Ross County Database

DateSaturday, 06 October 2007
CompetitionScottish League Division 2
Fixture/ScoreRoss County 2:1 Brechin City
VenueVictoria Park
RefereeAlan Freeland
Ross County
ManagerDerek Adams
Starting 111: Anthony (Tony) Bullock, 2: Alexander Keddie 1, 3: Iain Campbell, 4: Scott Boyd, 5: Martin Scott, 6: Daniel Moore, 7: Mark McCulloch, 8: Paul Lawson, 9: Andrew Barrowman, 10: Stewart Petrie 1, 11: Derek Adams
Bench0: Joseph Malin, 0: Andrew Dowie, 0: Iain Anderson, 0: Dene Shields 1, 0: Sean Higgins
Brechin City
ManagerMichael O'Neill
Starting 11Craig Nelson, Chris Hughes, William Dyer, David White, Scott Walker, Stuart Callaghan, Charlie King, Richard Walker, Darren Gribben 1 1, Chris Geddes, Darren Smith
BenchChris McCluskey, David Murie, Calum Smith, Martin Johnson, Neil Janczyk
Attendance2,002
Match ReportRoss County Goal Scorers:
Stewart Petrie (50') Dene Shields (67')

Ross County Substitutions:
Dene Shields for Andrew Barrowman (64') Stuart Anderson for Martin Scott (69') Sean Higgins for Stewart Petrie (82')

Ross County Caution:
Alexander Keddie (48')

Brechin City Goal Scorer:
Darren Gribben (66')

Brechin City Substitutions:
Martin Johnson for Chris Geddes (58') Neil Janczyk for Richard Walker (69') Calum Smith for Stuart Callaghan (82')

Brechin City Caution:
Darren Gribben (71')

Report from the BBC.

Ross County 2 Brechin City 1

Substitute Dene Shields hit the winner to sink Brechin City and keep managerless Ross County top of the Second Division table.
City had the better of the early exchanges, but Stewart Petrie forced home the opener for County after a Derek Adams corner after 50 minutes.
Darren Gribben pounced on a deflected Darren Smith shot to equalise for Brechin after 66 minutes.
But Shields sent a powerful header into the net a minute later.