Falkirk 2-2 Dumbarton
Posted in Dumbarton FC at 22:15 on 25 February 2017
SPFL Tier 2, Falkirk Stadium, 25/2/17.
The referee was Mat Northcroft again.
Despite that – and his usual baffling decisions – it was a decent enough game, even if both teams weren’t quite at it.
Falkirk didn’t really threaten much in the first half. We forced a few corners early on but fell out of it a bit. Their goal may have been a fluke. Their left back was played in and hit it on the volley from where it looped over Alan Martin’s outstretched hand and into the net.
Our equaliser was a peach and came within a minute. Lewis Vaughan picked up the ball and ran at their defence, evading three men before dodging into the box and thumping it across Danny Rogers into the top corner. Honours even at half-time.
Our second ended up a mirror image of our first. Christian Nade chased down a ball in midfield, dispossessed the Falkirk player and played it to Andy Stirling who proceeded to waltz past defenders and then despatch it past Rogers the opposite way to Vaughan. Beautiful stuff.
Unfortunately we couldn’t keep the lead though there was a hint of offside about their equaliser. They did have the ball in the net again but that offside was given and we cleared a shot off the line. They had a looping effort that hit the outside frame of the goal and Daniel Harvie’s header from a corner also hit their bar.
A draw was just about right and a point was more than I expected from the game. It’s awfully tight just above the play-off places though.
Tags: Alan Martin, Andy Stirling, Christian Nade, Daniel Harvie, Danny Rogers, Falkirk, Lewis Vaughan