EDINBURGH CITY COLTS U14 TAKE ANOTHER CUP SCALP
by George Gaunt

EDINBURGH City Colts under-14's coach, George Gaunt, barely had time to get over the shock of seeing his side knock the fancied Tynecastle FC outfit of the Dunfermline Building Society Scottish Cup when his young squad delivered another hammer blow to another of the more fancied clubs in the national event for youth football clubs. The stunned Colts coach said: "Would you believe the boys have done it again - they knocked another 1st Division side out a cup competition - the Willie Bauld Cup this time - beating the East Lothian outfit 3-2! I just can't believe what is happening at the moment and I couldn't be happier for the boys and their parents. No doubt, we will come crashing back down to earth sometime soon but if you can't enjoy the good times when they happen, what would be the point in it all!

In his match report, the ecstatic Colts coach added: "Following their shock win in the Scottish cup last weekend Edinburgh City Colts again found themselves up against first division opposition in the Willie Bauld Cup. They travelled to the fabulous Hallhill facility to try their luck against Dunbar Colts. Just when we thought we'd had our shock result for the season, the boys went out anddid it again - pulling off another remarkable result. Quite where they are getting these performances from, I do not know! I don’t think anyone could have seen this result coming especially with the way that we started the game. Our first-half performance was, quite frankly, rotten – we just never got going. We were second to every ball, didn’t mark our men and  were generally unrecognisable from the team of last week. However, we still managed to snatch the lead when on 15 minutes, Chris Graham hit another of his unstoppable free kicks, from all of 25 yards high into the corner of the net. It was a fantastic goal and the Dunbar goalie had no chance of stopping the ball. Dunbar came right back at us and had it not been for some great saves from Adam Moore we could easily have found ourselves a few goals behind. As it was, it took Dunbar until the 30th minute to get the equaliser and it came as a result of some poor defending from Edinburgh City. A cross into the box was not cleared and the Dunbar forward found himself unmarked at the back post for an easy tap in. Despite Dunbar's pressure, Edinburgh City  managed to get to half time with the score still tied at 1-1. But after a few words of 'advice and encouragment', Colts were a totally different team in the second  half - full of energy andself belief. They battled for everything and never gave Dunbar any time on the ball. We looked the more likely team to score and on 45 minutes David Hutchison duly obliged. A great pass through the middle was picked up by David who dribbled past the central defender and then rounded the goalie to calmly slot the ball away for a great goal.

Their lead only lasted seven minutes however, as a Dunbar forward raced onto a long ball through the middle to hit a low shot into the corner of the net past the helpless Moore. It should have been a devastating blow for the boys but they were having none of it, they just shrugged it of and took the game right back to Dunbar. In the 60th minute, 'man of the match, Chris Marshall sent a great ball down the right for the superb Alan Reid to ghost past their defender and cut the ball back for David. The outcome was never in doubt as David connected superbly to smash the ball high into the back of the net. The 30 or so family and friends who had travelled down the A1 to this fantastic facility could scarcely believe what they were seeing. There was a lot of nail biting in the final few minutes but the boys once again stood firm and completed what has been an unbelievable week for the Edinburgh City Colts." 

Edinburgh City Colts - Adam Moore, Terry Quinn, Marc McKeating, Alan Reid, Ross Grassie, Ryan Lamb, Matthew Gaunt, David Hutchison, Nicky O'Donnell, Chris Marshall, Sean Hay, Chris Graham, Ciaran McQuire, Liam O'Donell.