Division Two
December 11, 2012
Alloa
1 - 0
Queen of S't
Division Two
19:30 +00:00, December 11, 2012
Recreation Park, Scotland
Referee: B Colvin
McCord is spot on
Scoring Summary
| Alloa Athletic | Queen of the South |
|---|---|
| Ryan McCord (pen 58') |
Teams
| Alloa Athletic | Queen of the South |
|---|---|
| 1 Scott Bain | 1 Lee Robinson |
| 11 Nicky Lowrie | 5 Chris Higgins |
| 2 Jamie Doyle | 3 Ryan McGuffie |
| 4 Ben Gordon | 2 Chris Mitchell |
| 5 Jason Marr | 4 Mark Durnan |
| 6 Darren Young | 7 William Gibson |
| 10 Greame Holmes | 6 Paul Burns |
| 8 Ryan McCord | 8 Steven McKenna |
| 3 Mark Docherty | 10 Nicky Clark |
| 9 Martin Grehan | 11 Daniel Carmichael |
| 7 Kevin Cawley | 9 Gavin Reilly |
| Substitutes | |
| 17 Craig McDowall | Jim Atkinson 18 |
| 16 Stephen Simmons | Steven Black 14 |
| 14 Ross McCord | Kevin Holt 15 |
| 15 Callum Tapping | Kevin Smith 16 |
| 12 Robert Thomson | David Hopkirk 17 |
| Substitutions | |
| Callum Tapping for Greame Holmes (58) | Kevin Holt for Paul Burns (28) |
| Robert Thomson for Martin Grehan (72) | Kevin Smith for William Gibson (76) |
| David Hopkirk for Gavin Reilly (86) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Nicky Lowrie (74) | Chris Mitchell (64) |
| Steven McKenna (90) | |
| · Squads: Alloa Athletic | Queen of the South | |
Ryan McCord's penalty proved enough for Alloa to claim a 1-0 win over Queen of the South and close the gap at the top of the Irn-Bru Second Division Table to six points.
Queens went into the match chasing the tantalising prospect of a 12-point advantageo ver their hosts at the summit in what is looking increasingly like a two-horse race for automatic promotion.
Alloa enjoyed the clearest opening of a cagey first-half when Kevin Crawley found space in the area to rattle the post.
The visitors asserted themselves through Nicholas Clark early in the second period and Wasps goalkeeper produced a finger-tip save to keep out the forward's header.
But the decisive moment came shortly before the hour Ryan McGuffie fouled Martin Grehan and McCord made no mistake.
Queens almost hit back immediately but Gavin Reilly rifled against the bar from 12 yards.