Match ends, Montrose 2, East Stirling 0.
MontroseMontrose2East StirlingshireEast Stirlingshire0
Sixth-placed Montrose made it back-to-back wins to move to within two points of East Stirlingshire in League Two.
David Gray opened the scoring after a quarter of an hour, firing Scott Johnston's ball past keeper Grant Hay.
Bryan Deasley doubled the Gable Endies' lead as the half-time whistle neared, finishing high into the goal after Graham Webster's pass.
Johnston was denied by a good Hay save, while Michael Bolochoweckyj shot wide for the visitors late on.
Line-ups
Montrose
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1McKenzie
- 2CrawfordBooked at 89mins
- 3McIntoshBooked at 70mins
- 8Watson
- 4Wilson
- 5Campbell
- 7Gray
- 6Masson
- 9JohnstonSubstituted forMcCordat 81'minutes
- 10Deasley
- 11Webster
Substitutes
- 12Duguid
- 14Sturrock
- 15McCord
- 16Bonar
- 17Bell
- 21McCafferty
East Stirlingshire
Formation 4-5-1
- 1Hay
- 2Tapping
- 3Maxwell
- 10MillerSubstituted forHerdat 45'minutes
- 4Townsley
- 5Bolochoweckyj
- 7ShepherdSubstituted forQuinnat 71'minutesBooked at 88mins
- 8Greenhill
- 9MacGregorSubstituted forTurnerat 71'minutesBooked at 72mins
- 6Thomson
- 11Wright
Substitutes
- 12Herd
- 14Quinn
- 15McKechnie
- 16Glasgow
- 17Gordon
- 18Devlin
- 19Turner
- Referee:
- Nick Walsh
- Attendance:
- 333
Match Stats
Home TeamMontroseAway TeamEast Stirlingshire
- Possession
- Home55%
- Away45%
- Shots
- Home9
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away1
- Corners
- Home6
- Away12
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away16
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Montrose 2, East Stirling 0.
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Corner, East Stirling. Conceded by Alan Campbell.
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Attempt missed. Iain Thomson (East Stirling) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Booking
Jonathan Crawford (Montrose) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Jonathan Crawford (Montrose).
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Mikey Herd (East Stirling) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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(Montrose) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Chris Townsley (East Stirling).
Booking
Paul Quinn (East Stirling) is shown the yellow card.
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Corner, East Stirling. Conceded by Colin Wilson.
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Corner, East Stirling. Conceded by Alan Campbell.
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Attempt missed. Michael Bolochoweckyj (East Stirling) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right.
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Ricky McIntosh (Montrose) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Mikey Herd (East Stirling).
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Bryan Deasley (Montrose) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Chris Townsley (East Stirling).
Substitution
Substitution, Montrose. Ross McCord replaces Scott Johnston.
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Corner, East Stirling. Conceded by Alan Campbell.
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Foul by Terry Masson (Montrose).
