East of Scotland Premier League, Saturday 24th February 2007

Whitehill Welfare 7 Civil Service Strollers 1

Welafre went ahead in the 15th minute when Andy Doig bulleted home a header from a Pryde Corner.

On 27 minutes Devlin equalised for Strollers from the penalty spot. Darren Pryde was influential in midfield for Welfare and just after the half hour mark he sent in a free kick to Lee who smashed the ball into the net from close range.

In the second half the Strollers began brightly in search of the equaliser but two goals in two minutes from Nicky Walker saw Welfare surge into a 4-1 lead. The Strollers lost Devlin who was taken to hospital with a broken leg and matters worsened when Hogarth was sent off.

After 70 minutes Walker completed his hat trick when he ran onto a through pass,  and curled a deft chip shot over the keeper.

Whitehill increased their lead to 6-1 in the 80th minute when a long ball from Johnston found Walker and he centred for Doig who stroked the ball home with ease. Brian McEwan completed the scoring with a well placed low drive in the last minute.

Whitehill Welfare: Swain, Cornett, Woodburn, Lee, Johnston, Doig, Walker, McEwen, Malone (Stewart 75), McIntosh, Pryde. Subs not used: Hart, McDonagh, Carlin, Wilkes.

Civil Service Strollers: Begaoui, Irvine, Middlemass, Hogarth, Laidlaw, Fettes (Dobson 71), Devlin (McDougall 58), Lockhart (Walker 71), Doig, Manson, Campbell. Subs not used: Scott, Girdwood.