Witten by Stephen Reid
In what will be a very emotional day at NDP after the passing of our Club Chairman Charlie Kirkwood we welcome Elgin City.
Charlie was the heart and soul of the club, and we will all greatly miss him.

Match notes from our Manager Calum Elliot

Elgin have had a terrific start to the season. Huge credit to them. They’re a very well organised side by their manager who has done a brilliant job since taking over.

Saturday will be an emotional day. I really hope the supporters turn up in their numbers as they have done all season to pay their respects to Charlie for what he’s done for the club and we put on a performance for them to be proud of.

Charlie was a mountain of a man, who will be sorely missed by anyone that has been fortunate enough to be in his presence. What he did for the club I don’t believe will be repeated again at any football club in Scotland.

Chico will have his wee bottle of moretti watching over us, cheering us on!!

Rest easy chairman
Calum

The Rose currently are sitting in 5th place with Elgin City in 2nd place only behind League leaders East Fife on goal difference have made a strong start to their League campaign.

The Rose come into this game after the visit to Hamilton to play Clyde FC where on an emotional day for the club following the sad passing of Chairman Charlie Kirkwood.

Bonnyrigg Rose battled to a draw away to Clyde, spending the majority of the second half with 10-men on the field.

Calum Elliot named one change to the team that lost in the Scottish Cup at East Kilbride the week prior, with Callum Connolly coming into the midfield in place of Kallum Higginbotham.

After an impeccably observed minute's silence to pay respect to Charlie, Rose started the game in perfect fashion, Cammy Ross pouncing upon a Craig Howie mistake and slotting it beyond Robbie Hemfrey to put the Rose ahead just a few seconds into the game.

Rose could've and perhaps should've added to that goal advantage, Lee Currie sending in a free kick that flashed across the face of goal, with no takers in the box to apply the finishing touch that would have made Rose's lead a lot more comfortable.

After passing up an earlier opportunity, Clyde's Falkirk loanee Jordan Allan didn't miss his chance in the 24th minute as he lashed the ball past Paddy Martin to bring the Bully Wee level in the game.

Martin Rennie went close to giving the home side the lead heading into the break, forcing Martin to fly across to his right to push away a powerful long-rang effort.

Rose may have felt hard done by not being awarded a penalty just before the break, as the referee waved off Mark Ferrie's appeals after he went over in the box after going through on goal, under the pressure of the challenging defender.

Things looked like falling apart for Rose early in the second half, after Paddy Martin collided with the onrushing Jordan Allan. The keeper was shown a red card for the incident.

Callum Connolly was the player sacrificed to allow substitute goalkeeper Tom Ritchie to come on from the bench.

Clyde couldn't make their man advantage count, with Rennie going the closest to putting them in front after he hit the post with a chance that looked easier to score than to miss.

After withstanding a lot of pressure from the home side, Rose capitalised on another mishap at the back for the Bully Wee, and Cammy Ross placed it into the net with a lot of time on the ball to grab what looked to have been the winning goal, his fourth goal in the last three games.

Clyde would snatch a point right at the death though, with substitute Marley Redfern picking out the bottom left corner of Ritchie's goal after a low-driven cross found it's way through the Rose defence.

Elgin City entertained Stranraer at Borough Briggs where they came out 1-0 winners after a 2nd minute goal and held on despite going down to 10 men early in the 2nd half.

Matches between these sides have generally favoured the home side and have been very competitive.

In the previous match in Elgin in September The Rose came so close to the 3 points.

After a competitive first half with very few chances The Rose took the lead in the 70th minute when Kalum Higginbotham converted a Ben Scarborough pass on the edge of the box and held on to the lead until the 88th minute when Elgin scored from close range.

Elgin were then awarded a free kick on the edge of the penalty box in the fifth minute of added time which ended up in the back of the net after a couple of deflections on the way in to leave The Rose coming away with nothing in a match they had under control until the final moments.

Bonnyrigg Rose (last 5 league results)

02/11/24 = Clyde FC 2-2 Bonnyrigg Rose
19/10/24 = Bonnyrigg Rose 2-0 Edinburgh City
05/10/24 = East Fife 5-0 Bonnyrigg Rose
28/09/24 = Bonnyrigg Rose 0-1 Forfar Athletic
21/09/24 = Stirling Albion 0-2 Bonnyrigg Rose

Elgin City FC (last 5 league results)

02/11/24 = Elgin City 1-0 Stranraer
19/10/24 = The Spartans 1-3 Elgin City
05/10/24 = Peterhead 0-1 Elgin City
28/09/24 = Elgin City 3-3 Edinburgh City
21/09/24 = Clyde FC 0-0 Elgin City

• New Dundas Park Saturday 9th November 2024
• Kick Off 3pm
• Adults (17-65) £15 / Concessions (over 65s, disabled carer £10 /Youth (12-16) £5
• Children under 12 FREE must be accompanied by a paying adult.
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