Jordi1977

What an excellent game of football. A massive well done to Threave who really had a go at it, played well and scared the hell out of Stranraer. Extra fitness and experience did the job in the end for Stranraer. There was virtually no quality difference between the sides and a few sides higher up the pyramid might be looking a bit more at some of these Threave players. Really good game.

For what it's worth... I just can't see us getting a result tomorrow. This one has come up at just the wrong time for Broxburn. Last couple of games have been hard work to watch, bit of a defensive injury crisis, just started tweaking a bit with the formation and strikers have just gone off the boil a little. After the East Stirling game in the league, we've toiled... yes it was only about 3 weeks ago, but this game seems to be coming on our downward trajectory at moment. Had this game come around the time of the draw, I would have fancied our chances a bit more. Gutted I can't make it... pesky family commitments! I'd love to be proven wrong, but I think best we'll do is make it difficult for Talbot before giving away a couple of soft goals.

Silently(ish) judging you all....

Lack of numbers at the moment means he may well see a fair bit of game time. But once injuries clear and if anyone new comes in, he is the one that tends to be left out. Solid defender on his day, so maybe a wee run in the team, if he does get one, will put him more in the thoughts of the management again.

We let Kieran Moyles go to Hutchison Vale and then we ended up painfully short of defenders. Marcus Millar played in our SCC game down at Thorn Athletic, but wasn't in the squad for last Saturday - I assume different registration requirements for the league. We had a defender go off injured on Saturday and ended with 2 midfielders in the back 4! So hopefully he is cleared to play soon - defo may be needed for the Scottish this weekend. And hopefully we are about to announce an influx of defenders signing up...

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Aye, but early season so it was still gentle poking to gauge opposition. Did look pretty decent. We need to be confident with home advantage... but we saw yesterday that can count for nothing if you're not at it.

2nd best for much of the game today and Civil Service, despite hanging on a bit towards the end, were worth their win. The big turning point was Jonathan Page having to go off injured early in the 1st half. An already depleted defence was now decimated and it let CSS have some space to move the ball forward and get crosses in. The opening goal came from the Broxburn defence just not getting the ball clear and allowing too much space in the box. The 2nd came from sloppy possession in midfield that gifted the ball to CSS who moved it forward quickly and got a good strike away. CSS always looked like they could score again and our keeper made about 3 great saves to keep the score down. All this time something just wasn't clicking going forward for Broxburn. It was also the first game you could maybe see just why Bonnyrigg let Wardell go out on loan. The CSS fullbacks had the pace to match him, never let him get time on the ball and always had a buddy to double up on him if needed. After CSS were settled on the victory, they worked and slowing the game down as best they could. Their shithousery, while frustrating, was excellent. And they had earned the right to it by getting ahead. Broxburn started to throw everything at it, a Gary Brass headed goal was ruled out for offside. I'd like to see that again in highlights. Errol Douglas had another goal ruled out for a foul on keeper. Looked soft, but keeper always gets the decision. Finally 5 mins into stoppage time, Errol did score with a left foot volley from ball coming over his shoulder. A wonderfully taken effort, but just a consolation. Last touch of game was another Errol header that beat the keeper, but just went wide. It wasn't the best day for Broxburn... but it was also a poor showing by the officials who looked painfully out of their depth. But for Broxburn, need a huge improvement for next week... and hopefully a defence!

Ahh some good options for a wee hike and pre-match pint and a post-match dinner if you make it and wanna make a day of it. Games are filmed on VEO camera so usually a wee highlights package after the game/next day. No streaming of games, at least not that I know of.

Cup ties are a great wee distraction if your league season isn't going too well, but they've likely all come at just the wrong time for you guys! Hopefully Will be keeping more of a check on your results in the coming weeks!

Just rub it in some more that I can't make it Definitely should be a cracking cup tie.

About as tough a draw as we could get in the South Challenge against Clydebank. They are absolutely flying just now and in great form. But we are at home, so gotta use that to our advantage and make sure we don't have our usual slow start. Should be a great game... gutted I'll be out the country and miss it!

Aye I wondered what that wee conversation was about. If it was weather related, it was a very odd time to have it... but that's all I can think it was about too. He was fussy, stopped game flowing, was clearly making players frustrated, but was painfully inconsistent, letting some players off with a chat and booking others for lesser offences. He seemed to overrule that assistants quite often too... especially the one over at the covered terrace side!

A 0-0 draw with Bo'ness tonight in very misty/foggy conditions where it was very difficult to see the game. Very scrappy first half with few chances. 2nd half opened up after BU had a man sent off. This let Broxburn have more of the ball and chances... but a lot of wasted chances went begging. BU probably created better chances and a great save from Bob near the end rescued the point. Conditions were awful and it was really difficult to see what was going on. Referee was also awful and it was almost impossible to predict what decision he'd give next. The way it played out, it feels a bit like 2 points dropped, but it's a point on the road at a difficult venue and another clean sheet. It looked like a really good crowd in too... feels a bit like the weather and the ref robbed us of what could have been a great Derby match. Man of the match... the fog! 20241016_210119.mp4

I think the EoSL website is actually very good. The live scores is a great feature and I know it's not perfect but likely relies on direct updates from clubs. But in general it's great for matchdays. My only criticism of the website is there is a bit of a delay in the "confirmed" full-time scores being allocated to the competition split results and following this a bit of a delay in the league tables being updated, but usually this is all done by end of the day and I can live with that. The EoSL website is definitely better run and maintained than the Lowland League one. Where EoSL is seriously let down is social media. It's really poorly done and does feel like an afterthought which is usually forgotten. It really is just a series of shared posts and no unique content. I suspect whoever has that role isn't a natural or active social media user which is why it slips by.