Cowdenbeath U'20s 2 Annan Athletic 3
Date: 17th September 2013 |
Kick off: 7:30pm |
Competition: Youth League |
Referee: Ms Lorraine Clark |
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The reserves were still looking for their first point of the season after narrowly losing to Annan in a five goal thriller at Central Park on Tuesday night.
We made a bright start and Miller fired in a free kick which was fumbled by keeper Black after just two minutes but luckily for him a defender was on hand to clear the danger and minutes later the stopper redeemed himself by saving a Callaghan shot from the edge of the box.
At the other end Flynn did well to block a Davidson effort while Anthony came close before the deadlock was broken after 29 minutes.
Aron Lynas sent over what appeared to be a harmless cross which Black fumbled and the keeper could only look on as the ball rolled over the line.
Seven minutes later the visitors got back on level terms when Brannan beat our offside trap and sent the ball to Scott Davidson who slotted the ball home.
The closing five minutes of the first half proved to be dramatic as the visitors were awarded two penalties and scored twice.
With 40 minutes gone Brannan was brought down in the box by Pyper but Flynn produced a good save to deny him from the resulting spot kick.
Three minutes later however the visitors got in front when Gregor Anderson got on the end of a Brannan corner to head powerfully past Flynn.
A minute later Brannan was once again brought down in the box by Pyper and this time Davidson made no mistake from the spot blasting a powerful kick past Flynn.
We came more into the game in closing stages with Stewart coming close while a Miller effort skimmed the top of the crossbar before they eventually pulled a goal back with ten minutes to go when Ben Anthony fired a curling shot into the top corner of the net.
Lynas then fired a 30 yard drive just past the post while at the other end Flynn denied Brannan.
Then as the game went into the dying minutes, Black turned a Miller shot around the post to deny us a point.