Straight back to work on the night shift for goal hero

It was straight back down to earth for Broxburn Athletic’s Craig Scott after the midfield maestro revealed he was due on the night shift hours after firing the Brox into the Scottish Cup third round.

Scott netted a memorable second goal during his side’s 3-0 win over Cowdenbeath in front of a packed Albyn Park as he struck from 25 yards out to set Brian McNaughton’s men on the way to a famous victory.

Zander Miller had earlier put the East of Scotland Premier Division side in front just before the break from the penalty spot – only to miss a second just after the hour mark.

But Scott’s long-range effort was then added to by Conor Kelly as Athletic made light work of their SPFL League Two visitors.

But there was no time to celebrate for midfielder Scott – an instrument technician at ICI Grangemouth.

He said:“I was night shift last night and got home at 7am and I’m night shift again so I need to get to my work straight from here. Hopefully it’s a quiet one.

“It wasn’t ideal preparation. I got maybe four hours’sleep before the game but I’m used to it.

“To be fair, the shot was kind of straight down the middle. There was nothing else on so I thought I’d put my foot through it and it’s gone in.”

He says that the mood in the camp was positive heading into the clash, despite the hosts entertaining a side two divisions above them.

He commented:“We fancy ourselves here against anybody. Honestly, not one person in our dressing room thought we were going to lose and I think that makes a huge difference. All the pressure was on Cowdenbeath, really, and it’s obviously not a great result for them but I’m delighted we got through.”

While taking a moment to bask in the glory of creating his own special Scottish Cup memory, Scott said he believes it proves the club’s decision to move into the senior ranks last year was the correct one – and feels that the gap between League Two and the East of Scotland is minimal with fellow EoS outfit Penicuik Athletic getting the better of Stenhousemuir.

He added:“It’s a massive event for the club and hopefully the crowds pick up every week now. It shows it was the correct decision to go senior and, to be honest, I think it was a hard one for the club to make.

“There’s a lot of people at the club who have put plenty of years into it and it wouldn’t have been an easy thing to make that decision but I think we’ve now proved it was the right move.

“Personally, I don’t think there’s really that big a gap between teams like ourselves and League Two and we’ve shown that along with Penicuik.

“Over the next few years you will see the pyramid working and see a lot of teams really progress.”