Arbroath 2 – 1 Elgin City
A goal deep in injury time by Steven Doris got the Lichties off to a perfect start in the Betfred Cup yesterday at Gayfield.
Shane Sutherland gave Elgin City the lead in the 29th minute the first half but Omar Kader equalised for the Lichties in the 44th minute of the first half after Bobby Linn curled in a cross.
Bobby Linn was denied giving Arbroath the lead in first half injury time after a fantastic save by Tom McHale who saved Linn’s 20 yard free kick.
Both sides had chances a plenty in the second half but as the game went on Arbroath’s Ricky Little suffered a bloody nose with Elgin City’s Darryl McHardy suffering with a suspected dislocated wrist.
As the game ran deep into injury time and a penalty shoot out looking like a cross from Omar Kader found Steven Doris who hit the ball into the net to give Arbroath the perfect start.
Arbroath
1 – Darren Jamieson
2 – Jason Thomson
3 – Colin Hamilton
4 – Ricky Little
5 – Thomas O’Brien
6 – Mark Whatley (c) (Gold 70)
12 – Omar Kader
9 – Steven Doris
14 – Greig Spence (McKenna 70)
10 – Gavin swankie
11 – Bobby Linn
Substitutes
7 – David Gold – 6; 70th
8 – Michael McKenna – 14; 70th
16 – Scott Stewart
17 – Robert Wilson
21 – Derek Gaston (GK)
Yellow Cards – Whatley 36, O’Brien 57
Goals – Kader 44, Doris 90+2
Elgin City
1 – Tom McHale
2 – David Wilson
3 – Euan Spark
4 – Andrew McDonald
5 – Stephen Bronsky
6 – Russell Dingwall
7 – Matthew Cooper
8 – Robin Omar
9 – Kane Hester (Willis 88)
10 – Shane Sutherland
11 – Darryl McHardy (c) (MacEwan 79)
Substitutes
12 – Aidan Sopel
14 – James McGowan
15 – Lee Scott
16 – Kyle Willis – 9; 88th
17 – Rory MacEwan – 11; 79th
18 – Ashley Ballam
21 – Steven Dunn (GK)
Yellow Card – Omar 27
Goal – Sutherland 29
Attendance; 485
Referee – Graham Beaton
Assistant Referee 1 – Graeme Leslie
Assistant Referee 2 – Terry Ormiston
