Inverness CT 1 Dunfermline 1
Saturday, 7th Jan 2012William Hill Scottish Cup Fourth Round: Cardle and Kirk in for Mason and Willis. Barrowman (30) 0-1, Hayes (95) 1-1.
MATCH PICTURES
Dunfermline travelled north to meet Inverness Caley Thistle in the Fourth Round of the Scottish Cup and although SPL survival has to be the main priority this was an opportunity to turn their season around with a morale boosting win in the Scottish Cup against their fellow SPL opponents.
It was to a tale of two keepers and with the hosts equalising in the fifth minute of added time a deeply disappointing finish to the game for the Pars.
Jim McIntyre brought in Andy Kirk and Joe Cardle with Paul Willis and Gary Mason dropping out. For Inverness Terry Butcher made only one change, 24 year old Jonny Tuffey coming in to replace Ryan Esson in goals.
The teams warmed up under a gloomy sky but the dark clouds blew over in time for the kick off. Dunfermline kicked off attacking the goal in front of approximately 160 loyal fans who had made the journey north.
It was a slow start with only crosses from Cardle and then Thomas Piermayr at the other end to raise the crowds expectations. Andy Kirk was shown a yellow card within five minutes for a challenge on Roman Golobart.
Cardle swung the first corner of the game in from the left on seven minutes but it was defended and Caley won their first two minutes later with the Pars defence doing equally well. Paul Burns then made a surging run after being slipped a ball out of defence by Martin Hardie but alas his final ball towards Kirk on the edge of the Caley box was too big.
On the quarter hour Gregory Tade threatened to weave a route through the centre of the Pars defence and Alex Keddie earned a yellow in conceding a free kick 30 yards out. Jonny Hayes tried a shot but his effort sailed high over Chris Smith`s goal.
Then at the other end Tade fouled Hardie and the big man tried one of his special efforts. He was on target but the former Partick keeper held the powerful shot. In 21 minutes Cardle floated a cross towards the rising Andy Barrowman but he could not reach it for a header 14 yards out.
The visitors began to see a bit more possession but failed to create any opportunities to shoot at goal. On 29 minutes Tuffey came a couple of yards out of his box and miskicked. Kenny Gillet brought down Kirk as the ball broke behind the keeper and referee Euan Norris reached for his red card for the Thistle central defender.
Hardie powered the ensuing free kick through the home wall and Tuffey turned the ball up into the air for BARROWMAN to head back over him into the net. An all important first goal for Dunfermline. 1-0 up after half an hour.
It was the ten men who then produced the next chance and Smith pulled off a good save from Billy McKay to keep the Fifers ahead. In 38 minutes Graeme Shinnie swung over a good cross from the left wing, the ball cleared the defence to find Hayes at the far post but he sent the good chance over the top.
It got really dark as the interval approached and the floodlights seemed exceptionally bright. Smith held a Hayes drive from distance as Caley pushed to level. McKay came very close to converting a dangerous ball in from the right and then an added time free kick was driven from 19 yards into the Pars wall, so it ended with the visitors with the advantage at the break.
Richie Foran had done a great job playing just in front of his defence as playmaker but Dunfermline had a good half themselves with Burns in particular turning up all over the pitch to make a big impression.
Half Time: Inverness Caley Thistle 0 Dunfermline 1
Caley opened the second half with two corners within the opening two minutes but the Fifers defence did its job. Potter required treatment in 48 minutes but was fine to continue after Kenny Murray`s attention.
Cardle fired a 50th minute shot at Tuffey from 25 yards out but still Caley Thistle pushed up and forced another corner but again the defence was strong. On 53 Hayes sent Cox up the right and his cross from the right edge of the Pars box was deflected off Boyle causing Smith to drop to the deck and save to his right.
Smith then held a David Davis free kick that was floated in from 30 yards out at an angle from the left. In 58 minutes Cardle tried to force his way through the centre but was dragged down and Hardie was allowed another pop from a free kick 25 yards out but he sent that narrowly over the bar.
A Keddie lob towards the Caley box was flicked on by Barrowman for Kirk on the left side but he blazed his shot into the stand. In 64 minutes Foran dispossessed Hardie midway into the Dunfermline half.The Highlanders captain threatened as he drove into the left side of the Pars box but Burns mopped up as the Irishman topped his cross.
Hardie was unlucky to see yellow when an opponent ran into him on the edge of the D. Hayes drilled the free kick through the Pars wall but Smith stopped the shot and dropped on the rebounded ball. A Davis cross from the right then came back off the far post as the ball got caught in the wind.
Liam Buchanan replaced Andy Kirk with 20 minutes remaining. Hayes 75th minutes free kick was deflected for a corner on the left. That travelled to Tade at the far post but the ball went behind to the left. Cardle and Buchanan broke swiftly up the right to earn a corner that Tuffey held from Cardle.
Barrowman thumped a 79th minute chance narrowly wide from 20 yards while at the other end Foran blasted the ball over the bar. Ryan Thomson and Gary Mason came on with six minutes to go, Hardie and Cardle going off.
With three mintues remaining, Buchanan broke through on the right side of the opposition box but his on target shot was deflected over the bar and Ryan Thomson directed Graham`s corner wide right when it came in from the left. Doran shot wide from 25 yards out causing the Pars support to break out in song.
Six minutes of added time was shown when Iain Brines lifted the board. That spurred Caley on and Hayes swung in a cross that a blue shirt tried to convert with a hand. The free kick took the pressure off for a minute or two but then disaster for Smith in 95th minute.The keeper came five yards out of his box, swished at the ball, missed with the pitch possibly contributing to the mishap and HAYES latched on to the chance. It was a relatively easy job for the diminutive winger to slot the ball home.
