Caley Jags to the four at last
Caley Thi s t le boss John Robertson watched his side f inal ly get off the mark by brushing Brechin aside – then challenged his players to start surging up the table.
A brace from Iain Vigurs and goals either side of the break from Brad McKay and Alex Cooper handed them their first win since dropping to the Championship.
Robertson said: “There was some exceptional football and some really good goals. Until the third, the game wasn’t really dead and we knew we had to kill them off. Hopefully it’ll settle the players and fans down and we can start climbing the league.”
The outcome was never really in doubt after McKay headed in the second three minutes after Vigurs’s opener with a deflected shot after 26 minutes.
Cooper got his name on the scoresheet just after the hour, rattling an effort into the bottom corner, and Vigurs glanced in Liam Polworth’s corner on 73 minutes to complete the victory.
The win eases the pressure on the Highlanders after taking only a point from their first three league games.
Brechin boss Darren Dods was annoyed to give away such simple goals at Glebe Park.
He said: “The disappointing thing was to lose a goal three minutes after the first one.
“We lost our way a wee bit in the second half and gave away a couple of cheap goals, without really troubling their goalie.”