There was no sign of the winter weather that swept through Edinburgh in the morning and with the sun shining brightly the scene was set for a good game of football between two of the top U15 sides. However the opening exchanges between these two sides from the Edinburgh City Boys' Club set up were tame and tense. But this was no indication of what was to come after the game exploded into life on 19 minutes and never let up from that point on.

Up until that point the closest either side came to a goal was a side footed volley by Michael Travis from a Mark Macconnell corner. The ball just missing the top right hand corner.

On 19 minutes '93 took the lead. A long ball forward was expertly controlled by the excellent Jamie Devlin and he shot coolly past Dale Cornet to put his side one up.

'93 had another opportunity to score just three minutes later when the City goalkeeper failed to properly collect a cross ball but Ryan Ma couldn't connect well enough and the danger was cleared.

On 28 minutes City were awarded a free kick close to the right hand corner flag and with the wind behind him, Mark Macconnell floated a high cross that blew over the defence, and goalkeeper Adam Shaw, and into the net. A freak goal but celebrated noisily nevertheless.

But the lead was only to last three minutes.'93 forced a couple of corners on the left hand side and Steven Harley was on hand at the front post to neatly flick the ball past the stranded City keeper and into the net. A lovely worked goal.

'93 were decent value for their lead at this stage. They had more of the ball in the first half and the momentum of the game seemed to be with them. Solid at the back they appeared more energetic than their City counterparts and possibly could have gone in more than one up.

Half Time 2-1

The second half opened with more energy than the first and City tried to take the game to '93 and grab the initiative of them. But it was '93 that increased their lead on 48 minutes when another corner, this time on the right hand side, wasn't cleared properly. The ball bobbled about the six yard box for several seconds before being lashed home by defender Jamie Morrison lurking at the back post.

Suddenly City found themselves facing defeat and a 7 point gap opening up at the top of the table. But they were given a lifeline on 56 minutes when referee Mike Smith awarded a penalty when Ryan Hutchinson was brought down by goalscorer Jamie Morrison. Hutchinson dusted himself down before dispatching the ball past the helpless Adam Shaw.

City were back in the game but within four minutes '93 had restored their 2 goal margin. A free kick inside the '93 half was pumped forward over the City defence where it found the onrushing Jamie Devlin and he calmly lifted the ball over the head of the advancing City goalkeeper and into the empty net.

It looked like the game was beyond City again but they bounced back almost immediately with a terrific goal. Nicholas Locke had begun to look very lively on the right hand side and he jinked his way towards the bye line before cutting the ball back for Craig Healey and he made no mistake in shooting low and hard past Shaw.

City suddenly seemed to have the game within their grasp again and they started to put '93 under more and more pressure. Nicholas Locke and David McNeil were having more of an influence on this game now and '93 were struggling to retain the ball for any significant period. Each time the ball was cleared it seemed to be fed back out wide to Locke who was now tormenting the '93 left hand side.

With 10 minutes remaining the City pressure almost paid of when a brilliant cross by Craig Tulloch found Callum Irvine in acres of space 8 yards from goal but his header bounced just wide of the right hand post.

Then on 72 minutes City thought they had equalised but a fantastic double save by Adam Shaw kept them out.

The initial shot from Mark Macconnell was parried out into the path of Craig Healey and his first time volley seemed destined for the net before Shaw twisted his body and somehow deflected the ball onto the bar. A magnificent save that brought applause from around the pitch.

But the momentum was now all with City and they piled the pressure onto the '93 goal. With five minutes left on the clock they got the goal that their second half play deserved. David McNeil was the architect evading several '93 challenges as he broke into the box before playing in Ryan Hutchinson who slammed the ball past Shaw from 12 yards.

With a minute remaining City almost snatched the winner. Jason Mackie stole in at the back post to steer a header down towards the bottom corner but Shaw was quickly across his line to clear the ball as it bounced towards goal.

Then with the final attack of the game '93 had a chance to take the points themselves but goalkeeper Dale Cornet blocked the shot with his face to ensure the points were shared.

Full Time 4-4

'93 will be disappointed not to have won this game having twice been 2 goals ahead but City came storming back and their never say die attitude saw them take a deserved share of the spoils and kept them on the coat tails of their club neighbours.