East Of Scotland League

Conference C

Saturday 30th March 2019

Kick Off 14.15 Actual 14.16

Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 2 Heriot Watt University 4, attendance 301

27’ 0-1

32’ 0-2

58’ 0-3

71’ 1-3

73’ 2-3

82’ 2-4 (pen)

@ Ballast Bank

Preston Crescent

Inverkeithing

KY11 1DS

£5 Admission

Programme available, but I won’t buy one at any event organised by Groundhop UK.

I wasn’t expecting much here, as I knew it was nothing more than a railed pitch inside an old cinder running track. However, on a sunny day, the lack of any cover would not be a problem. There was also the view of the Forth Road/Rail Bridges, although as it was only the tops that were visible, unless you knew what they were, they could easily go unnoticed. At least this would be a new ground for me, following the two revisits of last night and this morning.

This is the debut season for Inverkeithing at this level and they have found it difficult, coming into this third bottom in the league table. Heriot Watt were far superior, racing into a comfortable 0-3 lead and Inverkeithing only came into it once they had a man red carded, but having a further two players sent off towards the end of the match meant a comeback didn’t look on. However, they certainly made it interesting when they scored twice in three minutes to pull it back to 2-3, but the students wrapped it up when they scored their fourth goal from the penalty spot.

With two games down and a further two still to go today, it was south over the Forth for the next instalment.