Third division round-up

Published on Saturday 11 April 2009 19:57

Cowdenbeath 0 Albion Rovers 0

THERE was little in the way of goalmouth excitement until the 26th minute when Cowdenbeath's Jay Stein saw an angled volley brilliantly tipped behind by Rovers goalkeeper Jamie Ewings.

Albion finished the first half in the ascendancy, with Ian Harty, Steven McKeown and Ciaran Donnelly all denied by David Hay.

The best chance of the second half fell to Cowdenbeath's John Gemmell who shot wide after an hour.

Dumbarton 2

Berwick Rangers 0

DUMBARTON moved to within a point of league leaders Cowdenbeath after a comfortable win against 10-man Berwick.

It took only 15 minutes for the Sons to open the scoring as Motherwell loanee Ross Forbes thundered home a 20-yard free-kick.

John Dillon was sent off for a horror tackle on Derek Carcary and the hosts sealed the victory in the 64th minute when the unmarked Pat Boyle headed home from close range.

East Stirling 1

Annan Athletic 1

EAST Stirling and Annan shared the spoils in a surprisingly dreary 1-1 draw at a sunny Ochilview.

The visitors made the perfect start when, after 18 minutes, Lee Hoolickin's netbound header was cleared by Kevin Neilson only for Annan's Phil Storey to ruthlessly slam home the rebound.

However, Athletic's lead lasted a mere seven minutes as East Stirling's Andy Rodgers equalised in impressive style, drilling the ball low into the net.

Elgin City 1

Forfar 4

FORFAR eased past bottom club Elgin at Borough Briggs to keep alive their play-off hopes.

The unfortunate Paul Kaczan deflected a Johnny Russell shot into his own net in the 11th minute.

Stephen Tulloch headed home a second for the Loons in the 26th minute to make Forfar comfortable.

Ross Campbell made it 3-0 with eight minutes to go, before setting up Russell to get a simple fourth. Darren Shallicker netted a late consolation for Elgin.

Montrose 5

Stenhousemuir 3

MONTROSE took the points in a goal-fest at Links Park.

Player-boss Steven Tweed gave the home side an early lead, and it was doubled inside 15 minutes as Craig O'Reilly smashed home.

Stenhousemuir got one back in 57 minutes through Robert Love, only for O'Reilly to restore the cushion in 71. With 10 minutes left Roddy Hunter grabbed a quick brace to make it 5-1, before John Ovenstone and Love again grabbed two consolations.