Match Report
| Alloa Athletic | Alloa Athletic |  |  | Elgin City | Elgin City | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Thomson | J. Thomson |  | 55 | G |  | 1 | | G | 49 | | Neil Liddell | N. Liddell | |||||||||
| Garry Strachan | G. Strachan | | 56 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 54 | | Gary Meiklejohn | G. Meiklejohn | |||||||||
| Don Gemmell | D. Gemmell | | 54 | D | | 3 | | D | 45 | | Andy Hansen | A. Hansen | |||||||||
| Brendan Fenton | B. Fenton |  | 53 | D | | 4 | | D | 43 | | Duncan Greig | D. Greig | |||||||||
| Alex Souness | A. Souness | | 50 | D | | 5 | | D | 42 | | Neil McGrory | N. McGrory | |||||||||
| Alex Davidson | A. Davidson | | 58 | M | | 6 | | D | 37 | | Matt Sullivan | M. Sullivan | |||||||||
| Don Strachan | D. Strachan | | 58 | M | | 7 | | D | 37 | | Colin Niven | C. Niven | |||||||||
| Kevin Meiklejohn | K. Meiklejohn | | 57 | M | | 8 | | M | 56 | | Matt Brady | M. Brady | |||||||||
| Stuart McCoist | S. McCoist | | 40 | M | | 9 | | M | 53 | | Alex Hutchison | A. Hutchison | |||||||||
| Dominic Young | D. Young | | 54 | A | | 10 | | M | 47 | | David Dalglish | D. Dalglish | |||||||||
| Alex Johnstone | A. Johnstone | | 52 | A | | 11 | | A | 62 | | Neil Hansen | N. Hansen | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Recreation Park where Alloa Athletic play host to Elgin City. A crowd of 2,949 fill this 3,000 capacity stadium.
Alloa Athletic are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Elgin City appear to be shaped for 6-3-1.
Alloa Athletic are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Elgin City appear to be shaped for 6-3-1.
0.00
0-0Elgin City kick off!
4.59
0-0Alex Souness makes a simple pass to Kevin Meiklejohn. Kevin Meiklejohn decides to run forward with the ball. Kevin Meiklejohn plays a perfect one-two with Dominic Young and rushes in on goal... Kevin Meiklejohn makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
12.13
Alex Souness chips the ball to his team mate, Don Strachan. Don Strachan chips the ball to his team mate, Alex Johnstone. Alex Johnstone finds some space and shoots from distance but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
15.10
0-0Alex Hutchison comes in with a late challenge on Don Gemmell. Alex Hutchison is given a warning by the referee! Don Gemmell runs off the knock.
21.19
0-0Alex Hutchison deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Neil Hansen. Neil Hansen knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to John Thomson who gathers it comfortably.
24.55
0-0Dominic Young clumsily knocks into Andy Hansen. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Andy Hansen hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
28.36
1-0Kevin Meiklejohn makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Alex Johnstone. Alex Johnstone plays a perfect one-two with Dominic Young and rushes in on goal... Alex Johnstone makes some space for himself and shoots at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
34.30
Alex Hutchison deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Neil Hansen. Neil Hansen controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
The second half starts with Alloa Athletic kicking off!
60.53
David Dalglish knocks the ball to his team mate, Neil Hansen. Neil Hansen shoots from 25 yards. It's miles wide!
67.37
Colin Niven barges into Alex Johnstone. Colin Niven is shown the yellow card! Alex Johnstone hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
79.31
Kevin Meiklejohn knocks the ball forward to Alex Johnstone. Alex Johnstone sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
81.25
1-0Kevin Meiklejohn chips the ball to his team mate, Alex Johnstone. Alex Johnstone threads the ball through to Dominic Young but he's offside!
84.29
Kevin Meiklejohn chips the ball to his team mate, Dominic Young. Dominic Young knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Matt Sullivan.
87.29
Matt Sullivan knocks the ball forward to David Dalglish. David Dalglish knocks the ball to his team mate, Neil Hansen. Neil Hansen knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
1
0
Shots off Target
3
2
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
1
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
64.1%
35.9%
Play Area
23.1%
51.3%
25.6%
Scorers