Date	Saturday, 02 November 1996
Competition	Scottish League Division 3
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:1 Forfar Athletic
Venue	Victoria Park
Attendance	1,669
Referee	Ian Fyfe
Comments	Match Report Report by Derek McGregor for the Daily Record. Ross County 1 Forfar Athletic 1 Choked County striker Derek Adams took it on the chin after his late penalty miss at Victoria Park cost his side two points. The ex- Aberdeen and Burnley player saw his 80th minute spot-kick saved by John Donegan. And there was double agony when team-mate David MacKay blasted over the rebound. Forfar--who had Jamie Loney sent off for the handball which led to the penalty--would have been buried if Adams had scored. He said: "In my book penalties like that don't go down as good saves. It was a bad kick and no one's more disappointed about it than me. There are no excuses." Adams, though, had given County a stunning first minute lead--and he earned praise from gaffer Neale Cooper. He said: "He's been playing well and scored in style today but I didn't see Derek's kick. "Funnily enough, I turned round just at the point David MacKay had a go--and I thought That was the penalty." Forfar grabbed a point with Ben Honeyman's 13th minute, point-blank effort. ....SFA supremo Jim Farry and UEFA officials took in the game to check out Victoria Park's suitability as a potential European Youth Championship venue in 1998.
Ross County
Manager	Neale Cooper
Starting 11	1: Stephen Hutchison, 2: William (Billy) Herd 1, 3: David MacKay, 4: Johnston Bellshaw, 5: Gerard Farrell, 6: Julian Broddle 1, 7: Roy McBain, 8: Gordon Connelly, 9: Derek Adams 1, 10: Alexander (Sandy) Ross, 11: Andrew (Andy) MacLeod
Bench	0: William Furphy, 0: Kevin Fotheringham, 0: Keith (Billy) Ferries
Forfar Athletic
Manager	Ian McPhee
Starting 11	John Donegan, Ian McPhee, Douglas Craig 1, Jim Hamilton, Stuart Glennie 1, Iain Lee, Alan Morgan, John Allison, Paul Hannigan 1, Ben Honeyman 1, Jamie Loney 1
Bench	Farquharson, Trialist, Thompson