Arbroath 1 – 1 Cowdenbeath (4-3 Arbroath on penalties)
Arbroath secured the extra bonus point this evening against a very well-organised and quick Cowdenbeath side.
After a goalless first half, David Gold was fouled by Cowdenbeath keeper Craig Hepburn who was booked for the challenge, which allowed Michael McKenna to score from the spot in the 51st minute.
However Cowdenbeath equalised 10 minutes later from Jamie Docherty who found the net after Ewan MacPherson cross.
Arbroath just couldn’t score and were lucky as Aiden McLaughlin should have found the net for the visitors.
Aiden McLaughlin however was soon shown a red card for a bad tackle on Aaron Steele, and in the final seconds Leighton McIntosh was running through on goal but was taken out by Jack Duncan who was shown a second yellow card and sent off, leaving Cowdenbeath down to 9 men.
As the game ended 1-1 it went to a penalty shoot-out and to be fair, it wasn’t the best penalty shoot-out you will ever see.
Cowdenbeath – Scott Walker – Hit the Post – 0
Arbroath – Michael McKenna – Scored – 1
Cowdenbeath – Josh Jack – Scored – 01
Arbroath – Mark Stowe – Scored – 11
Cowdenbeath – Robbie McNab – Hit the bar 010
Arbroath – Leighton McIntosh – Saved – 110
Cowdenbeath – Ewan MacPherson – Miss – 0100
Arbroath – Kenan Dünnwald-Turan – Saved – 1100
Cowdenbeath – Callum Murray – Scored – 01001
Arbroath – Craig Slater – Saved – 11000
Cowdenbeath – Zac Butterworth – Scored – 010011
Arbroath – Aaron Steel – Scored – 110001
Cowdenbeath – Jack Tait – Miss – 0100110
Arbroath – Thomas O’Brien – Scored – 1100011
Attendance: 1010
Arbroath
1 – Derek Gaston
2 – Aaron Steele
12 – Scott Stewart
4 – Ricky Little
5 – Thomas O’Brien (c)
7 – David Gold (Stowe 66)
8 – Michael McKenna
23 – Scott Allan (Slater 66)
62 – Kenan Dünnwald-Turan
27 – Jay Bird (McIntosh 66)
11 – Ryan Dow (Balde 71)
Arbroath Substitutes
6 – Craig Slater – 23; 66th
9 – Leighton McIntosh – 27; 66th
10 – Keaghan Jacobs
14 – Mark Stowe – 7; 66th
25 – João Baldé – 11; 71st
21 – Ali Adams (GK)
Goal – McKenna 51 pen
Yellow Cards – Tuan 45+1
Cowdenbeath
1 – Craig Hepburn
2 – Scott Walker
3 – Andrew Rodden (Butterworth 79)
4 – Jack Duncan
5 – Douglas Hill (Jordan 59)
6 – Robbie McNab (c)
7 – Aiden McLaughlin
8 – Lucas Berry (Tait 79)
9 – Ewan MacPherson
10 – Ciaren Chalmers (Jack 59)
11 – Jamie Docherty (Murray 90+1)
Substitutes
12 – Callum Murray – 11; 90+1
14 – Andrew Black
15 – Jack Tait – 8; 79th
16 – Zac Butterworth – 3; 79th
18 – Josh Jack – 10; 59th
19 – Gregor Jordan – 5; 59th
20 – Kevin Smith
17 – Josh Blair (GK)
Goal – Docherty 61
Yellow Cards – Duncan 21, Hepburn 50, Rodden 77
Red Cards – McLaughlin 80, Duncan 90+1
Referee – Scott Lambie
Assistant Referee 1- Alastair Mather
Assistant Referee 2 – Michael MacDermid
