East of Scotland League

Division 1

Saturday 18th March 2023

Kick Off 11.15 On Time!

Dunbar United 0 Coldstream 1, attendance 553

76’ 0-1

@ New Countess Park

Kellie Road

Dunbar

EH42 1RF

£7 Admission

Programme available, but I won’t buy one on any event organised by Groundhop U.K.

Thankfully, I had been to the last ground of the day on the hop itinerary, so I was only doing the first three games today. First up was an East of Scotland League Division 1 game, where league leaders Dunbar United were hosting 14th placed Coldstream. It wasn’t the greatest of games, especially in the first half, largely due to a red card for Dunbar after twenty three minutes, which meant Coldstream could happily sit back and see if they could nick a point. Chances were at a premium. Dunbar went close with an effort just over the crossbar midway through the second half, before Coldstream won it just minutes later, when a cross into the box wasn’t cleared and fell perfectly for a Coldstream striker to finish with a shot on the turn. The goal did spark a bit of life into the final minutes and Dunbar had a great chance to level it up when they were awarded a penalty three minutes after falling behind, but the kick was saved by the ‘keeper. He made another vital save in the last minute as well, tipping a free kick over the crossbar. A bad day was compounded for the hosts when they had a second player red carded in stoppage time.