Match Report
| East Fife | East Fife |  |  | Montrose | Montrose | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Neil Greig | N. Greig |  | 45 | G |  | 1 | | G | 56 |  | John Guppy | J. Guppy | |||||||||
| Dominic Telfer | D. Telfer | | 54 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 55 | | Dominic Burley | D. Burley | |||||||||
| Paul Law | P. Law | | 50 | D |  | | 3 | | D | 55 | | Duncan Elliott | D. Elliott | ||||||||
| Stephen Strachan | S. Strachan | | 48 | D | | 4 | | D | 48 | | Dominic Dickov | D. Dickov | |||||||||
| Alex Mcinnes | A. Mcinnes | | 57 | M | | 5 | | | M | 56 | | David Young | D. Young | ||||||||
| John Thomson | J. Thomson | | 50 | M | | 6 | | M | 54 | | Ashley Cottee | A. Cottee | |||||||||
| Billy Dalglish | B. Dalglish | | 45 | M | | 7 | | M | 50 | | Scott Cleland | S. Cleland | |||||||||
| Paul Cleland | P. Cleland | | 44 | M | | 8 | | M | 45 | | Matt Campbell | M. Campbell | |||||||||
| Dominic Young | D. Young | | 52 | A | | 9 | | A | 46 | | Richard Inglis | R. Inglis | |||||||||
| Paul Young | P. Young | | 39 | A | | 10 | | A | 45 | | Kevin Young | K. Young | |||||||||
| John James | J. James | | 38 | A | | 11 | | A | 45 | | John Morton | J. Morton | |||||||||
| Duncan Burley | D. Burley | | 44 | M | | 12 | | G | 55 | | Craig Cleland | C. Cleland | |||||||||
| Gavin Mcinnes | G. Mcinnes | | 42 | M | | 13 | | D | 45 | | Danny Marsden | D. Marsden | |||||||||
| Don Brady | D. Brady | | 41 | D | | 14 | | D | 44 | | Andy Mason | A. Mason | |||||||||
 today's match is sponsored by Armellini |
Match Report
It's a warm sunny day here at New Bayview where East Fife play host to Montrose. A crowd of 2,477 fill this 3,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Both East Fife and Montrose are lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
Today's match is refereed by Stephen Matteo.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Both East Fife and Montrose are lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
Today's match is refereed by Stephen Matteo.
0.00
0-0Montrose start the match!
2.13
0-0Paul Law kicks a strong pass forward to Billy Dalglish. Billy Dalglish flicks a high pass forward. John James controls it well on his chest. John James sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it rises well off target!
3.00
0-0Ashley Cottee deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Scott Cleland. Scott Cleland shoots from distance. Neil Greig gets down and covers it.
8.25
Dominic Telfer makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Paul Law. Paul Law makes a probing pass to Paul Young. Paul Young plays a one-two with John James and rushes in on goal... Paul Young rockets a shot on goal. John Guppy gathers the ball up comfortably. Nice keeping!
10.06
Ashley Cottee brings the ball forward. Ashley Cottee makes a beautiful attacking pass to the feet of Matt Campbell. Matt Campbell cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but it misses the target by a large margin!
18.25
0-0John James makes an attacking run forward. John James knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Dominic Burley.
30.08
Seeing a gap ahead, Dominic Telfer plays the ball forward to Alex Mcinnes. Alex Mcinnes threads a neat ball through to Paul Young. Paul Young plays a scrappy one-two with Alex Mcinnes and stumbles forward towards the goal... Paul Young takes a shot at goal. The ball clips the outside of the post and goes out!
32.30
0-1Matt Campbell flicks a high pass forward. Ashley Cottee collects the pass. Ashley Cottee whips in a cross ball towards John Morton. John Morton powers a header at goal. The ball edges just beyond the reach of the keeper, thudding into the back of the net. Beautiful goal!!
