P& J Brechin's efficiency means fine win at Gayfield, while McGLASHAN LAMENTS BAD SPELL

Published: 14/09/2009

Brechin City manager Jim Duffy was delighted with the ruthless efficiency with which his side crushed Arbroath in the Second Division Angus derby at Gayfield.

The Glebe Park men showed no mercy after the Red Lichties went down to 10 players early in the second half following Jamie Redman's straight red card for fouling Mark Docherty on the edge of the box.

Until then the game had been finely balanced but Charlie King fired the resultant free kick high into Darren Hill's net to set the visitors on the road to an emphatic victory.

Former Inverness Caledonian Thistle striker Rory McAllister extended Brechin's lead in the 58th minute, slipping the ball under the advancing Hill.

It was game over 60 seconds later when Neil Janczyk took advantage of a Robbie Raeside slip to make it 3-0.

Raeside atoned for his error shortly afterwards by heading home a Paul Watson free kick to briefly raise home spirits.

But McAllister soon restored Brechin's three-goal advantage with a low shot from 12 yards which left Hill helpless.

Jim Duffy said: "In the first half we controlled most of the game but we didn't look like too much of a threat. Charlie's goal at the start of the second half was terrific and that gave us a lift. The sending-off was a bit harsh and we capitalised on the one-man advantage, but Arbroath's commitment remained excellent.

"We passed the ball well for the majority of the second half and we took the chances we created. There were a lot of positives for us but the most important thing is we got three points away from home."

After a bright start to the season Arbroath manager John McGlashan has now seen his side concede 13 goals in its last three games.

He said: "We didn't have enough of the ball and when we did have it Brechin closed us down very quickly.

"Losing the first goal was bad enough but then we lost another one very quickly. That's two weeks in a row this has happened and I cannot have this happening again. It might be that some of the players are finding this level too much, or it might be they are just going through a little bad spell. Or it might be that we are just playing against better teams and there's a quality issue.

"We've never been a team that's easy to score against, but we are at the moment and that's the biggest issue for me.

"But take nothing away from Brechin. They are a good team with good quality players"

Courier

BRECHIN won the first Angus derby of the season in convincing fashion after ARBROATH collapsed in a calamitous 10-minute spell at Gayfield.

There wasn't much for the fans of either side to get excited about in a tight first half which pro-duced little in the way of goalmouth action.

Arbroath probably had the best chance when Jamie Redman put through Steven Doris but he did not hit his resulting shot cleanly.

Brechin's Mark Docherty was making a beeline for the Arbroath goal in the 49th minute when Redman intervened illegally and was red carded as he was the last man.

Charlie King scored from the set piece, curling round the wall and past Darren Hill.

Brechin made the most of their numerical advantage and battered the home side into submission with two further goals inside a minute just on the hour mark from Rory McAllister and Neil Janczyk.

Robbie Raeside pulled one back for Arbroath with a finely-taken header in the 70th minute but McAllister restored the visitors' three-goal lead when he added his second four minutes later.

Glebe Park boss Jim Duffy was beaming as he said, "I'm extremely satisfied with that result as teams very seldom come here and win comfortably.

"I think we might have just shaded the first half although there was little in it, but we definitely started better after the break.

"It was tough on Arbroath having a guy sent off for that challenge but it's the rule.

"Charlie set us on our way with a great free kick and then we capitalised on our extra man advantage."

Arbroath manager John McGlashan said a "warning shot" had been fired across his team's bows.

"That's twice now that we have let teams get a second goal against us very quickly and it has to stop," he said.

"We started to look a bit sorry for ourselves and when you do that in this division, teams will punish you.

"Losing goals like we did today, and against Stenhousemuir in the last game, needs to be addressed because I'm not prepared to put up with that.

"We've never been a team to concede easy goals and I won't have it starting now."