Man from the East
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Dunipace 1:4 Dunbar United
Superb day for the club.
The final of the EoSQC. Not bad at all.
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On 25/11/2023 at 18:01, HibeeJibee said:
(Fri) Clyde 2-0 Jeanfield Swifts
Broxburn Athletic 2-2 Buckie Thistle (aet, FT 1-1, 4-5p)
Dunbar United 1-2 Alloa Athletic
Heartbreak for Dunbar who played well, led early on, conceded twice from headed crosses but could never quite force the equaliser. Even their 'keeper came close at the death. Based on good chances spurned both halves - they could have won. Excellent crowd.
From what I can see Broxburn were 1-0 up against 10-men (BBC claims 9-men!)... pegged back... then 2-1 up in extra-time... pegged-back... and have lost on penalties; which is a fairly astonishing state of affairs. They will be absolutely gutted.
Jeanfield reportedly competed very well last night but Clyde scored when it mattered.Can only agree your comments re Dunbar.
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4 hours ago, Kevchenko said:
Really enjoyable day in Dunbar yesterday, very welcoming in the town beforehand and New Countess is a nice tidy ground.
Despite trailing, thought Dunbar were the better team in the first half and couldn’t have complained if the game had gone to extra time in the end, although felt Dunbar definitely benefited from a couple of interesting refereeing decisions.
Also, one of the best steak pies I’ve ever had at the football!
Those pies
that’s way to the oppositions heart.
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18 hours ago, Waspie said:
Not sure about that, Alloa could have had 3 in the first 10 minutes! But Dunbar did really well, worked so hard, played some nice football, and while they perhaps carried a bit of luck at times, they might well have gone to extra time at the end. I was really impressed with the whole club, great setup and very welcoming, as were the places we visited in the town. Good luck for the rest of the season folks!
Fair do, The big team won - as expected - but the wee team didn’t do too badly eh?
Thanks for the compliments.
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So we have Scotlands oldest working brewery town v Scotlands old brewery town playing off in the third round with Dunbar United vs Alloa Athletic on Saturday.
Could it be champagne for the wee guys,,, they’ve played and beaten teams consecutively in ascending leagues.
Prelim Beat Vale of Leithen (EoS 1)
R1 Beat University of Edin (SLL)
R2 Beat East Fife (SPFL 2)
R3 - vs Alloa Athletic (SPFL 1)Or will it be Belhaven Best.
cheers
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Crossgates have been a side in transition. They did add substantially to their squad and brought a good standard of player over the past two seasons.
There may also be substantial plans to develop Humbug and an additional greenfield site.
Crossgates are viewing the future in a very positive sense.
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Halfway point in the league will very soon be reached.
I think the attendance levels for some clubs are looking quite good.0 -
13 hours ago, FuzzyBear said:
Very disappointing crowd at Tranent. Thought it would be double that.
Wonder what could possibly be affecting that number?
TJFC have previously been recording some fantastic league game crowds. Then it drops suddenly for the Scottish Cup.
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8 hours ago, Sarto Mutiny said:
Really enjoyed my day yesterday, and what a result. Well deserved too, EF were marginally the better team until the goal, but never created a lot in the second half and Dunbar defended brilliantly. A really good ground as well, and so welcoming. I'll definitely be back. Hopefully when you are at home to Dundee United in the next round
Comeback anytime Sarto.
Nice wee ground with all that’s needed to enjoy a few hours watching the game.
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9 hours ago, superpollok said:
Over 1100 at Newlandsfield today for the Pollok v Gala tie, I would imagine that would be one of the biggest of the round?
Probably was. Well done.
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6 hours ago, newcastle broon said:
History alright.
Absolutely Magnificent result today.
Hang overs well deserved for the management team Kevin and Gary and ALL associated doon by. What a day
Dunbar certainly matched the more fancied team. A good game, Tremendous turnout, many travelling fans from Fife, a nervy period of added on time - as to be expected.
