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ROSS COUNTY 2; Clyde 0 |
Ross County stemmed a four-game losing streak when they ovecame a game Clyde side by 2-0. A strong 2,860 crowd were present to see County return to winning ways.
Paul Kinnaird opened the scoring on the half hour when he curled a free kick around the visitors' defensive wall and into the top corner of the goal.
In the second half John Fraser made a name for himself when he put County two goals ahead after 66 minutes. A couple of minutes later he was off the field being dismissed for a second bookable offence.
Clyde's best effort in the match came late in the second half when McCusker hit the crossbar and saw his shot on the rebound blocked and cleared.
Ross County: Walker; Canning, McBain, Maxwell, Irvine, Fraser, Shaw, Escalon (Nicol, 86), Wood, Finlayson (Ross, 45) and Kinnaird (McKay, D, 70).
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Clyde 3; ROSS COUNTY 1 |
Ross County literally paid the penalty at Broadwood when they lost 1-3. Gary Wood gave County the lead miway through the first half but two penalties by Carrigan set County back on their heels.
To make matters worse, Craig Tully was dismissed for "violent conduct" and with him went County's chances of salvaging anything from the game.
Clyde wrapped thing up in the 71st minute when McLaughlin scored their third.
Ross County: Walker; Tully, Maxwell, Irvine, Duthie, McKay, Ross (McBain, 63), Lennon (Finlayson, 78), Shaw, Holmes and Wood. Unused Sub: Kinnaird.
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ROSS COUNTY 2; Clyde 2 |
Ross County put up a battling display to claim a point against Second Division leaders Clyde in a thrilling match at Victoria Park, Dingwall, last night.
Clyde, who have now stretched their unbeaten run to 14 games, looked to have secured all three points when Mark McGraw scored in 84 minutes to give them a 2-1 lead but, two minutes later, County's George Shaw equalised from the penalty spot.
Clyde duo McGraw and Darren Murray were sent off for disputing the award.
County had the best of the early exchanges and it took a brave save from Clyde keeper Wylie at the feet of Kenny Gilbert to deny the homesters the opener.
Indecision in the County ranks between Nicky Walker and Ian Maxwell resulted in the home keeper having to make a desperate dive at Brian Carrigan's feet to avert a certain goal.
In the 25th minute Carrigan rifled in a free kick from 35 yards and Walker was relieved to see the effort land on the roof of the net.
It took a brilliant save by Wylie in 30 minutes to stop a Steve Ferguson 15-yarder.
Steve Ferguson missed a gilt-edged chance to open the scoring for Ross County when he miskicked with the goal gaping and Wylie gathered easily.
Ross County opened the scoring in 56 minutes when Wylie could only parry Craig Feroz's 25-yard angular drive and Steve Ferguson had the simplest of tasks to slide the ball home from six yards.
Clyde equalised 10 minutes later when McCusker's hanging cross was dropped by the under-pressure Walker and Pat Keogh was on hand to ram the ball home from close range.
Walker redeemed himself when he got down well to block another fierce effort from Carrigan.
The County defence was again at fault for Clyde's second goal in 84 minutes failing to clear the lines and McGraw pounced to fire the ball home from six yards.
The game erupted two minutes later when Ross sub Roy McBain was brought down in the box and referee Elmslie pointed to the spot. Clyde scorer McGraw disputed the decision and was shown the red card and, seconds later, teammate Murray continued to protest and was shown his second yellow card and, as a result, headed for an early bath.
Amidst all the confusion Shaw kept his cool and stepped up to hammer the penalty kick past Wylie for the equaliser.
Ross County: Walker; Escalon (McBain 45), Duthie, Maxwell, Irvine, Gilbert, Shaw, Fraser, S. Ferguson, D. Ferguson (Holmes 58), Feroz.
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Clyde 0; ROSS COUNTY 0 |
Ross County left Broadwood happy to have earned a point against the impressive league leaders.
The visitors owed much to their central defensive partnership of Brian Irvine and Ian Maxwell as well as the gritty presence of Kenny Gilbert. Perhaps the hero on the night was rookie goalkeeper Gary Hamilton as at least one of his saves was responsible for winning a valuable point.
The first opportunity of the match fell to Clyde's Carrigan when he latched on to a cross by Ross but the Scotland Under-21 player fired directly into the arms of Hamilton.
Clyde's frustration was clearly growing as County's defence soaked up the pressure. For their part, County were offering little in attack and it was not until the closing minutes of the first half when they created a chance for Steve Ferguson but his finish was weak.
Three minutes into the second half Hamilton prevented a certain goal when he managed to turn a powerful header from McLaughlin past the post.
Steve Ferguson, on goal-scoring form in recent matches, blew a good chance in the 54th minute when he fired high over the bar after a careless pice of handling by Wylie in the Clyde goal.
John McLay almost broke the deadlock when he spotted Hamilton slightly off his line and sent in a clever lob which had the 'keeper back-peddling to recover and tip the ball over the bar.
It was an inelegant performance from County but at the end of the day a valuable point earned.
Ross County: Hamilton; Canning (McBain, 42), Duthie, Maxwell, Irvine, Gilbert, Shaw, D McKay (Tully, 78), S Ferguson, Holmes and Feroz (Kinnaird, 64).
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