A Son of the Rock

Central Park, 14/11/09

Well. There wasn’t much chance of us equalling a 117 year old record today. Not after the penalty anyway.

Apart from the first fifteen or so minutes we didn’t deserve to win this. We played some nice stuff – too nice at times – could perhaps have converted a few corners into goals but barely worked their keeper.

The penalty…….

Wasn’t.

I could see why the ref gave it. Stevie Murray came in (he got the ball; he hit it against the Cowden player) but the guy fell down. From the ref’s angle it may have looked worse but it was still soft. Even then Dr Jan nearly saw justice done with his feet but it screwed in off him.

The BBC has “Stevie Murray was adjudged to have fouled John Armstrong in the box” (my italics.) The reporter obviously thought it wasn’t a pen.

Cowden took the lifeline. The goal gave them a lift. The first half was pretty even from then on.

In the second half Cowden’s physicality took the game over. They are a big strong side. The second goal was coming for most of the latter part of the game.

But we still could have got back into it. Following a corner and a scrambled clearance a shot from Chaplain, I think, was booted away by a defender. From where I was sitting it had crossed the line. The assistant referee was, perhaps, unsighted by players between him and the goal, but still…

Nevertheless, Cowdenbeath were worth the win. (But had either of the two big decisions that went against us gone the other way we still might have had a draw.)

We could never drop a place today; but next week….?