A really disappointing end to the match when it looked as though it was going to turn out to be the kind of morale boosting victory that would have helped the team and Chris Smith in particular.
Replay at East End Park on Wednesday 18th January.
SUBS NOT USED: Shane Sutherland, Ryan Esson (GK)
SCORERS: Hayes (95)
YELLOW CARD: Cox (51)
RED CARD: Gillet (29)
DUNFERMLINE: Chris Smith, Andy Dowie, John Potter, Alex Keddie, Paddy Boyle; David Graham,, Paul Burns, Martin Hardie (c) (Ryan Thomson 84),Joe Cardle (Gary Mason 84); Andy Kirk (Liam Buchanan 70), Andy Barrowman
SUBS NOT USED: Kerr Young, Ryan Goodfellow (GK)
SCORERS: Barrowman (29)
YELLOW CARD: Kirk (5), Keddie (15) Hardie (66), Burns (72)
REFEREE: Euan Norris
WEATHER: Gloomy 5°C
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Preview Inverness CT Cup Tie
Wednesday, 4th Jan 2012In the Scottish Cup the sides have been drawn together only once - in the 2004 Semi Final. That time it took a replay to take Dunfermline past the First Division highlanders.
On Saturday Dunfermline will travel back up the A9 to face Inverness Caley Thistle in the Scottish Cup. The teams last met in October at the Caledonian Stadium and the match ended all square after a late Liam Buchanan penalty countered a first half strike by Gregory Tade. The first meeting this season at East End Park was rescued by a special from Martin Hardie after Andy Kirk had twice put his side in the lead..
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Record v Inverness Caledonian Thistle (A) | |||||
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D |
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11 |
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6 |
10 |
16 |
The Pars record against the Highlanders is not the best and they have won only twice at Inverness in 11 visits. The 2-1 win in April 2000 won them promotion to the Premier League after a year`s absence and the other a 3-1 win on St Patricks Day 2007 was Stephen Kenny`s first league victory after 16 attempts.
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Milestones Inverness Caledonian Thistle (Away) | |||
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Last League Victory |
3-1 |
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Last League Defeat |
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Best League Victory |
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2-1 |
Sc Div 1 |
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Worst League Defeat |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
In the twenty two league match between the sides, Dunfermline have won four of them, there have been nine draws and nine have ended in defeat.
Last 12 League Matches v Inverness CT | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 22/10/11 | A | 1-1 | [0-1] Tade, [1-1] Buchanan (pen.) |
| 06/08/11 | H | 3-3 | [1-0] Kirk, [1-1] Tansey, [2-1] Kirk. [2-2] Hayes, [2-3] Tansey, [3-3] Hardie |
| 17/04/10 | A | 0-2 | [1-0] Rooney, [2-0] Foran |
| 19/12/09 | H | 0-0 | . |
| 17/10/09 | A | 1-1 | [0-1] Proctor, [1-1] Kirk |
| H | 0-1 | [0-1] Cox | |
| 12/05/07 | A | 1-2 | [1-0] McIntyre, [1-1] Hastings, [1-2] McAllister |
| 17/03/07 | A | 3-1 | [0-1] Paatelainen, [1-1] Glass, [2-1] McIntyre, [3-1] Glass |
| 23/12/06 | H | 0-0 | |
| A | 0-1 | [0-1] Tokely | |
| 06/05/06 | H | 0-1 | [0-1] Morgan |
| 08/02/06 | H | 2-2 | [1-0] Hunt, [2-0] Burchill, [2-1] Dargo (p), [2-2] Wyness |
In the Scottish Cup the sides have been drawn together only once - in the 2004 Semi Final. That time it took a replay to take Dunfermline past the First Division side. The first game was played at Hampden on Saturday 10th April in front of a crowd of 13,255. A Craig Brewster goal midway through the second half made it 1-1 and the teams were to meet again just over a week later at Pittodrie.
It was an unpopular choice for the replay that many felt should have been held in Tayside and with the game being shown live on Sky TV only 5,728 turned up on a cool but sunny evening beside the beach in the Granite City. Caley Thistle took an early lead but Darren Young got the Pars back level in 25 minutes. Brewster put Dunfermline ahead for the first time in the tie on 63 minutes and then 15 minutes later a gem of a goal from skipper Barry Nicholson secured Dunfermline`s place in the Scottish Cup Final, their first since 1968 and a place in the next season`s UEFA Cup.
David Bingham scored a late consolation for Caley Thistle but the Pars won 3-2 to safely qualify for European football for the first time in 35 years.
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Celtic): Chris Smith, Andy Dowie, John Potter, Alex Keddie, Paddy Boyle; Paul Willis (Andy Kirk 65), Paul Burns, Gary Mason,(c) (Joe Cardle,52), Martin Hardie, David Graham, Andy Barrowman Liam Buchanan 76).
SUBS NOT USED: Ryan Goodfellow (GK), Craig Easton, Ryan Thomson, Shaun Byrne
INVERNESS CALEY THISTLE: (v Hibs); Ryan Esson; Kenny Gillet, Graeme Shinnie, Roman Golobart, Thomas Piermayr, Lee Cox, David Davis, Jonathan Hayes, Richie Foran, Gregory Tade, Billy McKay
SUBS: Nick Ross, Gavin Morrison, Aaron Doran, Greg Tansey, Josh Meekings, Shane Sutherland, Jonathan Tuffey (GK).
Referee will be Euan Norris.
Come on ye Pars!
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