Blues edge out Fernieside in hard fought match 13-09-09

MYS Blue Stripes 5 -v- 4 Fernieside Colts

In a match which required all our players to fight for the victory, thankfully a different team turned up to the one which played poorly against Tranent! This game was very closely contested and the players deserve great credit for the fighting spirit shown especially after going 2 goals down early in the match.

The first 5 minutes saw us have the bulk of the possession however, in one of their first ventures up the park, the visitors scored albeit with a cracking shot which gave Ross no chance. Despite a defensive error gifting Fernieside a second a short time later the boys were creating chances and the coaches were not unduly worried at that point. Our faith was well justified as Blair Millar grabbed 3 goals in succession to put us into the lead.

The match then became nip and tuck with hefty challenges from both sides and Fernieside managed to grab an equaliser before we again took the lead with a cracking Blair Currie shot into the top corner from the right hand side of the box. Instead of building on this we then went to sleep at a corner and allowed Fernieside to take a short one resulting in a well worked low drive into the corner of Ross's net.

The winning goal came courtesy of a Blair Millar free kick which was neatly nodded in at the back post by Callum who was onside despite the visiting coaches protests. A very rewarding victory which all the players worked hard to achieve. Despite only playing in his second game Logan took the MOTM award for a battling performance at left back but it was a fantastic team performance overall.

If anything we need to work on our concentration at times particularly keeping our shape at the back as we have gifted goals to the opposition in all 3 of our games so far, however a promising start to the season nonetheless.