Replacement Lewis Turner was the hero as his second half goal booked Musselburgh Athetic’s place in the Dyslexia Scotland Scottish Junior Cup final.

Manager Stevie McLeish was able to call upon goalkeeper Ally Adams for Saturday’s second leg of the semi-final against Linlithgow Rose, despite his red card in the first leg, and named an unchanged starting XI from the 3-2 first-leg win, with Turner’s return on the bench for Jed Davie the only change to the Burgh squad.

Burgh got off to the perfect start as, with just seven minutes played, a long kick from keeper Adams was misjudged by Rose centre-back John Ovenstone, whose error allowed the prolific Jordyn Sheerin in on goal. He toe-poked the ball past Scott Christie to put Burgh in the driving seat and net for the 35th time this season, after a brace in the first leg.

The visitors struggled to get into the match, with Jackie Myles, eventually named man of the match, putting in a fine performance anchoring the midfield, while the Rose back four struggled to cope with Sheerin and Steven Thomson. It took the West Lothian men nearly 20 minutes to have their first shot and, when it did arrive, a speculative long-range effort was easily claimed by Adams.

In contrast, Rose goalkeeper Scott Christie was having a busy afternoon and he pushed a goalbound Beveridge drive wide of the post.

Somewhat against the run of play, the visitors felt aggrieved not to have a penalty, when Roddy MacLennan went down in the box, but referee David Munro took a different view and booked the Rose winger for diving.

The impressive Myles then went close for Burgh, as his close-range effort was pushed over by Christie, with Thomson perhaps better placed to take the shot on.

But Linlithgow started the better in the second half and got their reward within 10 minutes of the restart, as a free-kick floated into the Burgh box by Rose skipper Adam Nelson was poorly dealt with, and Mick O’Byrne was able to scramble the ball home, despite Adams’ best efforts.

That gave the travelling fans something to shout about and they hit Burgh with a second five minutes later.

The ball was played into the penalty area and referee Munro judged it had come off the arm of Burgh defender Robert Wilson and awarded the visitors a spot kick.

Tommy Coyne slammed the ball past Adams from 12 yards, meaning that on 61 minutes the aggregate score was 4-4.

But McLeish rallied his Burgh troops and they enjoyed their best spell since the resumption, with Myles and Darren Smith showing good touches in midfield, and Beveridge causing problems down the right.

And they got their reward when, on 67 minutes, another misjudged long ball, this time from skipper Brian Martin, was not dealt with by the visitors and Sheerin’s superb first touch set Burgh away.

The striker rolled in replacement Lewis Turner and he cut in from the left and slid the ball past Christie, sending Olive Bank delirious.

In search of goals, Linlithgow switched to a back three and striker Kevin Kelbie was introduced from the bench.

He and Coyne both had efforts late on, with the former’s blocked by the Burgh skipper, while the latter’s shot was well saved by the impressive Adams.

Rose piled forward in stoppage time, with goalkeeper Christie joining the attack, but they were unable to find the goal they needed and the full-time whistle sparked wild celebrations at Olive Bank.