BO’NESS UNITED MATCH SUMMARY SEASON 2026/2027

Date – Saturday 29 August 2026

Competition – KDM Evolution South Challenge Cup Round 2

Pumpherston 1
(Sankhour 28)

Bo’ness United 5
(Grant 52, Mylchreest 55, Mitchell 65 66 77)

Bo’ness United won through to the next round of the South Challenge Cup but had to come back from being a goal down at the break. The BUs enjoyed the majority of possession though the final ball let them down and even when a chance presented were unable to convert. Pumpherston though did present problems, the BU back line finding the home side forwards tricky to handle. Almost on the half hour mark Pumpherston went ahead when the Bo’ness defence hesitated in dealing with a long ball from keeper Cody Thomson allowing Mohamed Sankhour to slip in to slot past Sam Gardner in the Bo’ness goal.

Bo’ness made three changes for the second half Tom Grant, Jackson Mylchreest and Kieran Mitchell entering the fray. Significant changes as it turned out, Tom Grant firing in seven minutes into the half and only three minutes later Jackson Mylcreest scoring his first for the BUs. Kieran Michell was making his hundredth appearance for the BUs and he celebrated with a hat trick, his third coming from an Under 20s Ben Murdoch’s assist. Another 20s player Kyle Coulter also enjoyed a run out for the final twenty minutes

In the end it proved a comfortable win for Bo’ness though there were a few concerns among the BU Faithful at half time wondering if it was going to be a bad day at Pumphy.

Bo’ness United: 1 Sam Gardner 2 Jamie Allan 3 Keir Macaulay (Capt) 4 Jordan Armstrong
5 Joe Cassidy (Grant 46) (Coulter 69) 6 Adam Masson 7 Robbie Murdoch B Murdoch 66)
8 Jack Hodge 9 Hamza Nimaga (Mitchell 46) 11 Shaun Brown 14 Murray Binnie (Mylchreest 46)

Subs: 10 Tom Grant 12 Ben Murdoch 15 Jackson Mylchreest 16 Kieran Mitchell
17 Connor McMinn (Not Used) 18 Kyle Coulter SG Scott Ritchie (Not Used)