WHATEVER the Edinburgh South under-14 squad had for breakfast on Sunday morning prior to their Scottish Cup replay against Roseburn at Inch Park certainly spurred them on to a wonderful 6-3 win!

The visiting side toiled in the sunshine at this venue as the Inch perfect kids went on a goal spree! The first meeting of the two clubs produced six goals equally shared, but Inch were much the better side in this replay in the glorious sunshine of a Sunday morning.

The first goal came immediately after the starting whistle from match referee, Tam Carter, and that laid down the marker for what was to follow - goals galore! Liam Mutch opened the scoring for the home side and and the shell-shocked Roseburn kids were 2-0 down in the 6th minute, with on fire Steven Froude showing his ability to snatch goals in a breakaway.

The young striker from Gracemount High School had a superb game much to the delight of his dad watching on the sidelines, who said: "I give him £2 for every goal he scores, but I don't mind how many he gets throughout the season as long as it encourages him to keep sticking the ball in the back of the net!"

Roseburn got themselves back in contention with Douglas Winning making it 2-1 from a spot-kick. Stuart Martin restored Edinburgh South's two-goal advantage before the half-time break when he took advantage of poor marking in the Roseburn defence to fire the ball past visiting keeper, Fraser Neave. Roseburn contributed to their own downfall by trying to play an offside game that did not work.

Shortlly in to the second half, the score went to 4-1 with the Roseburn defence failing to clear a dangerous ball in to their goalmouth and Gavin Gillon came in from the left to smash the ball in to the net off the goalkeeper's hands. Edinburgh South's fifth goal of the game came from their No 10, Scott Joppy, who lifted a shot over the visiting defence in to the far corner from the left of the 18yd box.

With the home side in danger of running riot, Roseburn stemmed the tide and Callum Nicholls swept home a cross from the left to reduce the deficit to 5-2. Froude was causing the Roseburn defenders all sorts of problems, using his speed to great effect and he added to his personal tally - and another two quid from his dad - by grabbing a sixth goal for Edinburgh South.

There was so much going on in this game with goalmouth incidents galore and Roseburn again lifted their game with Scottish Under-14 Snooker Champion, Michael Leslie, getting among the goals when he fired home a good shot to make the final score 6-3 in favour of the home side to bring down the curtain on an entertaining wee game of football, at least for the home side and their fans!
 

Edinburgh South - Graham Hurd, Adam Hill, Callum White, Robbie Waugh, Chris Woods, Gavin Gillon, Declan Mutch, Stuart Martin, Liam Mutch, Scott Joppy, Duncan McIntyre, Thomas Watson, Ross Duddy, Duncan Johnstone, Steven Froude.

Roseburn - Fraser Neave, Jordan Edwards, Creig Innes, David Ireland, Scott Ritchie, Douglas Winning, Michael Leslie, Jack Nicol, Callum Nicholls, Matt Gallacher, Scott Barclay, Christopher Barron, Greig Wilson.

Referee - Tam Carter.

INCH COLTS 2 ESKMILLS BC 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile, while Edinburgh South were booking their place in the draw for the next round of the Dunfermline Building Society Scottish Cup, Inch Colts went out 4-2 in extra time in their under-15 Scottish Cup replay against Eskmills at the nearby Double Hedges (Kirkbrae) Playing Fields.

 This education-department owned venue boasts(?) the most disgraceful changing facilities for teams that I have ever seen anywhere in my travels. It is asking a lot of young footballers to leave their clothes and valuables in the awful dressing rooms at this place. The pitches are at least 150 yards away from the changing rooms into the bargain.

The first game between Inch Colts and Eskmills in Penicuik ended at 2-2 and that was the scoreline again at full time in the replay. Russell Johnstone and Robbie Dickson were on the mark for Inch Colts, while Callum Morrison and Josh Carter scored the goals for Eskmills. It was still 2-2 at the halfway stage in extra time, but John Carter won a penalty when he was brought down in the box and Michael Linton made it 3-2 with an immaculately taken spot-kick.

It got even better for the visiting side immediately after scoring from a penalty, with Tom Sanderson scoring a fourth goal from a rebound off the home keeper. It must have been a long trudge back up the hill to the dressing rooms for the home side after that double blow in extra time that ended their interest in the Scottish Cup. Eskmills, on the other hand, were on the crest of a wave as they celebrated their terrific win.