Date	Saturday, 27 December 1997
Competition	Scottish League Division 3
Fixture/Score	Cowdenbeath 0:2 Ross County
Venue	Central Park
Referee	Dougie McDonald
Ross County
Manager	Neale Cooper
Starting 11	1: Joseph (Nicky) Walker, 2: Mark Haro, 3: William (Billy) Herd 1, 4: David MacKay, 5: Gerard Farrell, 6: Roy McBain 1, 7: Steven Ferguson 1, 8: Franck Escalon, 9: Alexander Taylor, 10: Derek Adams, 11: Garry Wood 1
Bench	0: Stuart Golabek, 0: Kenneth Gilbert, 0: Neil Tarrant
Cowdenbeath
Manager	Craig Levein
Starting 11	Stevie Hutchison, Darren Murray, Graham Mitchell 1, Graham Meldrum, Paul Millar, Craig Winter 1, Graeme Brown, Derek Holmes, Willie Stewart, Trialist, Barry McMahon 1
Bench	Martin Humphreys, Alistair Hamilton, Alan Carson
Attendance	238
Match Report	Ross County Goal Scorers: Garry Wood (62') Graham Mitchell (89' o.g.) Ross County Substitutions: Kenny Gilbert for Alex Taylor (66') Neil Tarrant for Steve Ferguson (84') Stuart Golabek for Franck Escalon (88') Ross County Cautions: Steve Ferguson (?) Roy McBain (?) Billy Herd (?) Cowdenbeath Substitutions: Alan Carson for Graeme Brown (75') Martin Humphreys for Barry McMahon (75') Cowdenbeath Cautions: Craig Winter (?) Barry McMahon (?) Report from the Daily Record. Cowdenbeath 0 Ross County 2 Garry Wood produced an action replay at Cowdenbeath. The ex-Beath star rifled home a second-half shot for Ross County--just like he did on his last trip to his stomping ground in August. And a late Graham Mitchell own goal ensured the Fifers are anchored to the foot of Division Three, six points behind Montrose. Ross boss Neale Cooper saw his side move up to second in the table and said: "We weren't at the races in the first half, but we got it together after the interval and took goals well." Cowdenbeath gaffer Craig Levein--9n the job just five weeks--crashed to his second successive home defeat. He admitted: "We were very naive defensively and we will have to learn from our mistakes."