On right road
Neilson glad to break away-day jinx
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difficult coming here and so it proved.”
Marc Laird and Danny Handling’s double, one from the spot, won it for the visitors with Emile Ngoy netting twice for Brechin.
Brechin boss Mark Wilson sighed: “We’ve got to to learn from the mistakes we are making.” Cowdenbeath......1 Cove Rangers....3
with that win because I think Alloa are the best side we’ve played against this season.
“We don’t fear any team. There’s a long way to go but we have come up and shown that we like to play and have a go.”
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Robbie Neilson insists United proved they can live without home comforts after crushing Caley in the Highlands.
The Tangerines made it nine points from nine in the space of a week to stay three points clear at the summit and leap seven ahead of the home side. Victory broke a run of three away defeats, set against a flawless home record, with damage inflicted through a Shaun Rooney own goal, a vital second from Nicky Clark and Lawrence Shankland’s 18th of the season from the penalty spot. Neilson said: “In the second half we deserved to win.
“We had a couple of tough away games on plastic pitches and it makes a difference. “Ever yone was asking questions after losing three away games.
“The players earned the right to get nine points. It shows the bottle we’ve got – we’ve come to one of the hardest places in
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the league and got a big result.”
It was United who found their stride first and they were ahead after 20 minutes.
Paul McMullan took the ball on the right and his smashed ball across goal was stabbed into the net by Rooney.
A minute later, Caley were raging as Shankland seemed to take out defender Jamie McCart with a swung elbow but ref Grant Irvine didn’t take any action.
Caley had a big chance to level in 70 minutes when James Keatings headed over.
Within seconds, United grabbed goal No. 2 as Clark fired home from 12 yards.
And four minutes later Liam Smith was taken down in the box by Miles Storey and Shankland sent the keeper the wrong way with the penalty.
Caley gaffer John Robertson said: “For the Shankland elbow incident, I don’t blame the ref. But his assistant is standing 10 yards away and should have seen a clear elbow.”