King brings Cowdenbeath’s unbeaten run to an end

The Blue Brazil ventured to Glebe Park having recorded five recent wins, but they were brought back down to earth as Brechin won 1-0.

Midfielder Charlie King was the match-winner nine minutes into the second half when he picked up a pass from Gary Fusco and ignored appeals for offside to shoot home and make manager Jim Weir a happy man.

Weir said: “This league is extremely tough and, hopefully, this win will be the start of a run that can see us move up the table. I feel it was a deserved success and it sets us up nicely for our derby with Forfar next weekend.”

Visiting manager Colin Cameron said: “Brechin were in a false position in the table, and I knew that this would be a really tough game. Unfortunately, we simply did not play well enough to take anything.”

Arbroath drew level on points with the Blue Brazil by defeating visitors Stenhousemuir 1-0 at Gayfield thanks to a late penalty from Steven Doris.

It looked like neither side would break the deadlock as chances went unconverted. However, goalkeeper Chris McCluskey hauled Doris down as they chased a Josh Falkingham pass six minutes from time, and the Red Lichties were awarded a spot kick.

After McCluskey had been red-carded and replaced by Alastair Brown, Doris drilled the ball home.

East Fife struck twice in the last ten minutes through Craig Johnstone and Bobby Linn to secure a 3-1 win at Airdrie United.

Diamond Jamie Stevenson had a penalty saved by Mark Ridgers before Ryan Wallace gave the visitors a first-half lead. Ryan Donnelly restored parity with 19 minutes left. However, the dismissal of the home side’s Paul Lovering 10 minutes later for a poor challenge on Bobby Linn turned the game in the Fifers’ favour.

From the resultant free-kick, substitute Stevie Hislop set up Johnstone to net, and Linn added a fine solo goal to seal the win.

Dumbarton’s Scott Agnew crashed the ball home from 20 yards with seven minutes left to defeat hosts Stirling Albion 1-0 and continue his side’s move up the table. However, Forfar are travelling in the opposite direction after going down 2-0 to visitors Albion Rovers.

Robert Love struck in first-half injury time and then added a second 13 minutes into the second half to make it two wins out of two for the bottom side.