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Conference C

Camelon 5-1 Edinburgh United
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 2-4 Heriot-Watt University
Craigroyston 1-3 Broxburn Athletic
St Andrews United 1-1 Ormiston
Blackburn United v. Preston Athletic (17.15 k/o)
Linlithgow Rose v. Jeanfield Swifts (20.00 k/o)

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Still some games to go today, but there has been some big results already. Ormiston got another upset draw but may regret not winning after leading 0-1 until late in the game. Broxburn also looked like possibly dropping points but managed to get clear of Craigroyston.

Heriot-Watt in one of today's GroundHop games will be very happy with the win. Still outside the Top 6 due to St Andrews having the superior goal difference, the University side are still in contention for Top 5.

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Conference C

Blackburn United 4-1 Preston Athletic

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I just added the mini goal difference column to show how tight it is in the battle for 5th place. Preston still hold the spot, but their season is now over and they are reliant on others to stumble. Blackburn having seemed out of the running for so long might just have a happy ending after all. Heriot-Watt are the only team that know that winning out will be good enough.

The final fixtures for those involved

April 13th

Edinburgh United v. Heriot-Watt University

St Andrews United v. Linlithgow Rose

April 20th

Edinburgh United v. Blackburn United

Heriot-Watt University v. Camelon Juniors

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Conference C

Camelon 5-1 Edinburgh United
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 2-4 Heriot-Watt University
Craigroyston 1-3 Broxburn Athletic
St Andrews United 1-1 Ormiston
Blackburn United 4-1 Preston Athletic
Linlithgow Rose 3-2 Jeanfield Swifts

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Finished 3-2 in the late night Linlithgow v. Jeanfield game to wrap up today's games.

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You can almost forget 6th place from this conference. Leith in 'A' have 34pts and Dalkeith in 'B' have 32pts with 3 to play - clubs behind them having from 30pts to 27ts with 4 or 5 to play - so inevitably 'C' will provide worst 6th place. Which is interesting given, on paper, it was marginally the "weakest".


Anyway by my reckoning you've got Preston sat on 32pts... St Andrews able to reach 32pts (but only if they beat Linlithgow at home)... Blackburn able to reach 32pts (if they win at Edinburgh Utd)... and Heriot-Watt able to reach 35pts (if they win at Edinburgh Utd and beat Camelon at home). However the students have the worst GD of all and they're followed by Preston while St Andrews have the best GD of all and they're followed by St Andrews. Four-way tie on 32pts quite conceivable!


Heriot-Watt Uni have it in their own hands... 4pts from those 2 games has them home-&-hosed.

Preston need everyone to falter.

St Andrews need to shock Linlithgow, hope Blackburn don't themselves win by more goals, and HW Uni falter.

Blackburn need to win what most will consider a winnable game, but hope St Andrews and HW Uni falter.

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8 hours ago, Burnie_man said:

We have a chance, and have to rely on others, but after the start we had to the season I'll take it. Great performance today, what a season of ups and downs.

Your finishing was good today, Preston definitely weren't as bad as the scoreline suggested, but you guys were more effective.

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12 hours ago, Marten said:

Your finishing was good today, Preston definitely weren't as bad as the scoreline suggested, but you guys were more effective.

Two up after 4 minutes certainly settled the nerves a bit. Deserved winners but Preston were more in it than the scoreline suggests.

A win at Edinburgh United in 3 weeks time is all we can do, and let fate decide. Won't be easy though, Paties Road never is.

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Conference C

Jeanfield Swifts 4-1 Edinburgh United
Linlithgow Rose 4-1 Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts

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And so concludes Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts first season in senior football. It's also a full circle moment as they started and ended the Conference campaign against Linlithgow Rose. Having started with a 0-10 loss at home, the 4-1 defeat won't seem so bad.

They can also look forward to next season where they might be surprisingly competitive when you look at where they got their points: 5 Wins (Ormiston x2, Craigroyston, Stirling Uni EoS and Edinburgh United) with the sole draw also coming against Stiling Uni EoS.

  

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