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Oct 9th

To 1948 and a visit to Whitburn in the 2nd round of the Junior Cup.  The game looked over at half-time as the BU's led 3-1, through goals by Jimmy Masterton, Willie Gardiner & Jimmy Sproull.  Several chances were wasted after the break and this allowed the 'burn to get back into the game and they equalised with ten minutes to go.  The home fans were still celebrating when Masterton scrambled home the winner, 4-3 to the BU's!

The team was: Graham, Mitchell, Keenan, Walls, Thomson, Riley, Black, Masterton, Gardner, Sproull, Balderston

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1 hour ago, Jambo'ness said:

Nope

Time for clues 3) Years are 1955, 2005 & 2016

                              4)  First one in lower div in EOS, 2nd still junior, 3rd in our div.

According to my Facebook memories,in 2016,we were playing Camelon in a league game 

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Oct 10th

2015 saw a visit to East Shore Park to play Newburgh in a Fife & Lothians Cup tie.  The BU's were 6-0 up at the break through doubles by Pedro Moutinho &  debutant Chris Mackie.  Ross Philp & Stewart Devine scored the other two.  Pedro completed his hat-trick in the 2nd half.  Nicky Walker also netted and number nine was an own goal by Miller.  9-0 to the BU's!

The team was: S Christie, Snowdon (McGregor), Devine, Gibb, Hunter (Morrison), Nimmo, Walker, Philp, Mackie (Gribben), Donnelly, Moutinho

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Oct 10th

2015 saw a visit to East Shore Park to play Newburgh in a Fife & Lothians Cup tie.  The BU's were 6-0 up at the break through doubles by Pedro Moutinho &  debutant Chris Mackie.  Ross Philp & Stewart Devine scored the other two.  Pedro completed his hat-trick in the 2nd half.  Nicky Walker also netted and number nine was an own goal by Miller.  9-0 to the BU's!

The team was: S Christie, Snowdon (McGregor), Devine, Gibb, Hunter (Morrison), Nimmo, Walker, Philp, Mackie (Gribben), Donnelly, Moutinho

It also saw Dougie pull off the worst miss I ever saw. A ball two feet from an empty net where Dougie instead of tapping it in accidentally stood on the ball, fell over and managed to deflect it off himself around the post. Couldn't have managed it if he tried.
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4 hours ago, Deanburn Dave said:
11 hours ago, Jambo said:

Oct 10th

2015 saw a visit to East Shore Park to play Newburgh in a Fife & Lothians Cup tie.  The BU's were 6-0 up at the break through doubles by Pedro Moutinho &  debutant Chris Mackie.  Ross Philp & Stewart Devine scored the other two.  Pedro completed his hat-trick in the 2nd half.  Nicky Walker also netted and number nine was an own goal by Miller.  9-0 to the BU's!

The team was: S Christie, Snowdon (McGregor), Devine, Gibb, Hunter (Morrison), Nimmo, Walker, Philp, Mackie (Gribben), Donnelly, Moutinho

It also saw Dougie pull off the worst miss I ever saw. A ball two feet from an empty net where Dougie instead of tapping it in accidentally stood on the ball, fell over and managed to deflect it off himself around the post. Couldn't have managed it if he tried.

Ah yes, I remember that.  Was it not near the end, as I seem to recall being beside the goal on my way to the gate.

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Oct 11th

1969 and a visit to play Camelon at their temporary home Ochilview Park in Stenhousemuir.  The BU's waltzed to victory by 4-0, with goals from John Bernard, 'Duke' Rae, Ian Wodecki and Tommy Ure.

The team was: Boslem, Hamilton, McOwat, Donnelly, McMeechan, Ure, Bernard, Wodecki, Rae, Lourie plus 1

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Oct 12th

1957 and a Junior Cup first round tie at home to the side from the quaintly named Bore Park, Glencraig Colliery.  The match, whilst not a bore was not an even contest, as the BU's triumphed 6-0.  Former Stirling Albion player, Gordon Davidson hit four that day, with Bobby McGill and Bobby Baxter netting the others.

