BO’NESS UNITED MATCH SUMMARY SEASON 2024/2025

Date – Saturday 01 March 2025

Competition – Park’s Motor Group Lowland League

Linlithgow Rose 3
(Paterson 7 38p, McMullen 22)

Bo’ness United 2
(Foster 21, Stenhouse 43)

It was a case of what might have been for ten man Bo’ness United at Linlithgow Rose as after being reduced to ten men they had two solid penalty claims turned down, any of the decisions going the other way might have seen a different outcome.

A big crowd had assembled for the contest and there was an early goal, Linlithgow’s Dylan Paterson curling a free kick shot inside the top near post corner. Bo’ness responded with a Keir Macaulay cross headed in at the back post by Keir Foster though almost right away Linlithgow regained the lead a Connor McMullen shot from just inside the box zipping low past BU keeper Liam Campbell. Linlithgow then extended their lead from the spot after Michael Gemmell’s attempted block saw Connor McMullen go down and the referee gave a penalty. Interestingly there were few claims for an award but Dylan Paterson gratefully converted. Just before the break Bo’ness reduced the gap with Lucas Stenhouse latching on to a great through pass from Ryan Schiavone before running through to shoot past Cammy Binnie in the Linlithgow goal.

The second half produced no further scoring though with plenty of talking points. Fifteen minutes in Bo’ness were reduced in numbers as Keir Macaulay was sent off for a tackle on Dean Watson, the referee deciding the challenge was reckless. Bo’ness fought on and with fifteen remaining Lucas Stenhouse looked to have been pushed inside the box but the referee waved away the Bo’ness appeals for a spot kick. Minutes later there looked to be a clear handball in the Rose area but once more the referee was having none of it. Before the end Liam Campbell produced a double save to keep Bo’ness in touch and just on the whistle a Tom Grant shot drifted just wide of the target.

It proved a difficult day for Bo’ness United and their supporters though the players never gave up and if judgements had gone a different way the trip back over the hill could have been less painful.

Linlithgow: Binnie, Thomson, Thom, Skinner, Paterson, Mullen (McDowell 79, Watson (Rae 57), Berry (Ogilvie 73), Devine (Sneddon 79), McMartin, Maguire, Allan, Subs (Not Used): Wallace, McLinden, McDowell

Bo’ness: Campbell, Stevenson (Grant 77), Macaulay, Hawkins, Rutherford, Gemmell (Duffy 59),
Stenhouse, Johnston, Schiavone (Irving 63), Foster (Osadolor 77), Connolly (Kennedy 46).
Subs (Not Used): Dowling, Hutchison