A Son of the Rock

SPFL Tier, Meadowbank Stadium, 6/12/25.

Well. Not a good start to the new era. It might as well be a continuation of the old one. (Oh, wait.*)

We lost four goals again. That’s three games in a row now. And we lost a goal early on – to another penalty conceded. Yet another penalty followed just before half-time and things were made worse before the break by losing another goal at 45+5 minutes.

We couldn’t even keep it tight after the break. 4-0 down after 47 minutes.

I’m guessing Edinburgh City took their feet off the accelerator then – or it may have been their substitutions weakened them. Whatever, we actuually managed to score three unanswered goals from then on, two of them penalties of our own – but all much too little too late.

*The installation of Frank McKeown, the previous assistant manager  under Stevie Farrrell, late in the week probably means it is a continuation. I would have said it’s an ill-considered appointment except it maybe wasn’t considered at all. It smacks too much of haste and didn’t really inspire much hope, a feeling only underlined by this loss.

McKeown has a lot to do to win the fans over and increasingly the same might apply to new owner Mario Lapointe, to whom many thanks are due for saving the club from going under totally but whose lack of knowledge of Scottish football and the way things work is beginning to look a touch ominous.