Brechin City Football Club

Glebe Park, Brechin, Angus DD9 6BJ

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Brechin City 4 Annan Athletic 2

Match Report - By John Hoey

Brechin City 4 Annan Athletic 2

Brechin City overcame a spirited Annan Athletic side by 4-2 in last night's fourth round Scottish Cup replay at Glebe Park and will now face an away tie against Falkirk in the next round.

A first-half hat-trick from Andy Jackson appeared to put City on easy street but the visitors fought back and reduced the deficit through Scott Davidson in the 67th minute. City then regained their three-goal advantage with a Colin Hamilton header only for Annan to hit back again with a David Hopkirk goal but City held on for victory and a place in the next round.

City grabbed the opener after just three minutes when a great five-man move ended with Ewan McNeil crossing into the penalty-box for Andy Jackson who powered a header beyond Alex Mitchell in the Annan goal and it was 2-0 seven minutes later when a great Kyle McAusland pass found Jackson who swiftly turned in the box before drilling a low drive into the bottom corner of the net and the tie appeared to be over as a contest just before the half-hour when Alan Trouten delivered a great ball down the line to Bobby Barr who crossed into the box for Jackson who dispatched a low shot past Mitchell to complete his hat-trick.

Annan however came out fighting after the break and Davidson reduced the deficit with a superb strike from just outside the box in the 67th minute only for Hamilton to restore City's three-goal advantage when he headed home a Jamie Masson free-kick in the 71st minute with a David Hopkirk strike from the acutes of angles four minutes later completing the scoring.

Result

9 December 2014
Carnegie Fuels Stadium at Glebe Park
Attendance: 224
Andy Jackson 3
Andy Jackson 10
Andy Jackson 27
Colin Hamilton 71
Scott Davidson 69
David Hopkirk 76

Brechin City

1 Graeme Smith
2 Ewan McNeil
3 Colin Hamilton
4 Paul McLean
5 Gerry McLauchlan
6 Gary Fusco
7 Alan Trouten
8 Kyle McAusland
9 Andy Jackson
10 Jamie Masson
11 Bobby Barr
     
12 Ryan Ferguson
14 Robert Thomson
15 Greg Cameron
16 Craig Molloy
17 Jamie McCormack
18 Darren McCormack
21 Patrick O'Neil

Substitutions:

  • On: Robert Thomson
    Off: Andy Jackson ( 67 )
     
  • On: Craig Molloy
    Off: Jamie Masson ( 85 )
     
  • On: Greg Cameron
    Off: Kyle McAusland ( 88 )
     

Annan Athletic

1 Alex Mitchell
2 Steven Black
3 Iain Chisholm
4 Martin McNiff
5 Peter Watson
6 Steven Sloan
7 Steven Swinglehurst
8 Steven Logan
9 Peter Weatherston
10 David Hopkirk
11 Josh Todd
     
12 Kieran Brannan
14 Scott Davidson
15 Ryan McStay
16 Rabin Omar
17 Matthew Flynn
18 Stuart McColm
21 Jake Gemmell

Substitutions:

  • On: Ryan McStay
    Off: Steven Swinglehurst ( 46 )
     
  • On: Stuart McColm
    Off: Steven Logan ( 46 )
     
  • On: Scott Davidson
    Off: Steven Sloan ( 66 )