A depleted EKYM team travelled to league champions Bannockburn on Saturday and dominated the opening 20 minutes but were to rue missing two gilt edge chances through Simon Hill and Martin Ross.

YM were dealt a massive blow when captain and sweeper David Wade had to be taken off with a hamstring pull. Within 2 minutes Bannockburn took the lead, when a good move down the right led to a deflected finish from the centre. Five minutes later and it was 2-0 from a highly controversial incident.  Alan Paterson managed to intercept a move by getting a outstretched leg to the ball which keeper Keegan picked up.  To everyone's surprise and shock the referee awarded an indirect free kick from which Bannockburn doubled their advantage.

This was a hammer blow to YM and in fairness YM's keeper Keegan kept them in the game until half time with 3 great saves. Within 20 mins of the 2nd half, a rejuvinated YM drew level due to 2 pieces of opportunism from Simon Hill. YM were well on top and McDonald and Keddie were causing all sorts of problems with the defence looking solid under McCulloch's influence and control.

But as so often happens they shot themselves in the foot, a string of mistakes led to Bannockburn taking the lead with Keegan and McCulloch having a calamity! Bannockburn took a lift from this and then went on to score two late strikes. Overall for much part of this game YM were more than a match for their opponents. Hopefully they can cut out the silly mistakes that cost them dearly in the league opener.