Date	Saturday, 13 March 1999
Competition	Scottish League Division 3
Fixture/Score	Cowdenbeath 2:3 Ross County
Venue	Central Park
Referee	Tom Brown
Ross County
Manager	Neale Cooper
Starting 11	1: Joseph (Nicky) Walker, 2: Ian Maxwell 1 1, 3: Mark Haro, 4: Craig Tully, 5: Alexander Taylor, 6: Roy McBain 1, 7: Paul Kinnaird, 8: Steven Ferguson, 9: John McGlashan, 10: David Ross, 11: Neil Tarrant 1
Bench	0: Stuart Golabek, 0: David MacKay, 0: Garry Wood
Cowdenbeath
Manager	Craig Levein
Starting 11	Stephen Hutchison, Ally McMillan, Kenny Milne, Wes Mitchell, Trialist, Robbie Horn 1, Trialist 1, Mark Bradley, Graeme Brown 1, Willie Stewart 1, Grant Carnie
Bench	Lee Cuthbert, Willie Burns, Callum Graham
Attendance	382
Match Report	Ross County Goal Scorers: Neil Tarrant (37') Wes Mitchell (48' o.g.) Ian Maxwell (73') Ross County Substitutions: Stuart Golabek for David Ross (72') Garry Wood for Paul Kinnaird (89') Ross County Caution: Ian Maxwell (?) Ross County Red Card: Roy McBain (84') Cowdenbeath Goal Scorers: Graeme Brown (?) Willie Stewart (?) Cowdenbeath Substitutions: Lee Cuthbert for unknown (?) Willie Burns for unknown (?) Callum Graham for unknown (?) Cowdenbeath Cautions: Robbie Horn (?) Trialist (?) Report by Karen O'Malley for the Scotsman. Cowdenbeath 2 Ross County 3 It may have taken three years to come to fruition, but Ross County are now only four points away from promotion into the Second Division. Neale Cooper's men lost two goals to Cowdenbeath and were reduced to ten men when midfielder Roy McBain was red-carded late in the game, but they still finished the game 3-2 victors. Following Graeme Brown and Willie Stewart's goals, Neil Tarrant, watched by scouts from all over Britain, started the County comeback, pulling a goal back seven minutes before the interval. Wesley Mitchell's own-goal levelled and Ian Maxwell netted the winner midway through the second half. The fighting spirit impressed Cooper. "It was a very hard game and we did very well to come from 2-0 down," he said; "That is the first time that has happened to us. It was a test of character." Their nearest promotion rivals, Stenhousemuir, dropped vital points at Firs Park, as they fought out a 1-1 draw with East Stirlingshire.