Hawick Royal Albert 2

Edusport Academy 3

David Knox

at Albert Park

HAWICK gaffer Craig Tully was feeling left out in the cold on Saturday as his team conceded an injury time goal amidst blizzards and Siberian winds.

It had been a freezing afternoon of ups and downs for the beleaguered boss of the Lowland League's basement side.

As well as Edusport being awarded a controversial goal, Tully also saw his star striker red-carded for the protests.

And to round it off his team conceded deep in injury time for the loss.

Craig told us: “When you are down at the bottom these things seem to happen all too often.

“That was a game we could easily have taken something from but we continue to make the same mistakes week after week which is costing us.

“We need to learn from where we go wrong – I thought we gave the ball away far too easily today.”

It had all started so well for Hawick with centre-half Stuart MacFarlane curling the ball into the far corner of the net in the fourth minute.

While Edusport, with several Premier League loanees in their ranks, did enjoy plenty possession they failed to force a save out of Craig Saunders during a disjointed and blizzard-struck first half.

The snow relented after the interval, and the visitors took full advantage.

Thomas Garnier’s 49th minute cross-come-shot managed to slip through the hands of Saunders and into the net.

Shaun Spence had an opportunity to level 10 minutes later but he volleyed a foot wide from inside the area.

Edusport controversially edged in front a few minutes later after Alex Abidie’s low shot was adjudged to have fully crossed the line before Jon Tully cleared.

And just a couple of minutes later Danny McFadden picked up his second yellow for comments made to the referee, who had overturned his assistant to give the goal.

The Albert rallied well with 10 men and deservedly equalised in the 72nd minute.

Tully won a back post header from a corner for David McGaughie to poke the ball into the path of Ed Savickas to score from close range.

If anything Hawick finished the strongest with substitute Samid Akinpelu making several surging runs into the area.

But in the 92nd minute a deep cross into the home box was only cleared as far as Sofiane Zeghdane, who finished well with a powerful shot to the corner.

Hawick RA: C Saunders, A Simpson (M Johnston 53), S Spence, E Savickas, J Tully, S McFarlane, L Erhard, D Grant, D McFadden, D McGaughie (S Akinpelu 72) & U Koroma (C O’Brien 72).