38.45
David Young brings the ball forward. David Young plays a one-two with Richard Inglis and rushes in on goal... David Young side-steps and rifles a shot at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
45.00
Dominic Dickov makes a simple pass to Ashley Cottee. Ashley Cottee flicks the ball to his team mate, Kevin Young. Kevin Young sees John Morton just inside the box and quickly passes the ball. Some silky footwork from John Morton provides him some room. He curls a shot at goal but it's a lousy effort!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
Both teams emerge for the second half. East Fife have changed their lineup with Gavin Mcinnes replacing Dominic Young and appear to have rearranged themselves into a 4-3-3 formation. Montrose appear unchanged since the first half.
45.00
East Fife start the second half!
47.08
Paul Cleland surges forward with the ball. Paul Cleland cuts inside the box! Paul Cleland takes a shot at goal. John Guppy is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
54.04
Showing composure, Matt Campbell plays the ball forward to David Young. David Young sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
57.12
Paul Law flicks the ball to his team mate, Billy Dalglish. With vision, Billy Dalglish plays the ball forward to John Thomson. John Thomson advances inside the box! John Thomson strikes a beautiful right-footed shot at goal. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
60.35
2-1East Fife have made 2 substitutions with Duncan Burley replacing Paul Cleland and Don Brady replacing John James .
63.20
Billy Dalglish threads the ball through to Don Brady. Don Brady knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
67.27
2-1John Thomson catches Dominic Dickov on the ankles. The referee warns John Thomson to calm down! Dominic Dickov hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
73.15
Without breaking stride, Billy Dalglish plays the ball forward to John Thomson. John Thomson skips past Dominic Dickov! John Thomson takes a shot at goal but it flies well off target!
75.47
Duncan Elliott kicks a strong pass forward to Dominic Dickov. Dominic Dickov kicks a strong pass forward to Richard Inglis. Richard Inglis knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Stephen Strachan.
84.58
John Thomson deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Billy Dalglish. Billy Dalglish plays a one-two with Paul Young and advances towards the goal... Billy Dalglish shoots from just inside the box but it goes wide for a goal kick.
85.13
Billy Dalglish flicks a high pass forward to Don Brady who brings the ball under control. Don Brady controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it flies wide!
89.57
Ashley Cottee flicks a high pass forward. Richard Inglis holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Richard Inglis plays a one-two with Kevin Young and rushes in on goal... Some silky footwork from Richard Inglis provides him some room. He curls a shot at goal. It's miles wide!
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
2
1
Shots on Target
3
2
Shots off Target
5
5
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
62.2%
37.8%
Play Area
21.6%
47.3%
31.1%
Scorers
| Paul Cleland 47 John Thomson 57 | John Morton 32 |
Man of the Match
| The man of the match was awarded to Paul Cleland of East Fife |
Match Ratings
| 1. | Neil Greig (GK) | 6 | |
| 2. | Dominic Telfer (DEF) | 6 | |
| 3. | Paul Law (DEF) | 7 | |
| 4. | Stephen Strachan (DEF) | 6 | |
| 5. | Alex Mcinnes (MID) | 6 | |
| 6. | John Thomson (MID) |  | 9 |
| 7. | Billy Dalglish (MID) | 8 | |
| 8. | Paul Cleland (MID) | | 9 |
| 9. | Dominic Young (ATT) | 6 | |
| 10. | Paul Young (ATT) | 6 | |
| 11. | John James (ATT) | 6 | |
| 12. | Duncan Burley (MID) | 6 | |
| 13. | Gavin Mcinnes (MID) | 6 | |
| 14. | Don Brady (DEF) | 6 | |
| 1. | John Guppy (GK) | 6 | |
| 2. | Dominic Burley (DEF) | 6 | |
| 3. | Duncan Elliott (DEF) | 6 | |
| 4. | Dominic Dickov (DEF) | 6 | |
| 5. | David Young (MID) | 6 | |
| 6. | Ashley Cottee (MID) | 8 | |
| 7. | Scott Cleland (MID) | 6 | |
| 8. | Matt Campbell (MID) | 6 | |
| 9. | Richard Inglis (ATT) | 6 | |
| 10. | Kevin Young (ATT) | 6 | |
| 11. | John Morton (ATT) | | 7 |
| 12. | Craig Cleland (GK) | 0 | |
| 13. | Danny Marsden (DEF) | 0 | |
| 14. | Andy Mason (DEF) | 0 | |