31/08/2026
Match reports for the girls Teams who were playing games on Sunday 30th August.
u14s
The u14 girls were playing away at Linlithgow on Sunday 30th.
A wet and muggy morning made for difficult conditions, and unfortunately the girls looked flat from the start, lacking their usual enthusiasm and energy.
Despite this, there were some really good individual performances and moments of quality.
Taking the positives, midfield created some good opportunities, feeding the ball forward to Caitlyn, who showed great determination to win the ball and score to give us the lead.
Half-time: Leithen Vale 1–0 Linlithgow FC
The girls’ play improved after the break, but we were still missing that urgency and desire to get to the ball first. This allowed Linlithgow to put us under pressure and eventually find an equaliser.
The girls responded well, and a strong kick from Lucy in goals set Caitlyn away who scored to make it 2-1.
With the game almost over, it looked like the girls had done enough to take all three points. Unfortunately, in the final minute, Linlithgow found an equaliser.
Full-time: Leithen Vale 2–2 Linlithgow FC
A frustrating result given how close we were to taking the win. Not the girls best performance today, but there were still plenty of positives to take — particularly the improvement in the second half, and some excellent individual play.
We’ll take the lessons from today and look to bring more energy, urgency and desire into the next game. 💪⚽
Their next league game is a Home game on Sunday 6th, against Loanhead.
u12s
The girls were supposed to be playing a home game against Linlithgow, but unfortunately the weather and the condition of the pitch in the morning, meant the game had to be cancelled.
Their next league game is at away on Sunday 6th, against Leith Athletic Girls.
u10s
The u10 Girls were playing away at Spartans on Sunday 30th.
The weather certainly wasn’t on our side, with some absolutely huge downpours making conditions difficult throughout.
TODAY’S SQUAD
Mollie, Ella, lily-Mae, Eden, Ava, Remy, Mhairi, Sophie & Fearne
We played 3 x 20-minute thirds, although the final third was shortened to around 15 minutes due to the worsening weather.
First Third
The opening third was competitive and the girls stuck to their task well. We were a little sloppy on the ball at times and some basic mistakes cost us a few goals, but the effort levels were good. The girls worked their socks off, competed and really tried to play the way we know they can.
Unfortunately, the second and third periods were much more difficult to watch.
Our effort levels dropped, with the girls not playing to their usual high standard we know they are capable of. This in turn allowed a very good Spartans side to play around us and release the ball into their strikers, who were given too much time on the ball.
That left Mollie in goal under a massive amount of pressure and far too exposed. There is only so much a goalkeeper can do when opposition players are continually being given time and space in front of goal.
There were still flashes of some really nice football from us, particularly when we moved the ball quickly and played one-touch football.
Spartans deserve a huge amount of credit. They were a joy to watch at times and played some incredible football. They are comfortably the strongest team we have come up against and gave the girls a real lesson in how important movement, positioning, passing and work rate are.
Games like today can actually be hugely valuable if we learn from them.
A big positive was Sophie playing her first Sunday game with us. Hopefully we can get Sophie along every week now and she can continue to grow in confidence and develop her understanding of the game.
Plenty for us to work on. Nobody gets everything right every week, but the response is what matters.
Tough game to pick a player of the match but we opted for Sophie who got right involved and never gave up on her first game. Well done.
Their next league game is at Home against Boroughmuir on Sunday 6th.
If any girls would like to join in any of the age groups, come along to training to see if you like it and join us, please get in touch.
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