East of Scotland League

Division 1 Conference A

Saturday 2nd October 2021

Kick Off 14.30 Actual 14.29

Ormiston 0 Craigroyston 0, attendance 53

@ Recreation Park

Meadowbank

Ormiston

EH35 5LD

£5 Admission

No Programme.

The game here in Ormiston fitted in perfectly as my middle game of three today, as it was only thirteen minutes drive from Dalkeith, but more importantly, it would take the same amount of time to drive from here to Easthouses, leaving plenty of time to make the 17.00 kick off.

A couple of years back, Ormiston moved their ground about a pitch length from where they played previously. The new ground is very much a work in progress, but at least it is now fully enclosed and although it is only railed off at present, there are plans to erect a covered spectator area at some point. The club officials were very welcoming, inviting the four ground hoppers at the game for tea and hot pies at halftime.

The match here didn’t look particularly appealing, as 14th hosted 15th in the league table, or to put it more bluntly, second bottom versus bottom. Ormiston had managed just two wins from their ten matches played so far, losing the other eight, having only scored four goals in the process, whilst conceding 36. Craigroyston had just one win from their nine matches, having lost the other eight.

There was very little to choose between the two sides. Ormiston had a player red carded eight minutes into the second half, but despite being a man down, actually created more chances than they had with a full eleven players. In the end they will feel this was two points dropped, rather than one gained, although it was enough to see them rise two places up the table, so not too bad an outcome.