Kingdom Caledonian League 2008 / 2009
Fixtures 16/8/08
Glendale Plastics League
Star Hearts 1 v 5 Strathmiglo Utd
Fixtures 19/8/08
M/H engineering League Cup 1st rnd
Star Hearts 2 v 2 Kinross Utd (kick-off 6.45pm)
Star won on penalties
Fixtures 23/8/08
Free - (home friendly v Stanley Ams, Perthshire)
Star 6 - Stanley 0
Scorers: Peoples (3); Gourlay; Doig; Ritchie
Fixture 26/8/08 - League Cup 2nd Round
Fair City 1 v 1 Star Hearts - Kick-off 6.30pm
Scorer: Padley
Fair win on penalties 5 - 4
Fixture 30/8/08 - League
Star Hearts 1 v 1 Burntisland ShipYard - Kick-off 2pm
(Match Sponsored by Martin Grieve & Dave Terras)
Scorer: Kevin Laidlaw
Fixture 06/9/08 - League
Kettle Utd 3 v 1 Star Hearts - Kick-off 2pm
Scorer: Steven Greenlaw
(Greenlaw finds the back of the net from a good cross)
Fixture 13/9/08 - League
Kinross Utd 2 v 1 Star Hearts
Kick-off 2pm @ The Myre
(Game transferred back to Treaton Park for 3pm kick-off due to unplayable pitch.)
Scorer: Alex Peoples
(Alex finds the back of the net from a cheeky rebound.)
Fixture 20/09/08 - Fife Cup 1st Rnd
Kettle Utd 1 v 0 Star Hearts
Kick-off 2pm @ Kettle Park, Rumdewan
Fixture 27/9/08 - Scottish Cup 1st Rnd
Fernieside Ath 1 v 0 Star Hearts
Kick-off 2pm @ Gyle Pitches, Edinburgh
FERNIESIDE ATHLETIC...........................1
STAR HEARTS........................................0
Star Hearts failed to negotiate the first hurdle in this seasons Fosters Scottish Amateur Cup, with a first half strike enough to secure the
The visitors survived a scare in the opening minute when the referee brushed aside strong claims for a penalty when Michael Bruce looked to have been impeded inside the box. Hearts raced to the other end and Ryan Thomson laid the ball into the path of Chris Hyndlay whose netbound effort from six yards was somehow miraculously deflected onto the crossbar by 'keeper Richard Wilson.
Back at the other end, a Darren Bald corner broke out to Stuart Wilson just outside the box, he swept in a drive through a ruck of players' which inched past Chris Pratt's right hand post.
A darting run from Martin Woods took him past two Fernieside defenders and into the box before the ball was cleared for a corner.
Star were putting themselves under pressure by conceding too many needless free kicks just outside the box, Wilson fired one round the wall which was gathered by Pratt.
The visitors were undone however in the 34th minute, Bald, who was the home sides best player, curled in an effort from the corner of the box and 'keeper Pratt could only watch as it soared over his head and into the roof of the net.
Just after the restart Pratt prevented his side from going further behind by pushing a clipped effort from Chris Somerville round the post for a corner.
That man Bald again got behind the Star defence but again Pratt was equal to the task with a good one-handed stop.
Hearts went searching for a leveller, Woods got in a shot which was gathered by
Despite their efforts Hearts couldn't conjure up an equaliser and somewhat disappointingly exit the National competition.
FERNIESIDE: R Wilson; Anderson; Bald; Lyall; Mowat; M Wilson; Bruce; Brown; Somerville; S Wilson; Taylor.
SUBS:Marshall; Scott; Swan; Watt.
STAR HEARTS: Pratt; Grieve; Spence; Braid; Gourlay; Mitchell; Hyndlay; Thomson; Greenlaw; Woods; Ritchie.
SUBS: Padley; Wilson; Laidlaw; Nicholson.
Referee: Gary McKenzie.
by SHANE FENTON.
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