■ Jordan Hill smashes home from the edge of the box to put West Pilton Albion 2-1 ahead at Silverknowes

West Pilton Albion and Haddington Boys shared the points in this Division 4 table top thriller at Silverknowes. This game swung both ways with each side taking the lead on two occasions before referee Patrick Munro blew for time in what became a difficult encounter for the young whistler largely due to the building noise from both touchlines as passions threatened to boil over.

But when both sets of supporters look back on this game they will surely remember it for all the good football, great goals and a deserved sharing of the points.

Substitute Ryan Vohra looked to have sealed the points for the home side with just 11 minutes left to play but Haddington deservedly scored an equaliser to maintain their lead at the top of the table.

The game started very brightly with Haddington taking the game to their Edinburgh hosts and they had an early chance on just 2 minutes when Darly Kitt broke free on the right but his effort was well saved by the excellent West Pilton goalkeeper David Hogg. Hogg went on throughout this game to show great handling and made a series of terrific saves.

But the young keeper could do nothing just moments later when Haddington took the lead. Callum Barson was sent clear in a quick breakaway on the left and he calmly slotted the ball home into the bottom right hand corner of the net to give the division four pacesetters an early lead.

West Pilton then started to dominate the midfield and made several raids down the right hand flank with Callum Baird, Jamie Robertson and Luke Buckley prominent in these attacks. One of these started with the industrious Baird cleverly picking out Buckley who then played in Dale Macalonie on the left. He rounded goalkeeper Dean Brogan but his shot went inches wide.

The home side were threatening now with every attack and they deservedly equalised on 9 minutes. Jordan Skachill collected the ball in the middle of the Haddington half and his 25 yard shot was lost in the low sun by Brogan who let it slip through his fingers and into the waiting net.

West Pilton Albion continued to press and they went further ahead on 17 minutes with a terrific goal. Luke Buckley was again the provider as he played the ball into Jordan Hill and he sent a crashing shot flying past Dean Brogan to give the home side a 2-1 advantage.

The game then went into a pulsating period of end to end action as both sides attacked with pace. Darly Kitt had another good chance to score when he was sent clear on the right but David Hogg produced another brilliant save closing the Haddington forward down quickly as he bore in on goal. Then Jordan Skachill caused havoc in the visitors box that eventually ended with a delightful chipped shot that just squeezed over the top right hand corner of the goal. The same player then missed a glorious chance to make it 3-1 when he hit a shot from point blank range past the post.

Then on the half time whistle Haddington looked to have got themselves level. Sean Porteous beat the offside trap and was clear on goal. Hogg closed him down but Porteous hit his shot early. It looked all the way to be heading for the bottom corner but it screwed just wide and West Pilton Albion went in 2-1 ahead at the break.

Half Time 2-1

This had been a fantastic game of football with lots of chances and an abundance of skill on display. And this continued into the second half. The first part of which was dominated by Haddington Boys.

Driven on by captain, Hazim Kilic, who alongside central defensive partner Conor Bowles had a quite brilliant game, the visitors had wave after wave of attacks at David Hogg's goal. Space seemed to simply open up every time the Haddington midfield had the ball. Callum Barson was central to most of the breaks as he destroyed the West Pilton right hand side with flying attacks down the left wing.

Barson gave early warning of his menace when he was sent clear on 43 minutes only to again see Hogg quick from his line to thwart the danger. Then on 48 minutes a thundering free kick by Jason Rutherford flew inches over.

On 50 minutes Haddington equalised. Callum Barson was sent clear on the left and he calmly slotted the ball past Hogg for a replication of his opening goal.

2 minutes later and it was 3-2 to the visitors. Barson was sent clear yet again on the left. This time however he passed the ball across the face of the goal where it was knocked home by the sliding boot of Darly Kitt. This sparked noisy celebrations and it led to a tousy final 25 minutes as the touchlines became ever noisier as the supporters became increasingly involved in this thrilling contest.

It proved to be a testing time for young referee Patrick Munro who I thought had a good game and from where I was standing got most of the decisions right. Inevitably however the noise affected the players who started to add some meat to the tackles and on a couple of occasions became involved with the touchline abuse. A great pity as this was a terrific game of football.

The noise escalated further on the hour when West Pilton came back into this game with a third goal. The home side had three attempts in the box, none of which were cleared properly and the raid ended with a brilliant chip from Jordan Skachill over Dean Brogan and into the empty net.

With 11 minutes left the home side were in raptures when they re-took the lead through substitute Ryan Vohra. A through ball was chased down by Jordan Skachill and he beat Brogan to the ball to lift it goalwards. Vohra was first to react and his forward momentum propelled him towards the ball which he smashed home from 8 yards. Praise must go however to Jordan Hill who first played the ball through with brilliant vision.

It looked like West Pilton had taken the points. After having dominated most of the second half Haddington found themselves behind but they got themselves back on level terms with minutes remaining. A lung bursting 50 yard run by defender Chris Peyton ended when he slipped the ball into Darly Kitt who hit the ball home from close range to the delight of the travelling support.

Haddington then had a great chance at the death to take all three points. Kitt was the player with the opportunity to get his hat-trick but his hard hit shot at the back post was turned around for a corner by David Hogg to leave the game all square.

Thankfully the game ended without any further incident and both sets of players and coaches shook hands on what was a great wee game of football by two decent sides. It might have been an idea for the "supporters" to have done so as well.