- Date:26 Feb 2011
- Kick-off:15:00:00
- Venue:Falkirk Stadium
- Stewart Murdoch (19:35) Ryan Flynn (55:00)
Live Commentary
- 89mins
Booking for Kyle Miller for unsporting behaviour. Kyle Miller concedes a free kick for a foul on Brian McLean. Direct free kick taken by Jack Compton.
- 83mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Brian McLean by Colin Cameron. Ross Perry restarts play with the free kick.
- 82mins
Free kick awarded for a foul by Stewart Murdoch on Lee Makel. Direct free kick taken by David Hay.
- 82mins
The ball is delivered by Jack Compton, Mark Baxter manages to make a clearance.
- 80mins
(Falkirk) makes a substitution, with Tom McManus coming on for Carl Finnigan.
- 80mins
Outswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Jack Compton, Close range header by Carl Finnigan misses to the right of the goal.
- 78mins
Short corner taken by Mark Ramsay from the right by-line.
- 77mins
Corner taken by Jack Compton from the right by-line, clearance made by Scott Linton.
- 77mins
Jack Compton delivers the ball, save made by David Hay.
- 76mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Carl Finnigan by Lee Makel. Robert Olejnik takes the free kick.
- 75mins
Mark Baxter delivers the ball.
- 73mins
Colin Cameron takes a outswinging corner from the left by-line played to the near post, Ross Perry manages to make a clearance.
- 73mins
Mark Ramsay sends in a cross, clearance made by Kieran Duffie.
- 72mins
(Cowdenbeath) makes a substitution, with Greg Stewart coming on for Steven Crawford. Carl Finnigan is ruled offside. David Hay takes the indirect free kick.
- 70mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Ross Perry by Steven Crawford. Ross Perry takes the direct free kick.
- 69mins
Lewis Coult goes off and Kyle Miller comes on.
- 68mins
Kieran Duffie produces a left-footed shot from deep inside the penalty area which goes wide of the left-hand post.
- 64mins
The referee blows for offside. Indirect free kick taken by David Hay.
- 63mins
Mark Ramsay produces a cross, save by Robert Olejnik.
- 62mins
A cross is delivered by Jack Compton, Kallum Higginbotham produces a right-footed shot from deep inside the penalty box which goes wide of the left-hand upright.
- 61mins
Foul by Ross Perry on Archie Campbell, free kick awarded. Mark Ramsay crosses the ball from the free kick left-footed from left channel, clearance by Brian McLean.
- 61mins
Mark Ramsay gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Kallum Higginbotham. A cross is delivered by Thomas Scobbie, Effort on goal by Kallum Higginbotham from just inside the penalty area goes over the target.
- 60mins
Free kick awarded for a foul by Colin Cameron on Brian McLean. Ross Perry takes the direct free kick.
- 59mins
Lewis Coult takes a shot from just inside the penalty box which clears the bar.
- 58mins
Free kick awarded for a foul by Jack Compton on Colin Cameron. David Hay takes the direct free kick.
- 55mins
Mark Stewart comes on in place of Pedro Moutinho. Jack Compton joins the action as a substitute, replacing Ryan Flynn.
- 55mins
Ryan Flynn gets on the score sheet with a goal from inside the area to the bottom left corner of the goal. Falkirk 2-0 Cowdenbeath.Assist on the goal came from Kallum Higginbotham.
- 54mins
Ryan Flynn produces a cross, comfortable save by David Hay.
- 51mins
Carl Finnigan gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Lee Makel. Lee Makel restarts play with the free kick.
- 48mins
Corner taken by Mark Ramsay, Stewart Murdoch makes a clearance.
- 47mins
Joseph Mbu fouled by Carl Finnigan, the ref awards a free kick. David Hay takes the free kick.
- 46mins
The official flags Pedro Moutinho offside. Indirect free kick taken by John Armstrong.
- 44mins
Lewis Coult gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Brian McLean. Direct free kick taken by Brian McLean.
- 44mins
Pedro Moutinho produces a right-footed shot from the edge of the area and misses to the left of the goal.
- 40mins
Unfair challenge on Stewart Murdoch by Lee Makel results in a free kick. Burton O'Brien takes the direct free kick.
- 39mins
Stewart Murdoch produces a right-footed shot from just outside the penalty area that goes harmlessly over the target.
- 34mins
Ryan Flynn produces a left-footed shot from the edge of the area and misses to the left of the goal.
- 32mins
Mark Ramsay fouled by Burton O'Brien, the ref awards a free kick. Lee Makel shoots direct from the free kick.
- 30mins
Unfair challenge on Mark Baxter by Carl Finnigan results in a free kick. Free kick taken by David Hay.
- 30mins
The ball is sent over by Carl Finnigan, save made by David Hay.
- 27mins
Pedro Moutinho takes the inswinging corner, clearance by Lee Makel.
- 26mins
Pedro Moutinho takes a inswinging corner to the near post, Lewis Coult manages to make a clearance.
- 23mins
Corner taken left-footed by Pedro Moutinho from the left by-line to the near post, Lee Makel manages to make a clearance.
- 22mins
Scott Linton comes on in place of Kenneth Adamson.
- 19mins
Stewart Murdoch finds the back of the net with a goal from inside the penalty box to the bottom left corner of the goal. Falkirk 1-0 Cowdenbeath.Assist by Burton O'Brien.
