BO’NESS UNITED MATCH SUMMARY SEASON 2025/2026

Date – Saturday 14 March 2026

Competition – Park’s Motor Group Lowland League

Civil Service Strollers 1
(Laird 17 pen)

Bo’ness United 0

Bo’ness United must wait another season to see if they can finally get that elusive win at Christie Gillies Park, this time a ten man BUs losing out to Civil Service Strollers. Bo’ness played more than three quarters of the match one less as keeper Allan Fleming was red carded but apart from the inability to convert the numerous chances created, the BUs played most of the game in the opposition’s half.

It was just after fifteen minutes when Allan Fleming appeared to slip with the ball and although he managed a good tackle on Alieu Faye the keeper had grabbed the Strollers forward resulting in the penalty award and red card. Step up U20s Sam Gardner who was unable to stop Mark Laird converting but the young keeper went on to make a number of remarkable saves to keep the BUs in the hunt. The red card decision was probably right but there was some disquiet among the BU Faithful as earlier in the game Mark Beveridge was booked for a reckless challenge and was fortunate the card had not been a different colour.

After this early drama Bo’ness set about getting back at the Strollers, the closest a Mark McLuckie header, well saved by Adam Meek. In the second half Bo’ness again got forward as much as possible but were unable find the inside of the goal frame. Civil Service also had opportunities to put the game to bed but a combination of great goalkeeping and resolute defending kept them at bay leaving the opportunity for Bo’ness to benefit. The game finished with the BUs on the attack and although the all important goal proved elusive, the ten must be credited for a tremendous effort even though the outcome could have been different with better finishing.

Bo’ness United: 1 Allan Fleming 2 Roan Fitzpatrick (Johnston 64) 3 Keir Macaulay (Capt)
4 Mark McLuckie 5 Jordan Armstrong 6 Adam Masson (Hodge 64) 7 Lewis Hodgkiss (Nimaga 70)
10 Tom Grant (Gardner 17) 11 Shaun Brown 14 Jamie Watson 16 Kieran Mitchell

Subs: 8 Kyle Johnston 12 Jack Hodge 15 Hamza Nimaga 17 Thiery Tawanda (Not Used)
19 Ben Murdoch (Not Used) SG Sam Gardner