But a result that’s going into the record books for all time. Rightly so.
changed days, positive times.
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Wasn’t that just a good team performance today.
Got stronger every minute that the game went on.
Certainly appears that things are going in the right direction.
It could easily have been more than three goals.
However, any way you look at it, a three - nil away win to the undefeated league leaders is very creditable.Respect
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1 hour ago, Jordi1977 said:
That was a sore, soggy one today. Too many regular starters missing, never really got going, a silly, silly sending off for Lewis Turner again and on the day, Dunbar were better and more up for it and thoroughly deserved the win.
The unbeaten record is gone, so just need to put today behind us and get going again next week.
Also some Dunbar guys missing from their selection today.
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Yesterday (Vs Luncarty) was a guid day at the office.
A cracking performance by many of the players resulted in a satisfying win.
Last season, Luncarty made life difficult for DUFC, except for (paradox!!) possibly our finest display of the season up in Perthshire.Very much looking forward to the trip into West Lothian on Saturday.
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So the Scottish Cup continues at NCP in a few weeks time.
Will this be the highest ever, ranked opposition for DUFC in a competitive match? I think it is.
I also think there’s potentially the biggest ever competitive match attendance about to be recorded.
Hosting a club from the SPL 2 in the Scottish Cup at NCP - changed days. And changed for the better.
karma
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4 hours ago, HibeeJibee said:
R2:
SPFL2 (10)
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, Clyde, Dumbarton, East Fife, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Peterhead, Spartans, Stenhousemuir, Stranraer
Lowland League (8)
Bo'ness United, Civil Service Strollers, Cowdenbeath, East Kilbride, Gala Fairydean Rovers, Tranent, Broomhill/Cumbernauld Colts, Uni of Stirling/Albion Rovers
Highland League (11) Banks o'Dee, Brechin City, Brora Rangers, Buckie Thistle, Clachnacuddin, Deveronvale, Formartine United, Forres Mechanics, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Turriff United
East of Scotland League (6)
Premier Division (5) Broxburn Athletic, Dunbar United, Jeanfield Swifts, Luncarty, Musselburgh Athletic
First Division (1) St Andrews United
West of Scotland League (5)
Premier Division (4) Beith, Clydebank, Cumnock, Pollok
First Division (1) Kilwinning RangersBig contingent of clubs representing Aberdeenshire, not so many from Glasgow City, surprisingly only 3 teams from Ayrshire equaling East Lothian’s galant 3. Lanarkshire well represented, Perthshire with a couple. Fife have a surprisingly low number of 3. West Lothian represented by Brox and Bo’ness. Angus with a couple, Scottish Borders hopes resting on Gala.
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Absolutely tremendous to have the three East Lothian Clubs progress into round two of the Scottish.
TJ and Mussy both had the home advantage, however at East Pefermill the Dunbar fans easily outnumbered the Edin Uniy support by at least 3:1.
A very great day for East Lothian football.
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Really hope the EoS & WoS teams prove a point against the LL teams in Saturdays Scottish Cup matches.
WoS Prem 16 clubs
WoS 1st 16
WoS 2nd 16
WoS 3rd 16
EoS Prem 16
EoS 1st 16
EoS 2nd 16
EoS 3rd 11
SoS 12
135 clubs all filtering into a SINGLE promotion slot into the LL. Absurd situation.
Most E&W premier teams are at least as good as many regular LL. Hopefully a few will prove it on Saturday.1 -
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So a very exciting second half comeback against our big local neighbours.
HAFC take an early lead and hold it until the second half. Some heroic efforts by the guys in Black & White - and let’s face it - the temperature was hot just standing watching. It must have taken it out of the players. Sean Stewart popped in the equaliser, then the guy with 300+ appearances - Darren Handling - doesn’t give up in a one-on-one with the goalie and the ball canons off DH into the back of the HAFC net.
Let the celebrations begin.