- 18mins
Thomas Scobbie produces a cross.
- 15mins
Colin Cameron challenges Ryan Flynn unfairly and gives away a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Thomas Scobbie.
- 13mins
Archie Campbell challenges Stewart Murdoch unfairly and gives away a free kick. Burton O'Brien takes the free kick.
- 12mins
Lewis Coult challenges Brian McLean unfairly and gives away a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Burton O'Brien.
- 10mins
Archie Campbell challenges Kieran Duffie unfairly and gives away a free kick. Ross Perry takes the direct free kick.
- 8mins
Outswinging corner taken by Pedro Moutinho from the right by-line, clearance made by Colin Cameron.
- 8mins
Corner taken right-footed by Pedro Moutinho from the right by-line, volleyed right-footed shot by Ross Perry. Blocked by John Armstrong.
- 7mins
Pedro Moutinho takes a shot. Blocked by Joseph Mbu.
- 4mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Kieran Duffie by Archie Campbell. Free kick crossed right-footed by Pedro Moutinho from right channel.
- 4mins
Unfair challenge on Stewart Murdoch by Lee Makel results in a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Burton O'Brien.
- 3mins
Pedro Moutinho concedes a free kick for a foul on Joseph Mbu. David Hay takes the free kick.
Match Preview
Bairns miss Miller Falkirk will be without midfielder Mark Millar for the visit of Cowdenbeath. But Bairns manager Steven Pressley has an otherwise full-strength squad to choose from. Pressley said: "Everyone has to be on their toes just now because if they don't play well someone will come in and take their jersey. "Some people have mentioned Raith Rovers and Dunfermline dropping points in games this week to me, but I haven't heard the players discussing it, which is great as it shows their only focus is Falkirk. "Cowdenbeath will be out to make it difficult and restrict our opportunities, but we have plenty of creative players that can give them problems." Cowdenbeath manager Jimmy Nicholl is sweating on the fitness of central defender Joe Mbu. Mbu has been absent from training all week after going down with a virus, but John Dempster and Jon Robertson are both available after shaking off knocks. Long term absentees Dene Droudge and Danny Mackay remain unavailable. Nicholl, whose squad concentrated on defending in training this week after conceding three first-half goals last weekend against Raith, said: "I organised a special training session with just the defenders and we went through a lot of things that needed improving. "Hopefully we'll see some of that against Falkirk because we've got to defend a lot better than we have been doing."
Falkirk
Cowdenbeath
- Robert Olejnik
- Ross Perry
- Brian McLean
- Thomas Scobbie
- Kieran Duffie
- Stewart Murdoch
- Burton O'Brien
- Kallum Higginbotham
- Ryan Flynn
- Carl Finnigan
- Pedro Moutinho
- SUBS
- Jamie Barclay
- Marc Twaddle
- Mark Stewart
- Tom McManus
- Jack Compton
Home
Away
- David Hay
- Mark Baxter
- John Armstrong
- Joseph Mbu
- Kenneth Adamson
- Mark Ramsay
- Lee Makel
- Colin Cameron
- Archie Campbell
- Lewis Coult
- Steven Crawford
- SUBS
- Ludovic Roy
- Craig Winter
- Scott Linton
- Greg Stewart
- Kyle Miller
Match Report
Bairns too strong for Blue Brazil Cowdenbeath missed out on the chance to move away from the First Division relegation zone as they were beaten 2-0 at Falkirk. Pedro Moutinho could have put Falkirk in front in the eighth minute but defender Joseph Mbu did well to block his effort from six yards. The home side took the lead in the 20th minute when Stewart Murdoch fired into the bottom corner from the edge of the penalty area after collecting a pass from Burton O'Brien. Ryan Flynn doubled his side's advantage in the 55th minute with a fierce drive from just inside the box. Kieran Duffie and Carl Finnigan had further chances to add to the scoreline but failed to find the target with good chances.
Form Guide
- WLLWWD
- Falkirk
- VS
- Cowdenbeath LLDLDL
Last Meetings
- Falkirk
- 5 - 1
- Cowdenbeath
- 02/10/2010
Top Scorers
Falkirk
- M Stewart 8
- C Finnigan 4
- R Flynn 4
- J Compton 3
- T McManus 2
- M Twaddle 2
- K Higginbotham 2
- B McLean 1
- T Scobbie 1
- M Millar 1
Cowdenbeath
- J Dempster 3
- M Ramsay 3
- C Cameron 2
- M McKenzie 2
- J Armstrong 1
- D Brett 1
- G Stewart 1
- K Miller 1
Goals
Falkirk
- Total goals 58
- Goals per game 36
- 4 (For) 4 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- 4 (For) 2 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 1 (For) 3 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- 4 (For) 2 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 2 (For) 4 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 4 (For) Period 51-60 mins
- 2 (For) 1 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 9 (For) 2 (Against) Period 71-80 mins
- 6 (For) 4 (Against) Period 81-90 mins
Cowdenbeath
- Total goals 44
- Goals per game 22
- 2 (For) 3 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- 4 (For) 4 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 2 (For) 4 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- (For) 6 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 1 (For) 2 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 4 (For) 6 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 3 (For) 7 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 4 (For) 4 (Against) Period 71-80 mins
- 2 (For) 9 (Against) Period 81-90 mins
