Published: Tuesday, 25th March, 2008 10:00
BRIGHT START FOR SONS
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HEAD BOY: Andy Geggan
Stenhousemuir 1 Dumbarton 1
DUMBARTON had a greed for the game at Ochilview Park on Saturday.
It showed particularly during a positive first period of accurate passing, and almost sustained and confident pressure.
During their dismal period of form earlier in the season, against teams like Stenhousemuir, they would have bowed meekly and accepted defeat.
On Saturday, for most of the game they were fearless . . . and that is certainly an improvement.
Their superiority produced the perfect answer to making pressure count – and that was an improvement too – when Andy Geggan proved that he has as much quality in his head as in his feet.
His 11th minute header was quality, ecstasy and class as it rose and looped beyond the reach of Stenny keeper Ally Brown.
But, while Sons blossomed in that first period, they battled with inconsistency in the second half, lost two points and just might, though it does beggar belief, have surrendered all three.
At the interval you would have put your last dime on Dumbarton emerging from this less than ding dong affair with three points and a comfortable margin.
As the minutes petered out and Dumbarton’s defence were heartbreakers, it was difficult to identify the warrior in the Stenny ranks who would become the heart-throb of the home fans by forcing the equaliser.
With ten minutes remaining they found their prodigal son in the person of Ian Harty, man of many clubs and scorer of many goals for them.
He was on the end of another desperate Stenny intrusion, taking a cross from the right and heading past the helpless Crawford.
But it was good to see 17 year-old Kieran Brannan being given an airing in the final minutes, despite the game still being in the balance.
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