Nine minutes later it was 2-0 as Mark Lothian slotted home from six yards. Thistle scored a third goal after 25 minutes when Daniel McAleavy slammed the ball home from a rebound, and eight minutes later it was four when Craig Hume beat a diving Turne
r. Boggie got their fifth just before half-time, and number six came just sixty seconds into the second half. Peebles keeper Turner was then sent off for a foul and outfield player Lucas had to take over in goal, and his first task was to pick the ball out of the net as Lothian keeper Kevin Swain coolly scored from the penalty spot to make it 7-0. James Young slammed in goal number eight close to the final whistle.
Peebles: Turner, Kane, Shearlaw, Lucas, Borthwick, Dilworth, Holness, Smillie, Thomson, Glass, Howell. Subs: Livingston, Hoskar, Brownlee, Adamson, Gillon.
Lothian: Swain, Young, MacAulay, Sivewright, Wilkes, C McAleavy, Boggie, D McAleavy, Lothian, Hume, Scales. Subs: Black, O'Neill, Dickson.
Edinburgh University 4,
Easthouses Lily 1.LILY took the lead after three minutes with a wonder goal from striker Stuart Love, but with play raging from end to end the students equalised on the half hour when Hazeldine struck. Hazeldine pounced again after 55 minutes, and the students then went 3-1 up when Hogg volleyed in. Goal number four came in the 90th minute when Maxwell converted a penalty after a trip by a Lily defender in the box.
Edinburgh Uni: Tait, Ludowyc, Scott, Fusco, Thompson, Irvine, Hogg, Redman (Milne 82), Hazeldine (Antoni 85), Dick (Woods 80), Maxwell. Subs: Watkin, Macfarlane.
Easthouses: Combe, Smith, Stupart, Kidd, Edgar, Curran, Gaylor (Chadwick 80), Ferry, Beattie, Borthwick, Love. Subs: Hunter, McLean, McQueenie.
Preston Athletic 1,
Dalbeattie Star 1.BRYAN WILSON gave Preston the lead from the penalty spot in the 17th minute, and the home side looked more dangerous as the first half progressed. Stuart McLaughlin created two chances for himself. A half-volley stung keeper Wright's hands, whilst an ambitious lob from 35 yards flew just a foot past the post five minutes before half time.
In the second half, Dalbeattie pressed hard for an equaliser, but the Preston defence managed to hold out until the 77th minute, when Lewis Sloan's drilled strike took a small deflection and went in to make it 1-1.
Preston: Gilpin, Cathcart, McCaul, Costello, Barton, MacAuley, Cairnie (Campbell 83) McLaughlin, Miller, Manson (Noon 78) Wilson. Subs: Brown, McColl.
Dalbeattie: Wright, Harkness, McBeth, McMinn, Laurie, McQuade, Sloan, Steele (Redpath 78) Robinson (R Kerr 78) Milligan, G Kerr. Subs: D Kerr, Chambers, Wilson.
FIRST DIVISION
Civil Service Strollers 1,
Gala Fairydean 3.SEVEN yellow cards, two red cards and four goals meant there was no lack of incident in this match. Gala opened the scoring in the seventh minute when Gass made no mistake from close range. On the half hour mark the game erupted when Dickson was sent off for kicking out at an opponent minutes after being yellow carded.
Shortly after Strollers equalised when Whellan met Alexander's free kick. A half time exchange between the referee and the home manager saw him become the second Stroller to be red carded, and on the hour mark Gala went 2-1 up when Jay Wilson's free kick was headed in by Hossack. Gass then sealed the points when he grabbed his second goal of the game.
Civil Service: Walker, Alexander, Hogarth, Greenhill, Gait, Burgess, Whellan, Lynch, Sommerville, Dickson, Newall. Subs: Buckley, Fettes, Russell, Keenan, Hanson.
Gala: Watson, McKenzie, Noble, Wood, Riddle, Hossack, J Wilson, Gass, Sutherland, Kayser, Robinson. Subs: Hewitson, B Wilson.
Hawick Royal Albert 2,
Gretna 2008 5ANDREW HAMILTON gave Hawick the lead after 12 minutes with a header, only for Daniel Rayson to equalise 14 minutes later. Within 60 seconds of that, David Carmichael had edged Gretna ahead, then just seconds from the interval Steven Rudd put them 3-1 up.
With 74 minutes gone Ross Johnston tapped the ball in to make it 4-1, and Johnston then hit Gretna's fifth goal in the 83rd minute. Three minutes from time, Rudd put through his own goal to make the final score 5-2.
Hawick: Scally, Urey, Noble, Wright, Campbell, Watson, Stavert, Prowse, Hamilton, Smith, D Knox. Subs: G Knox, Laidlaw, Trialist, Ireland, Johnstone.
Gretna: Jamieson, Johnston, Carmichael, Jardine, Rea, Jeffery, Raynard, Rayson, Nicholson, Seggie, Rudd. Subs: Milligan, Howieson, Dicker, McMath.
Eyemouth United 0,
Leith Athletic 2.WITH Eyemouth missing a string of golden chances to go ahead and open up a commanding lead, Leith were awarded a penalty three minutes into the second half. John Buchan was adjudged to have fouled Christopher Beaton in the area, and Steven Radzynski stepped up to send the ball into the bottom right corner. The visitors extended their lead after 75 minutes when Jamie Lauder's corner found the head of Ritchie Johnstone, who directed the ball into the goal.
Eyemouth: Cowen, Hastie, Buchan, Speirs, Hutchison, Walker (Wales 83), David Aitchison, Wilson (G Smith 77), Crawford, Gillon, Duncan Aitchison (Sword 64). Subs: D Smith, Skillen.
Leith: Gordon, Penman, Thom, Stewart, Ewart (Wallace 69), Hunter, Beaton, Freedman, Radzynski (Coult 66), Johnstone, Lauder. Subs: Daly, Lockhart, Black.
Kelso United 1,
Stirling University 2.STIRLING UNIVERSITY made it two wins from two in the First Division with a 2-1 victory in a farcical game in which at Kelso United finished with eight men. Goals from Stirling strikers Stuart Mooney on 30 minutes and Jason Bolam on 82 minutes were enough to see off United, with Kelso's Chris Black having equalised from the penalty spot with 15 minutes left after Stirling's Neil Shave was sent off for an off-the-ball incident in the box. The talking point was not the late winner but the fact that the referee produced his red card on four occasions in a what was a relatively clean game.
Kelso: Not available.
Stirling: McCulloch, McCullagh, N Anderson, Milne, Robertson, Glass, G Anderson, Nicholl, Shave, Mooney, Bolam. Subs: Topp, McFayden, Black.
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