Super City Hold on Against Dundee

Brechin City fans, players, staff etc. were all looking forward to this co-operative insurance cup tie and in the end they weren't dissapointed. One unpleasent set back was that City were down to ten men even before any of the scoring started, this coming around 57 minutes in when City defender Paul McLean was shown red for a second bookable offence. Although the fantastic game at Glebe park really started to get good in the second half, City pushed and pushed and pushed Dundee until finally they got an opener. Last years top scorer in Scotland, Rory McAllister gave City the lead on the 63rd minute with a very fine goal which he took round goalkeeper Rab Douglas. Only a minute later Rory added another, an almost identical goal but at Douglas' left hand side. Brechin's lead lasted no longer than ten minutes, Dundee's Leigh Griffith's scoring, then three minutes after his goal he scored an equalizer. Not pleasing stuff but City's heads didn't go down, they kept fighting even though Dundee were all over them. Nail-biting stuff in the closing stages, attack after attack by Dundee eventually paid off (or so they thought). In the last minutes of the game Dundee were awarded a penalty, scrappy kicks and headers in the Brechin box and the referee must have spotted a hand ball or bad tackle that he disagreeded with, and the penalty was awarded. Leigh Griffith's stepped up to take it, if he scored it would have been the young mans hat-trick but the presure was too much for Griffith's who hit it over Nelson's right and into the crowd. So 2-2 meant extra time and the same happened during this 30 minute period. Dundee were all over the Angus side but couldn't find the finishing touch, chance after chance but they couldn't find a way past Gerry McLaughlan or Ewan Moyes in City's central defence. In the last minute of extra time City had the ball and were playing keep away from Dundee, Eventually Craig Forsyth thought 'enoughs enough' so he went right through City's Andrew Cook with studs showing and was awarded a red card. So ten men each and now penalties this game was getting better by the minute. Rory McAllister stepped up for Brechin for the 1st penalty and finished it well 1-0.  Gary Hartkins then scored his penalty for Dundee. Callum Booth then scored his spot kick with his magnificent left foot. City keeper Craig Nelson then saved an Eric Paton penalty so the scores were 2-1. Mark Docherty then had his saved by former Celtic man Douglas. But yet again Nelson saved a Dundee penalty this time it was Stephen O'Donnel's. Kevin Byers scored his penalty to give City a 3-1 penalty lead and meaning if the next penalty did not go in then Dundee would be out. Nicholas Reilly took it but it was blasted over and into the crowd hitting one young City fan in the face, oops! I'm sure she wasn't bothered though because Brechin City are now through to the next round, Round three, Rangers and Celtic are entering now so who knows Rory McAllister could be netting a hat trick at Ibrox?!