Stephen Reid

We are back at NDP for the second time in four days as we meet Clyde FC in the latest William Hill League 2 fixture.

Both clubs will be looking to move away from the bottom end of the division and every point will be crucial in the second half of the season.

The Rose have had two out of the last three League games at NDP with a draw against The Spartans and the win against Stranraer with the away defeat at Stirling Albion in-between.

On Tuesday “The Rose” got back to winning ways with a 3-1 win against Stranraer at NDP.

Calum Elliot made five changes to the Rose side from the weekends defeat at Stirling Albion, with Angus Mailer back from suspension, followed by Gallagher Lennon returning in defence, Lee Currie and Ryan Porteous in midfield, and Mark Ferrie on the wing.

Rose was on the front foot from the start, hunting the ball down from the first whistle. Bradley Barrett gave Rose the lead in the 33rd minute with a great shimmying body feint before slotting a low-driven shot home, beating Lane in the Stranraer net.

Neil Martyniuk extended Rose’s lead just three minutes later when Cammy Ross was awarded a penalty after being brought down by Craig Ross. Rose went into halftime with a comfortable 2-0 lead.

Rose continued their positive momentum at the start of the second half, as Cammy Ross scored in the 52nd minute with a shot that took a slight deflection off Ross and McIntosh.

Stranraer pulled one back through Mark Russell, but Rose showed great resilience, with the back four being marshalled well to see the game out and secure a crucial victory.

Manager Calum Elliot was happy with the reaction of the squad after the disappointing display at Stirling Albion and will be looking to maintain the performance the team displayed against a Stranraer team who had come off a big win at Forfar in the previous match.

Last time out Clyde welcomed Elgin City to New Douglas Park where they played out a 0-0 draw to leave Clyde currently 7th in League 2.

Like “The Rose” Clyde have had a number of squad changes since the previous meeting between the sides.

In the last meeting between the sides in early November it finished 2-2 in Hamilton.

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 teasing 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 the on then Aberdeen loanee 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 previous 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.

Bonnyrigg Rose (last 5 league results)

28/01/25 = Bonnyrigg Rose 3-1 Stranraer
25/01/25 = Stirling Albion 3-0 Bonnyrigg Rose
21/01/25 = Bonnyrigg Rose 2-2 The Spartans
04/01/25 = Edinburgh City 2-0 Bonnyrigg Rose
21/12/24 = Peterhead 2-0 Bonnyrigg Rose

Clyde FC (last 5 league results)

25/01/25 = Clyde 0-0 Elgin City
17/01/25 = Clyde 0-2 Edinburgh City
11/01/25 = East Fife 3-0 Clyde
04/01/25 = Clyde 2-0 Stirling Albion
28/12/24 = Stranraer 1-1 Clyde

Bonnyrigg Rose v Clyde FC (league meetings this season so far)

02/11/24 = Clyde 2-2 Bonnyrigg Rose
24/08/24 = Bonnyrigg Rose 2-1 Clyde

Referee: Andy Gamble
AR1Cameron Telfer
AR2Scott McGregor

*Next Match v Elgin City Tuesday 4th February 7.45pm Kick off @ Borough Briggs (Postponed from 18th January)