This Tuesday evening, we make the trip to Borough Briggs to play Elgin City in a fixture that was postponed from 18th January due to the home side’s participation in the 4th round of the Scottish Cup.

Elgin City are currently 3rd in League 2 with “The Rose” moving up to 7th.

Elgin entertained table topping East Fife in their previous match with the game ending in a 1-0 victory for Elgin with an early goal after 10 minutes.

“The Rose” entertained Clyde FC at NDP and came out on top with a well deserved 2-1 victory.

Calum Elliot made no changes from Tuesday’s win against Stranraer, with a promising result to build on.

Rose made a positive start, with Cammy Ross scoring an unlikely goal early on—finding the net with a slide tackle after being dispossessed in the Clyde box—giving Rose the lead in the 6th minute.

Neil Martyniuk continued his scoring form, coolly slotting a penalty into the bottom left-hand corner, sending Robbie Hemfrey the wrong way. Rose went into halftime with a 2-0 lead.

Clyde applied pressure early in the second half, forcing Rose to defend deeper in their own half. Paddy Martin made an excellent save in the 64th minute from Liam Scullion’s free kick.

Clyde got a goal back from Martin Rennie with 10 minutes to go but “The Rose” held on to claim the three points for the second game in 4 days.

“The Rose” ran out comfortable 2-0 winners at NDP the last time these sides met in November.

Rose started the first half with great intent from the get-go, with Callum Connolly’s header providing the first chance of the afternoon, going just wide of the Elgin City goal in the 9th minute.

Angus Mailer gave Rose an early lead in the 14th minute with a weak-foot volley against his former club.

Bradley Barrett had two dangerous chances in quick succession in the 28th minute, with a low-driven effort at goal met by a diving Glavin. He then tried his luck by directly shooting from the resulting corner, only to be denied again by the Elgin stopper.

Elgin's best chances of the half came through Jack Murray, with two headers unable to trouble Tom Ritchie in the Rose goal.

Just before the end of the first half, Kerr Young headed just wide of the Elgin goal, coming close to adding to Bonnyrigg Rose’s dominant first half.

Kallum Higginbotham would start the second half strong for Bonnyrigg as he tried his luck from outside the box, just high and wide of the goal.

Mark Ferrie came close to scoring in the 51st minute, but could not add the finishing touch, with his shot just wide of the goal.

Ferrie would extend Rose’s lead in the 72nd minute with a clever chip, capitalising on a rebound from Bradley Barrett’s saved shot.

Bonnyrigg Rose showed excellent composure and discipline in the final stages of the match, demonstrating great game management.

The team defended strongly and successfully kept out a determined Elgin City side who pressed hard to get back into the game.

Elgin City (last 5 league results)

01/02/25 = Elgin City 1-0 East Fife
25/01/25 = Clyde 0-0 Elgin City
11/01/25 = Forfar 1-1 Elgin City
28/12/24 = Elgin City 2-0 Peterhead
21/12/24 = Edinburgh City 1-0 Elgin City

Bonnyrigg Rose (last 5 league results)

01/02/25 = Bonnyrigg Rose 2-1 Clyde
28/01/25 = Bonnyrigg Rose 2-1 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

Elgin City v Bonnyrigg Rose (league meetings this season)

09/11/24 = Bonnyrigg Rose 2-0 Elgin City
14/09/24 = Elgin City 2-1 Bonnyrigg Rose

Referee: Greg Soutar
AR1Andy Milne
AR2David Alexander

*Next Match v Peterhead (Home) Saturday 8th February 3pm Kick Off.