■Jamie Osbourne wheels away to celebrate a late 'equaliser' for Redpath Albion only to see referee Peter Morris's arm raised for offside

Dunbar Utd Colts moved further clear at the top of their League Cup section after winning a tight match today at Pilrig Park. Dale Moffat was the hero for the East Lothian side, turning the winner home after 59 minutes and completing a double for Dunbar over their 2nd division opponents in this section.

The pitch at Pilrig showed no signs of the recent wet weather that caused the council to list a number of venues unplayable on Friday afternoon. Indeed the pitch was used on Saturday for the Redpath amateurs game and was none the worse for wear.

Unfortunately these two sides spent a large part of this game taking the pitch out of the equation with the ball spending a fair degree of time in the air. That was the main reason the game was so short of decent goal chances in the opening 25 minutes. Possession frequently changed hands as the ball was leathered from one end to the other but as the game wore on and space opened up, both teams showed that they are capable of playing good football.

The opening exchanges were high on endeavour and commitment but low on skill. Tackles were 'meaty' to say the least and both sets of players seemed to be 'up for this game'. Only 8 minutes were on the clock when referee, Peter Morris, had to produce a yellow card to Dunbar's Stuart Burns. And the same player was spoken to again only moments later as he continued to talk back to the referee.

Attacks were sporadic in this opening period with Redpath captain, Connor Kirkland, sweeping up anything Dunbar could muster and apart from a couple of 'stramashes' in the Dunbar goalmouth, Redpath seemed content to play long balls and pick up the scraps.

With nothing much happening for Redpath, captain Kirkland was switched into central midfield, in an attempt to get some drive from that area of the park. But the immediate impact was to destabilise the previously watertight Albion central defence.

Calum White was first to expose the sudden gaps when the ball fell to him on the right edge of the box, but he blasted over the bar from 16 yards. He had another great chance moments later when Redpath failed to clear the ball properly in their box but his drive flew just inches over.

In between these chances, Scott Mckenzie had an opportunity for Redpath but he shot straight at goalkeeper, Chris Crawford, who saved easily.

Calum White was starting to show some lovely footwork on the right wing for Dunbar and with some good link up play with Stephen Baikie and Declan Sheerin they were opening Redpath up.

Just before half time Dunbar should have taken the lead with two clear chances in a minute. Both fell to Lewis Evers but on both occasions he took a little too long to get his shot away and the chances went astray. The ball was fed into the centre of the box and with only goalkeeper, Stuart Laird to beat, the Redpath defence was allowed to recover when a slightly quicker shot would surely have put Dunbar in ahead at the break.

Half Time 0-0

Redpath started the second half much the stronger and should have taken the lead within minutes of the restart.

A fantastic surging run from Redpath's most creative footballer, Neil Ross, found Michael Sharp and then Connor Kirkland in space but both shot straight at the Dunbar goalkeeper with the goal at their mercy.

Connor Kirkland had another chance on 46 minutes as he took the ball into feet on the edge of the box, twisted quickly and shot just past the right hand post.

Then at the other end, Lewis Evers again found himself bearing down on goal but this time he shot into the side netting from a tighter angle.

Then, on 50 minutes, and slightly against the second half run of play, Dunbar took the lead. A bit of decent pressure on the Redpath rearguard saw the ball break to Stephen Baikie who calmly stroked the ball home from 16 yards.

But the lead only lasted 5 minutes as Redpath surged back up the other end to claim a quick equaliser. The Dunbar defence was posted missing as the ball was fed into Jamie Osbourne who coolly slotted the ball past Chris Crawford into the bottom right hand corner.

Suddenly the game was wide open with space opening up all over the pitch. Redpath were enjoying some success down the left whilst Dunbar were forcing attacks on the right. Both teams were going flat out for a winner and Dunbar almost got it on the hour through the head of Redpath's Greig Thomson whose diving clearance almost went into the top right hand corner of his own net.

But from the resultant corner Dunbar grabbed what proved to the winner. The ball was played into the front post where the alert, Dale Moffat, found enough space to flick the ball goalwards with his feet and into the net.

Both sides had chances to score again and on 75 minutes Redpath thought they had levelled through Jamie Osbourne but referee, Peter Morris correctly ruled the effort offside.

Full Time 1-2

Redpath's better football came through Jordan Duthie and Neil Ross in the centre of the park with Ross in particular always looking to play a pass into a team-mate. In Connor Kirkland they have a strong leader as captain and he was in the thick of everything that Redpath created.

For Dunbar, Stephen Baikie had an excellent game up front and Jason Craig also caught the eye. On another day Lewis Evers could have had a hat-trick.

Both goalkeepers, Chris Crawford and Stuart Laird had good games, comfortably dealing with most of the balls that were thrown in at them. Neither had any chance with the goals that were scored.

But for this week's Pink Man of the Match we are going to plump for Dunbar's right winger/midfielder Calum White. Always looking to create, run at the defence or get a shot in he had a great wee match on the right hand side and just shades the MOTM ahead of Stephen Baikie and Connor Kirkland.

Calum White