Mccord ties up victory despite spot of bother

The Loons were gifted the opening goal after only four minutes when Mark Hill crossed for Dale Hilson to finish.

The Sons were level 13 minutes later when Bobby Barr finished clinically.

A defensive disaster cost the home side as Dylan Easton found John Baird with a through ball on 37 minutes and the striker finished to restore Forfar’s lead.

Three minutes later, a shot by Easton took a deflection and looped over the keeper before finding the net.

On 85 minutes, Barr fired home in a crowded area to give Dumbarton hope, but Forfar held on.

raith 5 stenhousemuir 1 Raith’s first chance fell to Lewis Vaughan, who took the ball round the keeper, but could only find the side-netting, but Iain Davidson did better when he scored the opener from close range when he was not picked up at a corner.

The Warriors were reduced to 10 men after 20 minutes when Conor Mcbrearty was shown a straight red card for clipping Chris Duggan.

But they equalised four minutes later when Seb Ross headed in Sean Dickson’s cross. However, 12 minutes from the break Grant Gillespie restored Raith’s lead, then Euan Murray made it 3-1 five minutes later when he headed home Vaughan’s corner. Vaughan also netted before the break with a right-foot shot.

Raith did not let up and Duggan made it 5-1 seven minutes after the break after Raith had shredded the visiting defence again.

Stenny battled to keep the score down in the closing stages, but it proved no contest after the early red card.

east Fife 1 airdrie 2 Airdrie started the game well and almost took the lead with barely a minute on the clock when a Leighton Mcintosh cross was deflected over the bar.

Airdrie almost punished them again with a Scott Stewart drive which was blocked by Craig Watson.

After their impressive start it was no surprise when Airdrie took the lead.

The Fife defence was guilty of failing to clear their lines and former Methil midfielder Kyle Wilkie took full advantage by prodding home a loose ball.

Soon after, East Fife were level as keeper Ben Mckenzie was guilty of failing to clear the ball, allowing striker Anton Dowds to rob him and net.

Airdrie responded well and Mcintosh deservedly restored their lead on half time when he nodded home a deep Kieran Macdonald cross.

It was nearly 3-1 when Macdonald crashed a free-kick off the post in the second half.

stranraer 1 Montrose 2 Barely four minutes were on the clock when Martin Rennie was given the chance to opening the scoring from the penalty spot.

David Brownlie was adjudged to have hauled down Craig Johnston and Rennie rifled past Max Currie.

Twelve minutes later, the visitors had the chance to double their advantage with their second spot-kick.

This time, Adam Cummins brought down Terry Masson and Rennie found the same corner.

Cummins almost redeemed himself before the break, but his header was cleared in the six-yard box. Immediately, Montrose countered and Currie had to stand tall to keep out Andrew Steeves’ powerful drive.

After the break, Stranraer substitute Grant Anderson put one wide.

The hosts did half the deficit when Innes Cameron beat goalkeeper Allan Fleming to the ball and poked home from close range.