKEEPER COULD HAVE WON THE GAME WELL IN THE FIRST HALF.

Burgess's attempted clearance landed at the feet of Young who had the simple task of smashing the ball into the net from close range.

Lothian thought they were going to have an opportunity to double their lead from the spot when the assistant referee appeared to award a penalty but the referee over-ruled this and gave Lothian a corner - a let off for Civil.ted the first half and Civil had

very few chances on goal but Lothian couldn't double their lead before the half-time interval.

The second half started with a bang when Wilson made a great attacking run in the first minute before playing in Rennie, who broke the offside trap and his pace allowed him to break away and fire the ball into the net for Strollers' equaliser.

Civil then stepped up a gear and started playing some attractive football and they were rewarded with the winner when Burgess played a long ball into the Lothian box. The Thistle defence failed to clear the danger before Dickson got on the end of it and his delicate first-time chip over Swain ended up in the back of the net.

Strollers then enjoyed all the possession and Lothian couldn't find a way back into this game.

Lothian: Swain, Wallace, Wilkes, Patterson, McAleavy, Stewart, Hume, McAleavy, Young, Grieve, McDiarmid. Subs: Butler, Walker, Digan, Kelly, Shandley.

Civil Service: Burnside, Raeburn, Jack, Hogarth, Gay, Wheelan, Wilson, Dickson, Burgess, Rennie, Somerville. Subs: Robertson, Forbes, Millar, Dick, Dillion.