MINOR MATCH 70 - Tuesady 20 August 2024

SEASON 2024/25

LOWLANDS LEAGUE

Venue: EXCELSIOR STADIUM

CELTIC-B  3  LINLITHGOW ROSE  0

Scorers: Robertson, Cummings, Donovan

 Three quickfire second half goals continue Celtic's B side impressive start to their league campaign in the Scottish Lowlands League.

The match was played in torrential showers, which seems to be a feature of matches in Airdrie.

Personal note:

• 9th time attending a Lowlands League match, including 3 featuring Celtic-B
• 10th match attended at the Excelsior Stadium
• 2nd time seeing Linlithgow Rose

MATCH 1906 - Tuesday 24 January 2023

SEASON 2022/23

SCOTTISH CUP 4th Round

Venue: PRESTONFIELD

LINLITHGOW ROSE  0  RAITH ROVERS  2

Scorers:  Gullan(2)

A day after the biggest Scottish Cup upset (Darvel beating Aberdeen) I went through to Linlithgow to visit a new ground however Raith Rovers show no signs of panic and comfortably advance to the next round of the cup.

Prestonfield is a tidy little ground and there are 2,000 fans in attendance.  The match will be best remembered for the worse collective officiating since the 2015 Scottish Cup semi final.  The ref and his standside linesman missed two penalties and wrongly called a goal from Raith at the start of the second half as offside when the home sides centre half clearly played the ball straight into the path of the Raith striker.