A Son of the Rock

SPFL Tier 4, The Rock, 31/1/26.

Well, this was a six-pointer and we lost it. So, instead of being 8 points ahead of them with a win or 5 with the draw we are now only two in front.

We started the season ten points ahead due to their fifteen points deduction. They have now made up eight of a difference – and nine of them were against us. They seem to have a hex on us.

We started well enough and had most of the possession and loads of corners. Mark Durnan had a good header well saved by the keeper before we scored. From a corner the keeper only just tipped the ball against the bar and the header back came down from the bar again and fell for Leighton McIntosh to put it in from two yards. Said keeper by the way ought to have been off for continuing to contest his yellow card for time wasting while Leighton McIntosh was gettng treatment for an injury. He must have been at it for at least two minutes moaning at the linesman.

They hadn’t troubled Brent Long in our goal at all then not long before half-time Adam Livingstone was booked for walking into somebody – they fell over at the slightest excuse all game, refs really should be more wise to this – and as a result backed off a challenge in the ensuing attack allowing his man inside where a pass to a free man led to an uncontested shot into the net.

It was all over when they scored again even though there was most of the second half to go.

Yes we did hit the bar twice but that’s what happens when you’re on a bad run.

I would have said Edin City didn’t deserve to win they only had three shots on target all game but they scored twice and we didn’t so they did deserve it.

It now looks increasingly likely we will finish bottom and I can’t see us winning the play-off. It will after all be against a team who will have momentum with them.

New owner Mario Lapointe’s lack of knowledge and instinct for football is costing us big time. The decision to replace sacked manager Stevie Farrell with his deputy Frank McKeown within a day or so is utterly inexplicable.

It’s a more scary time to be a Sons fan now than it was when we were in admin.