Pre-season friendly
Saturday, July 15, 2023
Indodrill Stadium, Alloa

ALLOA ATHLETIC... 4
(Rankin 6, Neil 33, Deveney 35, Scougall 84)

CELTIC... 1
(Quinn 56)

Celtic FC B suffered defeat in their final pre-season friendly, as Alloa Athletic ran out 4-1 winners at the Indodrill Stadium.

After falling three goals behind in the first half, Ben Quinn was able to pull a goal back early into the second half. However, the home side rounded off the match by scoring a fourth late on.

The game got off to a disappointing start for the Hoops as the home side opened the scoring inside the first six minutes when their striker pounced on a Celtic mistake inside the box before smashing the ball past Josh Clarke.

But after conceding early in the game, the Celts started to assert themselves, forcing the Alloa goalkeeper into a number of stops. Mackenzie Carse was first to test the shot-stopper, having a series of shots on target well-saved.

The Celtic captain for the day was also unfortunate not to get on the end of a low cross into the box by Magnus Mackenzie.

Unfortunately for the Bhoys, just after the half hour mark, the hosts were able to grab a further two goals, both goals coming from crosses into the box.

The Celts did have one last chance just before the break to pull a goal back as Bruno Davidson delivered a cross from the right, but no one was able to get on the end of it.

Although the opening 45 minutes didn’t end in ideal fashion for the Hoops, they got off to a better start in the second half when Ben Quinn scored on 55 minutes, tapping the ball into an empty net after a nice build-up and some unselfish play from Bruno Davidson.

And the young Celtic side quickly went on the hunt for a second goal which almost came the way of Mackenzie Carse.

Running on to the end of Kyle Ure’s defence splitting pass, the midfielder rounded the keeper and was set to slot the ball into an empty net, but the flag went up for offside.

Minutes later, Ben Quinn almost created another opening, taking a good touch past his marker, but it was eventually well defended by the Alloa backline.

Bruno Davidson forced the Alloa shot-stopper into another good stop, whilst substitute Celtic keeper, Joe Morrison also had a few comfortable saves to make.

As the game entered the closing stages, the home side were able to grab a fourth as Stefan Scougall rounded off the scoring at the Indodrill Stadium.

The rounded off pre-season for the young Hoops, who will kick off their Lowland League campaign with a trip to face Cumbernauld Colts next weekend.

CELTIC: Clarke (Morrison 46), Osagie, Mackenzie, Agbaire, Robertson, Ure, Davidson, Turley, Quinn (Dobbie 61), Carse, Frame (Bonnar 46).
Subs: Haddow, McLean

Celtic B team lose out to Alloa Athletic in pre-season friendly