| Date | Monday, 03 January 2000 |
|---|---|
| Competition | Scottish Cup |
| Fixture/Score | Forfar Athletic 0:0 Ross County |
| Venue | Station Park |
| Attendance | 1,057 |
| Referee | John Fleming |
| Comments | Match Report Report by Scott Burns for the Daily Record. Forfar Athletic 0 Ross County 0 Loss 4-2 on Penalties After Extra Time Ross County boss Neale Cooper was a disappointed and angry man as his team tumbled out of the Scottish Cup after a penalty shoot-out drama at Forfar yesterday. The Dingwall side's cup dreams were left in tatters by a fine display from Station Park goalkeeper Stuart Garden. A clearly upset Cooper said after his team's first-round replay exit: "I have told some of my players that they must pull up their socks or they won't be playing for County again. Some of the performances were totally unacceptable. Garden saved two spot kicks in the penalty shoot-out to make Loons manager Ian McPhee's cup forecast come true. The former Brechin goalkeeper was told by his boss that if the tie against County went to penalty kicks he would be the hero. Garden said: "I had volunteered to take the final kick and the manager had said that would be the one that would win us the tie. I told him that we'd win it before then so I wouldn't have the pressure of taking the last kick. "We will have a hard match when we play Peterhead in the next round." Forfar's other penalty heroes were Dougie Craig, Euan Donaldson, Ralph Brand and Andy Cargill, with Steven Ferguson and George Shaw converting for Ross. |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | Neale Cooper |
| Starting 11 | 1: Joseph (Nicky) Walker, 2: Ian Maxwell, 3: Brian Irvine, 4: Mark Duthie 1, 5: Steven MacKay 1, 6: Kenneth Gilbert, 7: Steven Ferguson 1, 8: Paul Kinnaird, 9: Derek Holmes, 10: Michael Geraghty 1, 11: George Shaw |
| Bench | 0: Craig Tully, 0: Roy McBain, 0: Garry Wood |
| Forfar Athletic | |
| Manager | Ian McPhee |
| Starting 11 | Stuart Garden, Douglas Craig, Alan Rattray, Euan Donaldson, Roberto Morris, George Johnston 1, Graeme McCheyne, Andy Cargill, Barry Robson, Steven Milne, Barry McLean 1 |
| Bench | Gary McPhee, Jamie McKellar, Ralph Brand |