Match ends, Elgin City 2, Annan Athletic 3.
ElginElgin City2Annan AthleticAnnan Athletic3
Elgin City's late fight-back was not enough to deny Annan all three points.
Three first-half goals in the space of 10 minutes from did all the damage for the visitors at Borough Briggs.
Alistair Love opened the scoring, but setting up Steven Swinglehurst and Blair Henderson to make it 3-0.
Shane Sutherland pulled one back from Elgin on the hour-mark, and Paul Harkins doubled the home side's tally in injury time giving them hope of an equaliser, but it proved too little.
Line-ups
Elgin
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Black
- 2BeveridgeSubstituted forMcLeanat 79'minutes
- 3Finlayson
- 10Sutherland
- 4Crighton
- 5DuffBooked at 90mins
- 7Gunn
- 6Harkins
- 9Wyness
- 8UrquhartSubstituted forBayneat 70'minutes
- 11McKenzieSubstituted forMcHardyat 73'minutes
Substitutes
- 12MacLeod
- 14MacDonald
- 15McLean
- 16McHardy
- 17Bayne
- 18Murray
- 21Jellema
Annan Athletic
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Arthur
- 2Chisholm
- 3McNiffBooked at 41mins
- 4Watson
- 5Swinglehurst
- 6Black
- 7DavidsonSubstituted forSloanat 66'minutes
- 8Mitchell
- 10HendersonSubstituted forToddat 78'minutes
- 9MackaySubstituted forOrsiat 90+6'minutes
- 11Love
Substitutes
- 12Brannan
- 14Bradley
- 15Jardine
- 16Orsi
- 17Mitchell
- 18Todd
- 19Sloan
- Referee:
- John McKendrick
- Attendance:
- 485
Match Stats
Home TeamElginAway TeamAnnan Athletic
- Possession
- Home58%
- Away42%
- Shots
- Home20
- Away13
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away4
- Corners
- Home6
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home6
- Away13
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Elgin City 2, Annan Athletic 3.
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Attempt missed. Graham Bayne (Elgin City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
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Paul Harkins (Elgin City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Peter Watson (Annan Athletic).
Substitution
Substitution, Annan Athletic. Daniel Orsi replaces Kenneth Mackay because of an injury.
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Attempt missed. Kenneth Mackay (Annan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Attempt saved. Darryl McHardy (Elgin City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Booking
Jamie Duff (Elgin City) is shown the yellow card.
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Jamie Duff (Elgin City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Kenneth Mackay (Annan Athletic).
Goal!
Goal! Elgin City 2, Annan Athletic 3. Paul Harkins (Elgin City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
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Foul by Dennis Wyness (Elgin City).
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Peter Watson (Annan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Gordon Finlayson (Elgin City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Kenneth Mackay (Annan Athletic).
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Attempt missed. Graham Bayne (Elgin City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
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Foul by Graham Bayne (Elgin City).
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Ally Love (Annan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Elgin City. Conceded by Martin McNiff.