The team was: Thomson, Russell, Gavin, Collumbine, McGregor, Hood, Jack, Millar, Davidson, McGill, Baxter

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Oct 13th

2007 and Penicuik Athletic were the visitors for a Premier League match.  The BU's won 2-1 but the performance was far from convincing.  Scott Brown netted with a deflected shot on 7 minutes but the visitors equalised on 24 minutes.  The winner came from the penalty spot, on 67 minutes, after ex-BU player Brian Foster fouled Donnelly.  Captain Jon Tully slotted home.

The team was: R Burns, McCafferty (C Brown), G Brown, Snowdon, Tully, Mullen, Payne, Scott, S Brown, Donnelly, Morrison

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Oct 14th

1995 and an away Junior Cup first round tie at Dundonald Bluebell.  The BU's had visited Fife a week before and scored 10 at Steelend.  This was never going to be that easy.  The BU's did manage a 2-1 win, through a Kevin Hoggan penalty and John Sludden.

The team was: N Binnie, More, J Strain, Salton, Yates, Hodge (Burns), Hoggan, Allison, Gallagher, Sludden, Hallford

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Oct 15th

1977 and Bo'ness got the first of their three wins over Tranent that season.  The scorers in a 2-1 league win at Newtown were Lex Shields and Robin Craw.

The team was: Howie, Robertson, Breen, McNulty, McQueen, Stewart, Shields, Balanowski, Brown, Stark (Marr), Craw sub Phillips

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Oct 16th

1999 and after struggling to win a cup-tie the week before, against Stonehaven, the BU's returned to form against Fauldhouse United at Newtown and cantered to a 5-1 win.  The goals came via a Jimmy Burns brace and singles from Derek Yates, David King & Paul McKinlay.

The team was: N Binnie, Black (Hoggan), Hallford, Yates, McCavanagh, King, Todd, Kemp, McKinlay (M Stewart), Burns, Loney

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Oct 17th

1981 saw the BU's entertain Tulliallan Thistle for the first and last time.  The team from Kincardine came to contest a Fife & Lothians Cup tie but were no match for the BU's, going down 7-0.  Lex Shields opened the scoring and David Strathie and Frank Wilson added to the total.  Ian Miller helped himself to a double and the rout was completed by Lennie Reid and Stuart Park.

The team was: Crooks, Dunleavie (Young), Breen, Miller, Finlayson, McQueen, Reid (Hall), Wilson, Park, Strathie, Shields

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Oct 18th

1958 and a Thornton Shield tie at home to Linlithgow Rose.  The headline said it all "Scott mesmerises Linlithgow".  The star was Jim Scott, who created three of the four first half goals.  George Addison got two, Matt Cummings and Ian Paterson added the others.  United eased off after this and the Rose were grateful to reach the break.  The Rose made a better fist of it after half-time and pulled back three goals, only for David Sinclair to kill them off.  Tragedy then struck as Matt Cummings again scored but broke his leg colliding with the 'keeper.  6-3 to the BU's!

The team was: H Thomson, Martin, Torbet, T Millar, Hill, Train, Scott, Sinclair, Cummings, Addison, Paterson

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Oct 19th

1946 and Newtown witnessed an incredible match in front of 5000 fans.  It was a replay in the 2nd round of the Junior Cup., against Dundonald Bluebell.  The 'bell shocked the BU's with two goals in the first 5 mins.  Willie Dickson reduced the leeway, only for the 'bell to restore their 2 goal lead and only 12 mins gone.  A penalty made it 4 and only a great goal before the break by Willie Pryde kept us in it.  Jim McLean scored early in the 2nd half but the 'bell soon restored the 2 goal difference.  Pryde scored with 10 mins left and the same player was then fouled in the box, allowing John McGowan to make it 5-5!

The team was: McKinnon, W. Mitchell, Keenan, Plumb, Stewart, Brash, McGowan, McKie, Dickson, Pryde, McLean

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Oct 20th

2012 and Junior Cup 2nd round visitors were Portgordon Victoria, a first meeting between the sides.  The Vics side was a young one and despite the odds against them, played gamely.  Chris Hamilton scored a 1st half hat-trick and Chris Donnelly completed his treble by the 77th minute.  Trumping them both was Steve Hislop, who netted five in a 16 minute spell in the 2nd half!  The Vics managed a consolation 5 mins from the end that received a warm cheer but it finished 11-1 to the BU's.

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