East of Scotland League: Inverkeithing, Oakley and Rosyth in action

SWIFTS boss Jason McCrindle described his team's performance as "Jekyll and Hyde" after Dundonald Bluebell inflicted a second successive defeat.

The hosts, beaten by Hill of Beath Hawthorn in their previous outing, found themselves four goals behind at the interval as ex-Dunfermline and Kelty Hearts midfielder Stephen Husband's side ran out convincing winners.

Lewis McKenzie nodded the visitors ahead after 15 minutes before three goals in quick succession took the match away from Inverkeithing.

Jordan Orru's double, and a Ross Drummond effort, in seven minutes towards the end of the opening period left the home side staring defeat in the face at the interval.

To their credit, the home team - after Drummond bagged his second five minutes into the second half - rallied and, despite playing the last 20 minutes with just 10 men, due to an injury after they had used all their substitutes, Ryan Cowie and Liam Kelly found the net.

There was still time for Swifts keeper, Michael Gibb, to save a spot-kick, but McCrindle bemoaned his side's slow start to proceedings.

"It was a bit of a jekyll and hyde performance," he said.

"It was a combination of Dundonald Bluebell being good in the first half, and us being really, really poor. It's not a good mix.

"They raced into a 4-0 lead at half-time. I didn't see it coming, considering how we'd trained through the week, and we'd spoken about how we wanted to set up and play against them. We didn't get near them.

"When we lost the first goal, it affected us, and we lost another three quite quickly. Once we lost the second, we lost our discipline and our shape, and we were severely punished.

"In the second half I thought we were really good. We came out, changed the shape and one or two personnel. That's not to say they were to blame; it was just a couple of changes we made.

"Looking at the second half performance, it shows we're capable of that, but it's just that level of inconsistency."

Ahead of that match, Swifts completed deals to bring in ex-Heriot-Watt University keeper, Kamil Szczesnowicz, and Stirling Albion centre back, Conor Scott, until the end of the season.

Oakley United 1 Newtongrange Star 3, East of Scotland League, First Division

OAKLEY UNITED boss Peter Goldie was left to rue another frustrating afternoon and admitted the concession of "silly goals" is hurting them.

First Division pacesetters Newtongrange Star were the visitors to Blairwood Park on Saturday on the back of a six-game winning run in the league, whilst the second bottom O's were still searching for their first home success of the campaign.

After a keenly-contested opening period, Newtongrange made the breakthrough in first half stoppage time through Chris Robertson, and he doubled their advantage two minutes after the restart.

Sean Guiney added a third with 18 minutes to go, before Tommy Simpson pulled one back late on for Oakley, who are seven points from safety.

"Saturday was another frustrating day for us. We played well for the majority of the game against the league leaders, however, we continue to concede silly goals at crucial times," Goldie said.

"We concede the first goal in first half stoppage time, and the second goal two minutes into the second half.

"Basic defending is killing us just now and it's something we need to rectify quickly."

Rosyth 2 Preston Athletic 2, East of Scotland League, First Division

ROSYTH boss Stevie Crawford said he was "delighted" to take a point as his 10-man side twice fought back against Preston Athletic.

The hosts, who handed a debut to Kian Morris, following his arrival on loan from Alloa Athletic, fell behind in the 17th minute when Jay Murray capitalised on a ball over their defence to score from 12 yards out.

Zak Mooney struck the post for Rosyth, with Jay Tapping putting the rebound over, but they did equalise after the break through Ciaran Healy's fine header from Mati Zata's free-kick.

However, little more than a minute later, the hosts found themselves behind again when Cami Laidlaw sidefooted a cross from the left home from six yards, and then found themselves down to 10 men five minutes after that when Mikey Ness was given a second yellow.

However, Crawford's team rallied and, after being felled inside the penalty box, Healy tucked home the resultant spot-kick to earn a share of the spoils, although Marc Sludden had a chance for a sensational winner in the final seconds.

Finding himself one on one with the Preston goalkeeper, but with Healy and Mooney running beyond the defence in support, he chose to shoot instead of trying to find a team-mate, which ended in his effort being comfortably saved.

"I was delighted in the end to take a point from the game," Crawford said.

"Our second half performance merited that we took something. A draw was a fair reflection, where both teams failed to create chances to test the goalkeepers.

"We lost two preventable goals. The boys reaction after going down to 10 men was great. We went 4-2-3 and had a go for the final 20 minutes, and were rewarded when Callum Strang, Zak Mooney and Ciaran Healy combined down the left before Ciaran made his way into the box and was brought down after beating his man with a great bit of skill.

"Ciaran picked himself up and buried the penalty to earn us a point."

Meanwhile, Crossgates Primrose's home Premier Division match with Musselburgh Athletic was postponed.

Friday's fixture: East of Scotland League, First Division - Leith Athletic v Rosyth (8pm). Saturday's fixtures: East of Scotland League, Premier Division - Crossgates Primrose v Glenrothes (2pm). King Cup, first round - Oakley United v Hawick Royal Albert (1.30pm).