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were very difficult but we had a couple of near things to win the game.
“A point down here is not a bad result.”
Cowden’s best chance came on the stroke of halftime when striker Graham Taylor was foiled by a diving save from Annan keeper Alex Mitchell. Edinburgh City..3 Albion Rovers.........0
Alex Harris completed the scoring in 67 minutes.
McDonaugh said: “We won’t give up catching Cove but it is going to be difficult. We could and should have scored more.”
Rovers’ Kevin Harper said: “It’s always difficult going down to 10 men but we kept our shape well.” Bullish Ian McCall insists Partick Thistle will beat the drop after seeing them thwart Premiership- bound Dundee United.
McCall’s basement battlers picked up a precious point against Robbie Neilson’s leaders thanks to Stuart Bannigan’s second- half penalty which cancelled out Di l lon Power s ’ spectacular opener.
The Jags remain three points behind secondbottom Queen of the South but McCall said: “I’m incredibly confident our long-term future will be rosy.
“But it’s the short-term that is important and we have got to win our next two home games against Dunfermline and Alloa.
“It’s a right good point and it would’ve been interesting to see what would have happened if we had gone ahead.
“We had a great chance before they scored through Brian Graham. He’d score that nine times out of 10.
“Their goal was a great finish but it was self-inf licted. We passed the ball straight to him.
“We probably merited being ahead. Overall, though, we are certainly much better than we were a few months ago.”
Both sides had been held to 0- 0 draws during the week going into this top-v-bottom clash on Tayside.
United made one change from the side which drew with Ayr on Tuesday night as Paul McMullan came in for Louis Appere but it was the Jags who began brightest.
Zak Rudden sped clear wide
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on the left before squaring for ex-United ace Graham whose shot was saved by goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist.
That sparked the home side into life and in 18 minutes Ian Harkes’ shot was def lected wide of Scott Fox’s right post.
United only had to wait 60 seconds longer for the breakthrough when Mark Reynolds’ cross was partially cleared as far as Powers.
The American ace took a smart first touch and lashed an unstoppable 22-yard effort high into Fox’s top corner.
Thistle, to their credit, didn’t buckle and just before the break James Penrice had a shot from distance which went wide.
The second half started with United going for the jugular and Lawrence Shankland was denied by Fox.
However, in 52 minutes they shot themselves in the foot.
Paul Watson pulled Tommy Robson back and referee Mike Roncone had no hesitation in pointing to the spot.
Bannigan oozed confidence as he stepped up to send a low penalty past Siegrist.
United’s last throw of the dice was putting on Declan Glass for wideman Rakish Bingham but the Jags held on for a valuable point.
Tannadice boss Neilson said: “It wasn’t one for the purists. But if you look at the bigger picture we’ve gained another point at the top of the league.
“We have eight games to go and have to take the positives into the game with Morton at Cappielow next weekend.”