Dumbarton 1-0 Forfar Athletic
Posted in Dumbarton FC at 22:00 on 27 April 2021
SPFL Tier 3, The Rock, 27/4/21.
Who would be a football fan?
This was excruciating.
We had a couple of bright moments in the first half but their keeper was never really troubled by them. And we had Sam Ramsbottom to thank for keeping it level with a very good save from a header from a corner.
The second half was totally forgettable till the last two minutes. Over the piece it’s up there with so many others this season as being the worst football match I’ve ever seen. Misplaced passes, miscontrols – I know the pitch is bumpy and needs a lot of rain to improve it but still.
We created nothing.
The subs didn’t help as we ended up with almost no midfield and five or six front men. This felt like a recipe for Forfar breaking upfield to score and indeed they could have tested Ramsbottom a few times but their final touch was missing.
It was easy to see why both teams were in trouble at the bottom of the table.
The game had 0-0 written all over it and was a dispiriting watch.
Ninety seconds of the ninety minutes were left when P J Crossan neatly got past his full back and crossed the ball. It ran behind a despairing lunge by a defender and fell to fellow-sub Conner Duthie who buried it. This was totally at odds with the rest of the game. A “get out of jail free” card.
The agony is now prolonged to Saturday and Tuesday.*
Why do they do it to us?
Why do we fans do it to ourselves?
*(Covid permitting, Clyde’s postponement tonight for one of their squad having a positive test puts the cat among the pigeons.
Tags: Clyde, Conner Duthie, Forfar Athletic, P J Crossan
John W.
27 April 2021 at 23:08
Should the scoreline in the headline not be the other way around? 🙂
jackdeighton
28 April 2021 at 20:09
John,
Yes. Thanks for this.
I’m just so used to writing Dumbarton 0.
I’ve edited it now.
Gordon
27 April 2021 at 23:11
I know the game was bad, and we are Dumbarton-nil, but we did win this one.
jackdeighton
28 April 2021 at 20:11
Gordon,
Oops! At least two people noticed, anyway.