A devastating three goals in a first half nine minutes at Gala Fairydean Rovers mean that Bo’ness United have now gone eight Lowland League games without a win, collecting a mere three points from a possible twenty four.

Ironically, up until the twenty minute mark Bo’ness had looked the better team with Tom Grant, Jordan Armstrong and Adam Masson all having attempts on goal. However, Gala’s Ethan Dougal showed how it’s done, smashing the ball past BU keeper Allan Fleming quickly followed by Jamie McMurdo’s brace, the Gala player given too much space effectively winning the game for his side with an hour left to play. The setback knocked the stuffing out of Bo’ness who struggled for the rest of the half and into the second period until with thirty minutes left a Lewis Hodgkiss volley from a Tom Grant cross gave Bo’ness hope. A minute later only a great save by Reece Murray in the Gala goal blocked Mark McLuckie’s effort from close in and Bo’ness enjoyed their best spell of the game. In saying that Gala still proved dangerous, Allan Fleming called into action on a number of occasions to keep the home side from increasing the damage.

Bo’ness now have only two matches, left the BU faithful dearly want to witness at least one win to finish the season on a high.

Bo’ness United: 1 Allan Fleming 3 Keir Macaulay (Capt) 4 Mark McLuckie 5 Jordan Armstrong
6 Adam Masson (Penman 55) 7 Jack Hodge 8 Lewis Hodgkis 9 Jamie Watson (Mortimer 55)
10 Tom Grant 11 Shaun Brown 16 Kieran Mitchell

Subs: 12 Billy Mortimer 15 Hamza Nimaga (Not Used) 17 Taylor Penman
18 Ben Murdoch (Not Used) SG Scott Ritchie (Not Used)

Match details

Match date

Sat 04 Apr 2026

Kickoff

15:00

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