Dickens were finding it difficult to cope with the speed and accuracy of Gorgie's movement which saw some fantastic play from Curro Cervera, Carlos Mendoza and Chris Mac. Mac, in his new position in midfield, made numerous teasing runs at the defence and the Gorgie faithful started to believe it would only be a matter of time before they broke the deadlock.

At around the 10-15 minute mark Gorgie's hard work paid off when a free kick from the touchline between the centre circle and the penalty box was floated in beautifully from Oli Li to meet Andy Alexander’s head and nestle in the back of the Dickens' net.

More great football followed with Chris Mac being instrumental at holding the ball up and releasing the Gorgie attack. It was one of these plays that led to the second when Carlos Mendoza made a jinking run past several players to slot a perfectly weighted ball in the path of Curro to rattle the ball home down past the keeper’s right hand side.

The first half was for the most part dominated by the Gorgie side but there was a few heart in mouth moments when a normally simple clearance by keeper Scott Walker went wrong and left the Dickens forward yards from goal with a simple tap in to bring them back into the game but he somehow managed to put the ball clear across goal and out for a goal kick. Walker, however, made up for it with a fantastic save when a Dickens player came one on one and placed the ball down to the left but the goalkeeper read it perfectly and pulled of a great save to take Gorgie into the break 2-0 up. 

Half time 2-0

The second half began with Gorgie looking to build on their two goal lead and Dickens trying to get back into the game and Gorgie were at risk of becoming complacent with Dickens starting to put together a few passes and look like they may threaten.

However this period was short lived when another cross ball met with top goal scorer Andy Alexander and he made it 3 and got his second of the afternoon.

Fresh legs in the form of Michael Stevenson for Andy Hughes and Craig Watson for Shaun Schofield gave Gorgie a boost with Stevenson putting great pressure on the Dickens defence and it was one of these moments of pressure that he found himself one on one with the keeper and a horrible bauble right when he pulled the trigger and sent the ball sailing well over the bar.

The half rolled on with Gorgie having a few chances to add to the scoreline and when a high ball began to fall towards the Dickens keeper, Carlos Mendoza threw his head up before the keeper could get hold of it and it fell into the net for a goal he most definitely deserved.

There were some great individual performances for Gorgie and with Steven Hunter making his debut with a solid performance at the back the only downside to the whole day was the injury to Gorgie captain Oli Li who went down with a jolt to the knee but doesn’t look anything too serious.

A fantastic day overall for Gorgie and manager Davie Kinross could not hide his pleasure after the game for leading his side to a 4-0 win which in all honesty could have been a lot more.