East Stirlingshire 0 - 1 Queen's Park: On-song Spiders step up promotion push

Published on Wednesday 16 February 2011 20:05

Queen's Park emerged from the mist at Ochilview last night to win for the fifth time in six games thanks to Michael Daly's second-half goal and the promotion chasing sides in the Third Division may just now be wary of a previously unseen challenge from the Glasgow side, who finished the game with ten men.

The game kicked off with the fans housed in Main Stand hoping that the match would be fought out on the touchline closest to them as fog engulfed the ground. They got their wish early as Martin McBride floated in a corner from the Queen's Park left that found the head of Paul Gallacher, however the ball soared over the bar.

There was little else worth viewing until a sustained period of visiting pressure resulted in Paul McGinn firing in a cross that became a shot and Michael Andrews was nearly deceived as the ball just cleared the far post

Right on half time a McBride corner reached Darryl Meggat and his header looked goalbound until Andrews produced a fine diving save.

Thirty seconds into the second half Queen's went in front when Daly robbed Craig Tully on the right and crossed low into the box. The ball eluded everyone until McBride retrieved the ball on the left-hand side of the box and the stand-in visiting captain crossed for Daly to head home from eight yards out. The visitors had appeals for a penalty waved away in 72 minutes when Craig Tully looked to block David Anderson and the amateurs were forced to endure a nervy finale after Meggat was sent off for a second bookable offence eight minutes from time.

East Stirling: Andrews, Donaldson, Hay, Tully, Richardson, Kelly, Weaver, Neil, Johnston, Maguire, Dunn. Subs: Sorley, Derek Ure, Team, Wilkie, Beveridge.

Queen's Park: Strain, McGinn, Gallagher, Millen, Meggatt, McBride, Capuano, Anderson, Murray, Watt, Daly. Subs: Hamilton, Lauchlan, Harkins, Longworth, Eagleshan.