2.30pm 10 May 2025
East of Scotland League, Division Three
Ormiston Primrose 0 Stoneyburn 4 (att 64)
In a repeat of 10 years ago I followed a game at Toryglen with a game at Ormiston. In the decade since, Ormiston have moved to a new ground, immediately adjacent to their old one, and gained a suffix.
The addition of Primrose to their name is actually a return to a previous identity. Their old ground, Recreation Park, has been landscaped into a public park, while New Recreation Park features an enclosed pitch and a modern pavilion.
Ormiston are destined to finish one place off the bottom of the East of Scotland League's fourth, and lowest, tier. Stoneyburn still have a chance of promotion, but needed a win.
They started slowly, and in the early exchanges you'd have struggled to tell which team was near the bottom and which was challenging to go up. That changed once Stoneyburn took a 25th minute lead.
Having scored once Stoneyburn took control. By half time their lead was 4-0, and they could easily had scored two or three more.
With the result beyond doubt the second half lacked the intensity of the first. Ormiston's keeper made some good saves to keep the score at 0-4, but the contest was already over.
New Recreation Park was the final venue I needed to complete the East of Scotland League, 30 years after my first 'tick' at Gala Fairydean. Apparently there'll be at least one new venue to visit next season though.
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