Arbroath 3 – 2 Hibernian
Arbroath claimed their second win of the pre-season with a 3-2 win over Hibernian this evening at Gayfield.
Derek Gaston made a great debut saving a Doidge penalty kick in the 19th minute before Steven Doris made it 1-0 to Arbroath with another composed strike in the 32nd minute.
Steven Doris made it 2-0 after 48 minutes after the young Hibernian keeper tried to control the ball with his head.
Scott Allan made it 2-1 in the 58th minute with a brilliant strike from a short corner.
Greig Spence scored his second Arbroath goal in the 87th minute after he robbed the Hibernian keeper near the corner flag before calmly slotting home.
With one minute remaining a trialist striker Ryan Moon for Hibernian scored from close range from a corner kick.
It is only pre-season but it was another good performance from the Lichties
Arbroath
21 – Derek Gaston
2 – Jason Thomson (Brian 65)
3 – Colin Hamilton
34 – Robert Wilson (T)
5 – Thomas O’Brien (Little 45)
6 – Mark Whatley (c)
12 – Omar Kader (McKenzie 72)
16 – Scott Stewart (Linn 65)
9 – Steven Doris (Spence 58)
10 – Gavin Swankie (Donnelly 58)
32 – James Murphy (T) (Gold 65)
Substitutes
33 – Jamie McKenzie (T) – 7; 72nd
13 – Greig Spence – 9; 58th
15 – Luke Donnelly – 10; 58th
35 – Ciaran Brian (T) – 2; 65th
4 – Ricky Little – 5; 45th
7 – David Gold – 32; 65th
11 – Bobby Linn – 16; 65th
1 – Darren Jamieson (GK)
Goals – Doris 32, 48, Spence 87
Hibernian
1 – Patrick Martin
2 – David Gray (Whittaker 45)
18 – Adam Jackson (Newell 45)
4 – Paul Hanlon (Sadiki 66)
43 – Sean Mackie (Mallan 45)
42 – Ben Stirling (James 45)
45 – Josh Campbell (Kamberi 45)
33 – Fraser Murray (Allan 45)
10 – Martin Boyle (McGregor 45)
9 – Christian Doidge (Trialist 45)
7 – Daryl Horgan (Shaw 45)
Substitutes
31 – Maciej Dabrowski (GK)
3 – Steven Whittaker – 2; 45th
11 – Joe Newell – 18; 45th
14 – Stevie Mallan – 43; 45th
17 – Tom James – 42; 45th
22 – Flo Kamberi – 45; 45th
23 – Scott Allan – 33; 45th
24 – Darren McGregor – 10; 45th
25 – Ryan Moon (T) – 9; 45th
32 – Oli Shaw – 7; 45th
44 – Kosovar Sadiki – 4; 66th
Goals – Allan 58, Trialist 89
Referee – Mike Roncone
Assistant Referee 1 – Stuart Stevenson
Assistant Referee 2 – Greg Soutar
Attendance; 1036
