Bo’ness made a poor start to the New Year losing out to Hill of Beath in the Super League basement battle.

There was little between the teams until 32 minutes when the home side took the lead. Conrad Courts cut along the bye line and in the melee that followed Kevin Donnelly tried to clear but it hit off a fellow defender and though BU keeper Jon Connelly caught the ball the officials decided it had crossed the goal line. Connelly was not happy about the decision and was booked for pressing his point.

At the start of the second half Bo’ness took the game to Hill of Beath but they were unable to get the all important goal. However Hill of Beath did score a second goal when Conrad Courts forced his way down the left to shoot home at the near post.

With ten minutes remaining Courts blotted his copy book when he was booked for a second time and was sent packing by the referee.

Despite some late efforts on the Hill of Beath goal Bo’ness were unable to reach the heights of last Saturday and the defeat represents a severe dent to their hopes of escaping relegation.