There were joyous scenes at Polson Park in Tranent when Edinburgh City Colts clinched the under 14’s League division 3 title by beating Tranent Colts 3-0. The scenes were a delight to watch as the players and spectators celebrated in style. The occasion was helped greatly by the very sporting manner of the Tranent contingent who warmly congratulated their opponents on the pitch at the end of the game and later applauded the Edinburgh City players into the changing rooms. At a time where the game has received a great deal of negative publicity, it was refreshing to see the positive side of the game shine through.

The game itself started brightly with both teams adopting positive formations and looking to get in behind the defence. Edinburgh City had an opportunity inside two minutes when a long ball took a wicked bounce and were only thwarted when Tranent’s Darren Ramsey deliberately handled and was rightly cautioned. City continued to press but were fortunate not to go behind when Liam Thomson had a great run from the half way but his shot went just wide. City then had a chance of their own from a corner and it looked like they had scored on three separate occasions but resolute defending by the Tranent defence kept the ball out.

City eventually took the lead in the 10^th min when Sean Wringe got onto the end of a lovely through ball to coolly slot past Ben Cairns. City doubled their lead in almost identical fashion seven minutes later when Stuart Ogilvie was able to again beat the unlucky Cairns. City then went looking for the decisive goal to kill the game off and forced a succession of corners. The closest they came to scoring was when Sam Findlayson bulleted a header against the bar and Andrew Laidlaw saw his follow-up well saved by Cairns. City were almost made to pay for this miss when the move of the match saw Tranent swing the ball across the pitch twice and Aaron McGinn eventually burst into the box to narrowly shoot wide.

Right on the half-time whistle Thomson had another breakaway chance but Jack Wilcox saved well. The second half could not match the first and turned into a very nervy affair. City looked to consolidate their lead and when Findlayson was unmarked two yards out from a corner to make it 3-0 the game was over as a contest. Tranent kept going to the end and Thomson looked likeliest to score but the City defence held out. Right at the end Bryce Reynolds was unmarked right on the Tranent goal line and somehow managed to header wide when it looked much easier to score. The final whistle sparked the scenes of celebration as City completed the treble of the league to add to their wins in the Paladin Cup and  Pilmar Smith Trophy finals. 

Tranent - Ben Cairns, Thomas Docherty, Mark Tully, Liam Reynolds, Michael Porteous, Aaron McGinn, Connor Godsell, Liam Thomson, Ryan White, Jordan Smith, Darren Ramsey, Paul Luby, Glenn Hughson, Jamie Gibson, Steven Doran

Edinburgh City Colts - Jack Wilcox, Daniel Smith, Tony Boyle, Sam Finlayson, Brian McGolgan, Stuart Ogilvie, Sean Wringe, Aidan Collum, David Thomson, Jack Wilcox, Andrew Laidlaw, Andrew Turnbull, Mark Kelly, Bryce Reynolds, Lee Walker, Calvin Smith

Referee - Campbell Duncan.