Stalemate at the Shippy.

The Shipyard and Edinburgh South played out a goalless draw at Recreation Park on Wednesday night with the result a blow to South’s promotion hopes. The visitors had more opportunities to break the deadlock, however, the Shippy defence was resolute with keeper Cole Miller dealing comfortably with everything that came his way. At the other end CJ Thomson and Michael Gibb both went close in the first half while Gibb again and trialist substitute Nathan Feeley, twice, had opportunities in the second half, indeed Feeley might have been awarded a penalty as he was clearly being held as he tried to engineer space to get a shot away. There was a welcome return to the fold for Hamish Milne who was back from his antipodean adventure and it looked like he had never been away as he produced a solid performance. Ben Anthony was also available and he captained the side.

There was very little in the way of goalmouth action throughout the match as both defences dealt with what was thrown at them. Miller was certainly the busier of the two keepers, however, at no time did he look under pressure and showed a great deal of composure in everything he did. The three saves he made in the opening forty five minutes were all fairly routine.

Both teams continued to look for the opener with the visitors showing more urgency as the clock ticked down as they desperately tried to claim all three points. The Shipyard looked a bit more of a threat with subs Kris Murphy and Feeley linking well, with their power and strength providing a different problem for the South defence. As mentioned previously Feeley might have won a penalty in the closing minutes but the referee did not have a good enough view of the incident to penalise any wrongdoing.

On Saturday (11/05/2024) Coldstream visit Recreation Park with the match kicking off at 2.30pm.

Burntisland Shipyard: C. Miller; M. Robertson; M. Moodie (E. McQuade); E. Bauld; M. James; H. Milne; H. Kay; CJ. Thomson (K. Murphy); M. Gibb; B. Anthony (N. Feeley); D. Thomson.

Referee: K. Brown.