| Date | Saturday, 19 February 2005 |
|---|---|
| Competition | Scottish League Division 1 |
| Fixture/Score | Clyde 1:0 Ross County |
| Venue | Broadwood Stadium |
| Attendance | 1,086 |
| Referee | Willie Young |
| Comments | Match Report Report from the Press & Journal. Clyde 1 Ross County 0 Around 40 volunteers raced on to the Broadwood pitch at the end of this match to lay covers in an attempt to ensure the expected frosty weather does not scupper Clyde's upcoming Scottish Cup tie against Celtic on Sunday. And that must only have added to the frustration of Ross County, whose own cup hopes evaporated with defeat by the Bully Wee last Tuesday. there was no doubt that County boss Alex Smith was fuming as his side lost its second match at Broadwood in five days. Despite the Dingwall outfit being the better of the two sides on Saturday, a long ball from defence found Ian Harty, who pounced to drive in the only goal of the second period. Smith said: "This was like a boxer scoring points for 11 rounds and then being caught by a sucker punch. I am fed up with the way the whole week has gone. We ran the game for a long time and must have had 70% of the possession. "We have had two games here and played well in both of them, and yet come away with nothing. There was a lot of good football by the net when you are on top. there was no cutting edge. "John Rankin was the best player on the park by far and did not deserve to be on the losing side. In football terms, it was criminal and costly." Clyde manager Billy Reid said: "It has been a great week for us and it was important to win as we did not want to go into the Celtic game on the back of a defeat." |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | Alexander (Alex) Smith |
| Starting 11 | 1: Colin Stewart, 2: James Lauchlan, 3: John Robertson, 4: Martin Canning, 5: Don (JNR) Cowie, 6: Stuart Taylor, 7: Mark McCulloch, 8: Sean Kilgannon, 9: Fergus Tiernan, 10: John Rankin, 11: David Winters |
| Bench | 0: Stuart Garden, 0: Neil McDonald, 0: Steven McGarry, 0: Sean Higgins, 0: Alexander Burke |
| Clyde | |
| Manager | Billy Reid |
| Starting 11 | Bryn Halliwell, Gary Bollan, Stuart Balmer, Eddie Malone, John-Paul Potter, Simon Mensing, Darren Sheridan, James Gibson, Craig Bryson, Alex Burns, Ian Harty 1 |
| Bench | Alan Morrison, David Greenhill, Mark Gilhaney, Chris Gardiner, Gary Arbuckle |