Date	Saturday, 06 February 2010
Competition	Scottish Cup
Fixture/Score	Ross County 9:0 Stirling Albion
Venue	Victoria Park
Attendance	1,365
Referee	Euan Norris
Comments	Match Report Report from The Scotsman. Ross County 9 Stirling Albion 0 ROSS County mercilessly battered troubled Stirling Albion to secure the first Scottish Cup quarter-final appearance of the club's history. Lethal finishing and relentless creativity from County brought a nine-goal annihilation as Stirling's initially spirited show disintegrated into sheer embarrassment. Derek Adams' side, pumped with belief amid a run of five wins and a draw, was unchanged from last weekend's shock triumph at Dens Park. The Binos' mission was to create a shock and land the kind of money-spinning quarter-final draw that might ease their well-publicised financial plight. County, though, were in ruthless mood and went straight for the jugular. From Scott Morrison's free-kick, Alex Keddie tore in to the six-yard box to thump a header past the off-balance Stirling keeper. County surged two ahead with Michael Gardyne starting the move and finishing it after Garry Wood spotted his well-timed run into the box. The ex-Celtic youth's finishing was again faultless as he lifted a 12-yard shot into the corner of the net. Gardyne's tenth of the season then became 11 after 20 minutes. The midfielder had only one thought as he tore onto a loose ball 22 yards out and ripped his shot high into the net. Allan Moore's men were spirited and took the game to County in spells, but were stung again after 55 minutes. Richard Brittain's swept ball across the face of goal from the right and Wood tore in front of the keeper to apply a simple close-range finish. Four minutes later, Albion were facing a rout as Wood struck the fifth low from the edge of the box. The sixth was tucked away from the spot by Brittain after Wood was downed in the box by Ross Forsyth. Substitute Stuart Kettlewell forced in the seventh eight minutes from time after a Steven Watt header crashed off the under-side. And it was eight two minutes later as Scott Morrison's swirling free-kick from 35 yards eluded everyone from deep right. Wood wrapped up his hat-trick in the final minute.
Ross County
Manager	Derek Adams
Starting 11	1: Michael McGovern, 2: Scott Morrison 1, 3: Alexander Keddie 1, 4: Gary Miller, 5: Scott Boyd, 6: Martin Scott, 7: Paul Lawson, 8: Richard Brittain 1 (1 pen), 9: Michael Gardyne 2, 10: Garry Wood 3, 11: Paul Di Giacomo
Bench	0: Joseph Malin, 0: Steven Watt, 0: Stuart Kettlewell 1 1, 0: Iain Vigurs, 0: Andrew Barrowman
Stirling Albion
Manager	Allan Moore
Starting 11	Scott Christie, Kenny Feaks, Ross Forsyth 1, Andy Graham 1, Paul Murphy, Scott Robertson, Andy Gibson, Craig Young, Sean Roycroft, David McKenna, David O'Brian
Bench	Myles Hogarth, John O'Neil, Liam Corr, Nathan Taggart, Michael Mullen