JEANFIELD SWIFTS v MONTROSE ROSELEA

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SAT SEPT 20^TH 2014

 

Roselea travelled to the Riverside Stadium Perth on their hunt for Premier League points and were buoyed by their first victory over Tayport the previous week. Ross Mcleod returned between the sticks after Wedding duty however Michael Cruickshank was still missing and Craig Anderson & Morgan Smith were also unavailable. On the plus side Ryan Taylor took a place on the bench following injury.

 

Roselea: Mcleod, Rae, Whyte, Reoch, Findlater, Reid, McDowell, Tringham, Mitchell, Watson & Collier. Subs: R Tayor, P Taylor, Bailey & Thomson.

 

There was a shock opening for Roselea with a mysterious penalty being awarded against them inside the first minute with no Jeanfield player staking claim. Andrew Tringham’s sliding tackle outside the box was hauled back with the referee pointing to the spot and Gary FRASER accepted the bonus by slotting the ball into the corner of the net for the opener.

 

In 6 minutes Calum Watson connected with a great diagonal ball from Dale Reid and was just off target with his first time volley.

 

In 8 minutes Roselea fell further behind from a great free kick after McDowell seemed to pull out of a challenge. McMANUS accepted the task for Jeanfield and sent an unstoppable free kick up and over the wall to give Mcleod no chance.

 

Roselea had a double chance in 20 minutes but on both occasions could not hit the target. McDowell shot from the edge of the box but was well wide however Dale Reid did well to follow in but his shot was screwed along the bye line. When the ball was crossed in to James Collier he took the ball down well with his chest but he also screwed his shot wide.

 

Jeanfield had the ball in the net on two occasions however the referee quite correctly chopped them off for an offside and a foul.

 

McDowell of Roselea picked up a booking for 3 late fouls in succession.

 

In 31 minutes Jeanfield went three up with a very soft goal. The ball was given away in midfield and when it was squared along the edge of the box McMANUS gladly accepted the task of drilling the ball home from 18 yards into the corner of the net.

 

Roselea were needing a life line to get back into the game and they got it in 36 minutes. Dodds who had earlier been booked slid on late on Whyte after the defender had cleared and following an altercation he was shown a second yellow card, reducing the home team to 10 men.

 

Roselea could not make any gain on the extra man however Collier took a knock on his back and had to be replaced by Ryan Taylor after the interval.

 

Half Time Jeanfield Swifts 3 Montrose Roselea 0

 

Jeanfield despite having the ten men had the first chance of the second half when Fraser crossed for Mcleish who was unlucky to see the ball cushion into Mcleods hands in 55 minutes.

 

Roselea had two great chances to get a goal back in the following minutes both created by Dale Reid. He switched play to Ryan Taylor who found room inside the box but dragged his shot wide then another diagonal ball from Reid found Watson and his chipped effort was well saved by Bruce in the Jeanfield goal.

 

Bruce had another great save a minute later when after a corner the ball to Tringham who had a great drive blocked by the stopper.

 

Bruce was thwarting Roselea and he had another two stops from a point blank Ryan Taylor header and a curling effort from Watson at the edge of the box.

 

Roselea’s pressure was not paying off and at the other end there was always the chance of a break away. Fraser found himself in on Mcleod however the Roselea keeper made a great save as the striker tried to round him in 66 minutes.

 

In 67 minutes Roselea made a second change with Ross Mitchell being replaced by Liam Bailey.

 

The sub was looking lively and made an instant impact by winning a penalty in 69 minutes. He was tripped as he looked to control a ball in the box and the referee awarded his second penalty of the day. Dale REID took responsibility and struck the ball into the corner of the net.

 

In 72 minutes there was a double goalmouth scramble in 72 minutes when Watson crossed and Bruce in the goal then a defender cleared off the line. Roselea were piling on the pressure and it paid off with a second goal from the resulting corner. The ball fell to Paul WHYTE with his back to the goal and he swivelled and struck a brilliant right footed volley into the corner of the net.

 

Roselea had their tails up against the ten men Jeanfield who were beginning to wilt however they scored a decisive fourth goal when Roselea were caught pushing forward. It was a piece of brilliance from ex Roselea player Gary Fraser as he dummied to shoot with his left before chipping a great ball with his right with Mcleod doing well to prevent it crossing the line however MCLEISH followed up to score from close range.

 

A couple of minutes later it was danger man Fraser who almost created Jeanfield’s fifth when his dangerous was narrowly missed by Smith at the back post.

 

Roselea made a final change with Thomson replacing Tringham with the defender quite unlucky to pick up an early booking.

 

Sub Gavin ANDERSON rubbed salt in the Roselea wounds with a fifth goal in the 88^th minute when he scored from close range and then had an identical chance in stoppage time which he managed to blast past the post.

 

Full Time: Jeanfield Swifts 5 Montrose Roselea 2

 

After Jeanfield were awarded a gift of a penalty and a slow start from the visitors they gradually clawed their way back into the game. The loss of the fourth goal a couple of minutes of closing the lead down to one goal was a killer blow but Jeanfield deserved the three points for the way they battled with 10 men.

 

Roselea take a break from League duty with Arbroath Vics arriving at Broomfield Park for a GA Cup tie on Sat 27^th Sept with a 2.30pm KO. Then on Saturday Oct 4^th Dalkeith Thistle return to Broomfield Park for a League match following their recent 3-0 loss in an East of Scotland cup tie.