A Son of the Rock

SPFL Tier 3, Balmoor Stadium, 26/2/22.

This was somethiing of a disaster.

As if losing two goals in the first ten minutes wasn’t bad enough we were then down to ten men when Paul Paton picked up two yellow cards. And then they scored a third before half-time. Amazingly we got back into it with two goals through Ross MacLean and Eoghan Stokes.

Ross MacLean then also got a second yellow.

The inevitable followed as Peterhead got a fourth but the scoring wasn’t finished as Carlo Pignatiello got a third for us in injury time.

I’m not advocating we play with nine men in every game but that’s the second time this season we’ve managed to score in those circunstances – and with the same referee on both occasions. I hope we never get him officiating again.

This was a must not lose. And we lost.

We’ve got Queen’s Park (gainst whom we’ve played 3 and lost 3 this season) on our tatty field at the Rock next up.

It’s getting increasingly difficult to see where points are going to come from.