Broxburn Athletic and Inverkeithing Swifts performed out an entertaining stalemate at Albyn Park final night time as each side scored three objectives every, writes Kieran Polland.
The guests took the lead when Callum Murray capitalised on poor defending however the Brox rallied again and raced right into a 3-1 lead at half-time because of efforts from Andrew Gillen, Liam Grey and Mark McConnell.
Swifts continued to plug away and shortly after the interval, they managed to revive parity by means of objectives from Tommy Simpson and a trialist.
The draw leaves Broxburn in eighth place within the East of Scotland Premier Division, only a level behind Inverkeithing, with the Brox 10 factors behind leaders Penicuik Athletic.
Each groups began on the entrance foot with McConnell seeing his effort sail over the bar and Swifts’ Greig Spence noticed a penalty shout waved away after an amazing deal with from Jack Sayers within the field.
Murray opened the scoring after the Brox gave away possession in the midst of the park, permitting the Swifts ahead to scamper into the field and place the ball previous goalkeeper Josh Blair.
Regardless of the shaky begin, the Brox started to enhance and Gillen introduced them again on degree phrases after a intelligent one-two put him sq. by means of on aim with little likelihood of lacking.
The aim appeared to imbue Broxburn with renewed confidence and so they took the lead 5 minutes after their first when Grey toyed with the defence earlier than curling a well-taken effort into the highest nook leaving Neil Mitchell with no likelihood to save lots of.
The Brox elevated their lead additional after striker Errol Douglas noticed his shot parried straight into the trail of McConnell, who was all too pleased to gobble up the trouble and stroke it previous Mitchell.
Because the second half started, Swifts started to pile extra strain onto the house facet and 5 minutes in, Spence swung a low cross into the field permitting an unmarked Simpson to faucet dwelling from shut vary.
Swifts then bought again on degree phrases shortly after when a nook kick was not handled within the field, permitting the trialist to nick the ball and faucet it previous Blair.
The sport continued to rage from finish to finish with Brox substitute Craig Henderson managing to beat his man for tempo just for Mitchell to provide you with an excellent save to disclaim the house facet the lead.
Blair was then referred to as into motion after a robust long-range strike from Spence pressured the Broxburn No. 1 to palm his effort over the bar.
There was virtually late drama as Swifts’ Brodie Strang fizzed a shot that ricocheted off the publish straight into the trail of Spence who fired dwelling, however the ex-Alloa participant’s celebrations had been short-lived because the linesman raised his flag for offside.
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