Published: Tuesday, 15th April, 2008 10:00
SAME OLD STORY FOR SONS
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DRAW: Sons were unlucky not to score
Dumbarton 0 Montrose 0
HIGH finance has been a lofty topic on the boardroom table at Dumbarton’s Strathclyde Homes Stadium in the past few days with the buyout of former owner Neil Rankine’s shares.
But on the field of play no amount of financial prudence can prompt the Sons of the Rock into striking for gold in front of goal.
The first half flowed well for Sons, yet Montrose were still a part of that session.
One of the Sons best moves came after 35 minutes when Tommy Coyne slipped a delightful pass to Davie McNaught on the right and his cross was like manna from heaven for team-mates in the middle – but there were no takers.
A couple of minutes later Montrose central defender Stuart Cumming surely saved the loss of a goal when he delicately chipped the ball off the toe of Coyne’s boot just at the moment of execution.
A few minutes from the break Andy Geggan was through on the goalkeeper but Mark Peat produced more urgency and saved the day.
The start of the second half brought a surprise substitution with midfielder Mark Canning being left in the dressing room and Ryan Russell taking over.
Attack
The element of surprise was soon forgotten as the Sons showed a definite commitment to attack and they went on to dominate the half.
It looked like paying early dividends when a Geggan cracker smacked Peat’s crossbar and the keeper may as well have had his hands in his pocket.
Had that gone in, it would have constituted a piece of marvellous Merlin magic and would have aspired to a strike to win any match.
Crawford was then in action in a breakaway and saved at the expense of a corner from a Stevie Black shot.
But the real defining moment of the match emerged in its active dregs when Russell and Coyne were so unlucky not to present the final scoreline with a winning goal.
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