Stenhousemuir 2,
Forfar Athletic 3
IAN Heddle hit a late double at Ochilview to take Forfar through to a
third round tie against his old club, St Johnstone.
Stenhousemuir were first to threaten when a Lytwyn drive was well held
by keeper Thomson. 'Muir were looking dangerous, and after 15 minutes,
they should have been a goal up when a Mathieson shot came back off a
post and was cleared by a defender.
At the start of the second half, McLafferty took the place of
Clouston, and after 67 minutes, Stenhousemuir took the lead when Lytwyn
headed home from a corner kick. Straight from the restart Forfar
equalised when McIntyre shot home from 20 yards.
Stenhousemuir again took the lead after 79 minutes when McLafferty was
upended in the box by Heddle, and the kick was converted by Hallford.
Three minutes later, Forfar were back on level terms when Heddle shot
home. And two minutes from time, Forfar went into the lead for the first
time. Heddle again was the scorer.
East Stirlingshire 3,
Vale of Leithen 2
(after extra time)
EAST STIRLINGSHIRE began brightly and looked as if they would run Vale
of Leithen off the park. However a goal almost came at the other end,
and 'Shire's Steve Barclay had to look sharp to clear an Eliot Gray
header off the line.
The let-off spurred 'Shire to greater efforts and the Vale defence
made a terrible mess of dealing with a cross ball and big Paul Roberts
forced his way between markers to head home.
'Shire eventually paid the penalty for dilly-dallying when Vale
equalised with a powerful header from George Hogarth.
The home team produced their best football of the night to go in front
again within two minutes. Brian Kemp fed Des Walker who picked out Mike
Geraghty inside the box and he side-footed the ball into the net.
Vale fought back to run the 'Shire ragged before Gavin Selkirk
equalised.
Paul Roberts spared his team a penalty shoot-out by heading the winner
with four minutes left in extra-time.
Arbroath 2, Gala Fairydean 0
ARBROATH finally earned a place in the third round of the Scottish
Cup, and now go on to meet Morton after having defeated plucky Gala
Fairydean at the third time of asking.
The teams drew 1-1 in the first match, and then Arbroath saw a three
goal lead wiped out last week when the match was abandoned at the
interval. But last night Gala, had no answer to the striking power of
the second division side.
The first half was close, but neither keeper was troubled.
But three minutes after the break Arbroath opened the scoring through
Kenny Macdonald. After 59 minutes, Arbroath sealed the game. This time
Macdonald was the provider for Kevin Tindal to score.
Alloa Athletic 1, East Fife 1
(after extra time)
East Fife won 6-5 on penalties
BOTH sides were prepared to attack in this match at Recreation Park,
but in the first half, no-one could hit the target.
It was the same after the break when first Willie Brown tried his luck
from long range, and then Fifer Burns headed straight at keeper Jim
Butter.
With 72 minutes gone, substitute Gavin Tait headed Bennett's corner
against the bar and McAvoy pounced to put Alloa ahead. East Fife hit
back strongly and equalised through Brown. There was no more scoring
until it came to a penalty-kick decider, which the Fifers won 6-5.
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