Stirling Albion 3 - 1 Forfar Athletic
Stirling 3-1 Forfar
| Scoring Summary | |
| Stirling Albion | Forfar Athletic |
| Chris Aitken (pen 9) | Paul Lunan (58) |
| Paddy Connolly (34) | |
| Chris Aitken (51) | |
| Match Information |
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Stadium:
Forthbank Stadium, Scotland
Attendance: 436 Match Time: 15:00 UK Official(s): S Duff (Referee) |
| Teams | |
| Stirling Albion | Forfar Athletic |
| Myles Hogarth | Sean Murdoch |
| Ross Forsyth | Eddie Forrest |
| Paul Hay | Alan Rattray |
| Stewart Devine | David Dunn |
| Mark McNally | David King |
| Paddy Connolly | Barry Sellars |
| John Fraser | Paul Lunan |
| Steven Bell | Barry Donald |
| Doug Wilson | Andrew Jackson |
| Chris Aitken | Darren Gribben |
| David O'Brien | Richard Montgomery |
| Substitutes | |
| Scott Christie | Michael Brown |
| Sean Roycroft | David Keogh |
| Chris Hay | Charles Connolly |
| Steven Boyack | Martin Cameron |
| Neill McVicar | Michele Lombardi |
| Substitutions | |
| Steven Boyack for Steven Bell (28) | David Keogh for Richard Montgomery (10) |
| Sean Roycroft for Paul Hay (54) | Michele Lombardi for Darren Gribben (74) |
| Neill McVicar for Paddy Connolly (69) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Darren Gribben (37) | |
| Barry Donald (44) | |
| David King (45) | |
| Sean Murdoch (48) | |
| Barry Sellars (55) | |
| Alan Rattray (75) | |
| Red Cards | |
| Eddie Forrest (8) | |
| · Club Squads: Stirling Albion | Forfar Athletic | |
Updated: April 8, 2006, 5:46 PM UK
Stirling Albion kept their outside chances of a play-off place intact by beating Forfar Athletic for the second time in five days, this time 3-1.Albion were in total control from the start and the breakthrough came after just eight minutes.
David O'Brien dazzled down the left and slipped the ball inside to Chris Aitken.
Aitken fired goalwards but former Albion player Eddie Forrest prevented the goal by palming the ball away.
The referee immediately awarded a penalty and red-carded Forest for the handball, with Aitken converting to put Albion one goal ahead.
Their dominance continued but they had to wait until the 34th minute when David O'Brien squared the ball for Paddy Connolly to score.
Home keeper Myles Hogarth barely had a save to make as Albion stayed on top of the game in the second period and they went three clear after 51 minutes when Aitken crashed the ball into Sean Murdoch's top right hand corner.
Forfar's Paul Lunan lobbed home a consolation effort after 58 minutes after indecisiveness in the home defence, but Albion held on to take all three points.
Saturday, April 8, 2006
| Alloa Athletic | 1 | |
| Ayr United | 1 | FT |
| Greenock Morton | 1 | |
| Partick Thistle | 0 | FT |
| Gretna | 3 | |
| Peterhead | 1 | FT |
| Raith Rovers | 0 | |
| Dumbarton | 0 | FT |
| Stirling Albion | 3 | |
| Forfar Athletic | 1 | FT |