Enough said about all that other stuff, football is more important.
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4 hours ago, bridge to nowhere said:
It's good to see youngsters following their local team and attempting to create a bit of atmosphere at games, but there were a couple of times yesterday at NCP that some of them appeared to overstep the mark. Kids messing about with pyros is never going to end well, and from the chat round about us it sounds like it is a regular occurrence. It also looked like a few individuals were defacing the Dunbar sign behind the Haddington goal in the first half.
Yes think that’s fair comment. Enjoy but stay legal. Play with pyros and you’ll get your fingers burned.
I heard may comments from long time Haddy regulars ‘we’re just fed up with that lot embarrassing us’ being fairly common.
Similar statements from officials and players,,,,,,,,,, Shame they’ve got to put up with that crap
I did see a fair amount of rubbish left behind for willing volunteers to tidy up
Also noticed the DUNBAR banner ripped from its fixings to the fence.
Does the match official include these issues in the match report?
Hopefully the newborn Dunbar Ultras don’t follow the same path
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On 14/08/2023 at 20:18, HibeeJibee said:
Edinburgh City chairman John DIckson: Fans are the heartbeat of this club | Edinburgh News (scotsman.com)
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"We do have planning permission for another stand at Meadowbank but we don't own our ground. We are basically a tenant. Why would the club build another stand for the benefit of a facility we don't own? So that one has been put on the backburner."
...It’s been done before,,,,
Dunbar United lease their ground and we’re led to believe that an almost six figure sum was invested by the Club for the benefit of the wider community in the erection of the recent stand.
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1 hour ago, Casey Jones said:
Has to be the result of the round! Great result for St Andrews against Haddington and very unlucky for Preston Ath, getting beat on penalties by Dundonald Bluebell.
I think the Dunipace result was sensational.
Saint Andrews was always going to a hard place to win.
yes speaking some Preston loyals it was a close one, but I hear they had a couple of excellent performances in the team.
The league has to be their focus. Maybe it’s even tighter than last season.
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Hmmmm, prematch the standings for both teams were;
Irvine Meadow sitting at number 85 in the rankings and tier 6.
Dunipace at 128 and tier 7.
Theres clearly a significant gap between the sides. But there’s lies, damn lies and statistics.
Fair enough,
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Dunbar United Season 20/21
in East of Scotland Football League
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The goals?
Dunipace #1 - very early typical home team goal using the local conditions wind and sun to their best advantage.
Dunbar #1 - a thing of beauty. Pinpoint 45 yard pass against the element's, then the winger cut inside beating the defenders and unleashed an unstoppable shot. Scorer; Liam Gregory.
Dunbar #2 had controversy written allover it. A pass back to box seen the goalie fall to ground with nobody near him, looked like his studs caught on the surface, The free ball was then knocked into the net by the on-rushing Dunbar Centre. Scorer; Taylor Hendry.
Then we had a court of session inquiry into the ‘is it’ or ‘isn’t it’ situation. The referee was obviously following the rules. The technical areas then got involved - as you’d rightly expect them to do. A very strange situation for all.
The facts being the whistle never blew, play continued, did anyone realise the scale of the injury at that instant? If a ball falls to a centre in front of an open goal there’s only one thing ever going to happen…..
Dunbar # disallowed - a stunning first time effort taken in the air by the centre gave the replacement goalie no chance. However it was strangely disallowed. There you go, take from it what you want.
Dunbar #3 had the Dunbar centre in the right place at the right time. Scorer; Taylor Hendry
Dunbar #4 seen a tricky move started off outside the box by Hendry then the resulting 1:2 with Bathgate seen a wonderful and final goal. Scorer ; Ben Bathgate.
Yes there was controversy. Yes it was a big match. Yes everyone played to the whistle.
Hope the Goalie makes a recovery. The injury appeared bad.
I think it’s just one of these moments when everyone has a very different interpretation and that’s the reality.