Brechin City Football Club

Glebe Park, Brechin, Angus DD9 6BJ

Tel : 01356 623344
Email : secretary@brechincityfc.com
www.brechincity.com

Brechin City 1 Ross County 2

Match Report - By Steven Mew

City’s winning run came to an end on Tuesday night but they were always up against it when they faced runaway league leaders Ross County.

The match had all the ingredients of a cracker, with City winning their last 5 matches and County recording an impressive 9 wins on the trot prior to the game.

Brechin got off to the worst possible start when they conceded a goal after only 50 seconds. A high through ball from Dene Shields bounced over the heads of the City defence and County striker Sean Higgins took full advantage, striking a rasping volley past Nelson and into the net.

City fought back well however and started putting the County defence under some pressure. On-loan striker Michael Paton was proving to be a real thorn in the flesh and he just failed to connect with a Willie Dyer cross before he volleyed over from a Charlie King cross.

The pressure paid off in the 34th minute when a Kevin Byers corner was headed down by Scott Walker, bounced off the pitch and struck high on the post for Paton to force the rebound over the line.

County came out with all guns blazing in the second half and Nelson did well to palm away a 25 yard strike from Andy Barrowman.

The County striker continued to trouble the City defence and it was his cross on the edge of the 6 yard box which had Willie Dyer in a tangle before Sean Higgins slotted the ball past Nelson from close range.

City plugged away with Kevin Byers looking most likely to test keeper Allan Creer, but it was not City’s night.

Charlie King was upended just outside the County penalty area and he smacked his free kick against the defensive wall.

In the 65th minute Creer made a match-winning save to keep out a Darren Smith volley and in the dying second Iain Diack broke clear only to shoot weakly and give the keeper a comfortable save.

Overall, City probably deserved a point but they didn’t test the County goalkeeper enough. Next up for City is a home match against fellow play-off chasers Alloa Athletic at Glebe Park on Saturday. Kick off is 3:00pm.

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Result

26 February 2008
Carnegie Fuels Stadium at Glebe Park
Attendance: 561
Michael Paton 34
Sean Higgins 1
Sean Higgins 50

Brechin City

1 Craig Nelson
2 David Murie
3 Willie Dyer
4 Scott Walker
5 David White
6 Neil Janczyk
7 Kevin Byers
8 Michael Paton
9 Iain Diack
10 Charlie King
11 Darren Smith
     
12 Chris McLuskey
14 Adam Nelson
15 Calum Smith
16 Richard Walker
17 Nicky Walker

Substitutions:

  • On: Richard Walker
    Off: David Murie ( 65 )
     
  • On: Calum Smith
    Off: Neil Janczyk ( 79 )
     
  • On: Nicky Walker
    Off: Willie Dyer ( 88 )
     

Ross County

1 Allan Creer
2 Gary Miller
3 Stuart Golabek
4 Andy Dowie
5 Alex Keddie
6 Paul Lawson
7 Martin Scott
8 Sean Higgins
9 Dene Shields
10 Andy Barrowman
11 Scott Boyd
     
12 Joe Malin
14 Adam Strachan
15 Michael Gardyne
16 Daniel Moore
17 Craig Gunn

Substitutions:

  • On: Michael Gardyne
    Off: Sean Higgins ( 77 )
     
  • On: Adam Strachan
    Off: Martin Scott ( 77 )
     
  • On: Craig Gunn
    Off: Dene Shields ( 89 )