Lothian Buses Cup

Sunday 30^th March , Away v Tynecastle

Well our first match of summer !!! freezing , gails and driving rain  superb !!!!

Line up – Jordan,Matthew,Chris G,Daniel,Chris H,Sean,Harry,Ben,Kevin,Lewis R ,Jaxon

Subs-Mark,Connor,Jamie T,Jamie C,Jason

Despite the conditions both teams tried their best throughout the match to play football and we tried our best not to freeze to death

Anyway the wind was blowing from one side of the pitch to the other so no real benefit to either team .

Hutchie began shooting down the slope with the  first half  played mostly in the Tynecastle half of the pitch it was therefore surprising that their keeper was never really troubled , a good turn and shot by Jaxon flew over the bar,Harry had a good run but his shot went wide, Lewis R burst through the centre but the keeper came out well and blocked his shot and Kevin’s long range follow up shot whistled past the wrong side of the post.

Numerous other half chances arrived and Tynecastle also had some dangerous breaks and corners but never managed a shot at Jordan’s goal.

Half time 0-0

Second half began with Hutchie pushing for the all important opener as were Tynecastle so the match was now flowing from end to end  , Connor received the ball in midfield and threaded a great pass through to Kevin who sped past and then held off the defender before firing a superb long range shot high into the net , 0-1 much to the joy and relief of Hutchie.

The joy was short lived as 5 minutes later the defence failed to clear and as the ball was crossed over the Tynecastle forward got to the ball first and fired home 1-1

Almost straight from the restart and before Tynecastle had settled Kevin intercepted a pass and released Jason on the wing he cut inside and passed to Lewis R who calmly curled his shot low into the corner 1-2

Minutes later from another corner as the ball came out a drive from Kevin was blocked and as it came out Harry somehow managed to get a shot in which caught the inside of the post and it dropped in 1-3.

Tynecastle were by no means out of this and from a break out their forward fired a shot which beat Mark but hit the inside of the post and rolled along the line and from the resulting scramble he shot high and wide.

Tynecastle were now pushing forward and from a corner a shot flew just wide but our defence was holding out and it was no surprise when a good break found Connor on the right he shot but it came back off the bar it fell to Jason and with everyone expecting the  cross he slammed it low into the corner to make it 1-4

Full Time 1-4

Hard / terrible conditions for both teams but after the first half with no real clear cut chances , Hutchie played some good football to run out comfortable winners in the end with some great finishes in the second half.