Mellow yellows as Vale fail to find breakthrough

Dave Ryce • Published 5 Nov 2010 09:30 1 Comment

Vale of Leithen 0 v 0 Civil Service Strollers

Some games are blink and you miss something affairs - this one was a blink and you’ll miss a booking one.

The game was as competitive as you’d expect one between two sides scrapping for enough points to ensure Premier Division survival would be.

Although loathe to add to the mountains of criticism referees already receive, how match official Peter Stuart found ten occasions to reach into his pocket was a puzzle that no one could work out.

Almost straight from kick off, Civil had a chance to go ahead as they were awarded a penalty when Gillon was penalised for bringing Alan Wilson down in the area.

Neil Campbell stepped forward to take, but Darren Walker made a superb stop, diving to his right to turn the kick away.

It was Vale who carried the greater attacking threat, and they should have taken the lead when Chris Beaton met a Jamie Lauder cross in front of goal, but Strollers keeper Alan Dillon reacted with an amazing save to turn Beaton’s header round the post from point-blank range.

Ten minutes into the second half there was an almost indentical chance for Strollers as a John Dunn cross found Wilson being granted a free

header in front of goal, but fortunately for Vale the striker got it all wrong and the chance flew wide.

Mr Stuart started the bookings ten minutes before half time as Strollers Craig Dickson showed opponent Andy Milligan a bit too much of his studs.

Team mate Wilson followed soon after for persistant fouling.

Incomprehensible bookings for Vale’s Darren Gillon, Kerr Dodds, David Anderson and Andy Milligan had even the Strollers bench shaking their heads, although Mike Osborne deserved his after directing a verbal volley at the ref.

The visitors’ Bobby Gay and Andy Raeburn also had their names taken and Civil found themselves down to ten men six minutes from time when John Dunn received a straight red for kicking out at Vale’s John Hall.

In injury time there was an agonising moment for Vale when an Andy Martin cross was knocked on by Scott Moffat to find Anderson with only fresh air between himself and the net, but the new signing somehow contrived to knock the ball over the bar

Vale of Leithen: D. Walker; A. Milligan, J. Lauder, D. Gillon (J. Hall 53), P. Lee, P. Greenhill, C. Beaton (M. Osborne 65), K. Dodds, S. Moffat, D. Anderson, G. Cole (A. Martin 71).

Civil Service Strollers: A. Dillon; J. Robertson (A. Raeburn 73), G. Burgess, R. Hogarth, N. Campbell, P. Newby, B. Gay, A. Wilson, G. Calvey (M. Somerville 65), C. Dickson, J. Dunn.

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