East of Scotland League

Division 2

Saturday 14th March 2026

Kick Off 10.45 On Time!

Lochgelly Albert 1 Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 4, attendance 303

3’ 0-1

7’ 1-1

13’ 1-2

48’ 1-3

90’ 1-4

@ Purvis Park

South Street

Lochgelly

KY5 9LJ

£8 Admission

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

I’d stopped overnight near Livingston, so it was a half hour drive over the Firth of Forth into Fife for today’s first game, which was part of the organised ‘hop. Despite the usual fear mongering, there was ample street parking within a minute of the ground. On a normal day you’d probably get in the club’s own car park, but no chance today, as the ‘circus were coming to town’.

The pitch is fully railed and set in a bowl. Raised grass banking offers excellent views on all four sides of the ground. You enter behind the goal at the car park end, where there’s a few steps of cover behind the posts, including a few seats, whilst there’s more cover at the halfway line to the left, set behind the dugouts.

The match was 5th versus 7th in the league table, with both still in with a chance of a promotion place come the end of the season. The visitors got off to a great start, when a corner from the right was hooked in from close range after three minutes, just crossing the line before being hacked clear by a defender. Four minutes later Albert drew level, heading in at the near post from a corner on the left. They fell behind again six minutes later, when a ball in from the right was smashed past the ‘keeper at his near post. Three minutes into the second half Swifts made the points safe, heading in again from a corner and there was no way back for the hosts. The final goal came in the last minute, when a shot on the turn found the bottom corner to give the visitors a comfortable 1-4 win.