Rohan was spot on with his research
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QUEENS keeper Rohan Ferguson told how he used a mix of research and luck to keep out Dunfermline’s first-half penalty.
Pars pounded the Palmerston men in a one-side opening 45 minutes and it looked grim for the home side when Declan McManus walked up to take a disputed spotkick early on.
But Ferguson threw himself across to block the low effort and keep Queens in the reckoning before Willie Gibson again came up with the goods, with a fabulous 18-yard winner five minutes into the second period.
Ferguson said: “He scored against me at the start of the season away at Dunfermline so I guessed he would go the same way and luckily he did.
“It was a bit of an educated guess.
“I’ve saved a few penalties this season, especially in the Betfred Cup, but to do it in the 90 minutes is special.
“It’s a great win and a great three points. Now we just have to keep building on it and use this as a platform.
“They were on top in terms of possession, but I don’t think I have been that busy in the game.”
Queens have enjoyed a decent run of form at home and away, including a 3-2 win last week at Dundee with Gibson’s spectacular late strike.
This time he collected a clearance at the edge of the box and whacked it into the bottom right despite Pars keeper Owain Fon Williams managing to get a hand to the ball.
Queens managed to see the game out and Pars’ misery increased when Lewis Mayo picked up a second booking late on for
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hauling down on-loan Rangers player Dapo Mebude, making his return after being part of the Covid-19 regulation breach by a number of Ibrox players.
Requests to speak with Mebude were turned down after the match by Queens officials.
But Palmerston manager Allan Johnston said: “Young Dapo came back from Covid and caused them all sorts of problems. He is strong and athletic and was hard for them to handle.
“We couldn’t get anywhere near them in the first half, but in the second we were a different team.
“When you are not playing well, you have to defend well and we did that then in the second we created chances and scored a good goal.
“They had a lot of the ball in the first half and obviously we got out of jail with the penalty.
“We thoroughly deserved to get the win after restricting them to very few chances.”
Pars chief Stevie Crawford echoed his rival’s view on the lack of opportunities and admitted: “It was a bad day at the office.
“You don’t win games on possession and when we did have it we did not work their goalkeeper enough.
“I don’t think the defeat was down to a lack of effort or application, we were done with a sucker punch at Queens’ goal. I would be more concerned if we had not played well.
“Now we have to use this hurt from today going into Friday’s game with Raith Rovers.”