| Date | Tuesday, 04 August 1998 |
|---|---|
| Competition | Scottish League Division 3 |
| Fixture/Score | Ross County 1:0 East Stirlingshire |
| Venue | Victoria Park |
| Attendance | 1,021 |
| Referee | Kevin Bisset |
| Comments | Match Report Report by Dave Edwards for the Press & Journal. Ross County 1 East Stirlingshire 0 A Second-Half goal from transfer-listed wing back Roy McBain was enough to give Ross County a hard-earned victory in their Third Division opener against East Stirling at Victoria Park, Dingwall, last night. Both sides failed to harness the strong wind in a scrappy game in which County looked a shadow of the side which disposed so confidently of Montrose in the League Cup last weekend. County were unchanged from Saturday, while East Stirling lined up with Derek Millar in for the injured Murray Brown at the back and 16-year-old Brown Ferguson in midfield in place of Martin Hardie, who had picked up a leg knock. East Stirling, with the wind at their backs, opened strongly and Billy McNeill almost scored in the second minute, but his flashing 20-yard drive shaved the post. County's Davie Ross turned the ball back across goal and Saturday's hat-trick hero Derek Adams was inches away from connecting on the six-yard line. The game badly needed a goal and it came in the 67th minute when County's Frank Escalon sent in a low cross that Shire substitute Alan Sime allowed to pass through his legs--the ball was picked up by man-of-the-match McBain, who hammered it low past Gordon McDougall. Kenny Gilbert hit the Shire woodwork late on with a 30-yard shot. |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | Neale Cooper |
| Starting 11 | 1: Joseph (Nicky) Walker, 2: William Furphy, 3: Ian Maxwell, 4: David MacKay, 5: Kenneth Gilbert, 6: Franck Escalon 1, 7: Roy McBain 1, 8: Alexander Taylor, 9: Neil Tarrant, 10: Derek Adams, 11: David Ross |
| Bench | 0: William (Billy) Herd, 0: Murray Hunter, 0: Connor Campbell |
| East Stirlingshire | |
| Manager | Hugh McCann |
| Starting 11 | Gordon McDougall, Tony Barr, Derek Miller, Brian Ross, Jim Smith, Scott Walker, Brown Ferguson, David Muirhead, William McNeill, Paul Patterson, Kevin McGoldrick |
| Bench | Alan Sime, Paul Hoxley, McBeth |