Date	Saturday, 01 February 1997
Competition	Scottish League Division 3
Fixture/Score	Ross County 3:1 Albion Rovers
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Jim Herald
Ross County
Manager	Neale Cooper
Starting 11	1: Stephen Hutchison, 2: William Furphy 1, 3: William (Billy) Herd 1, 4: David MacKay, 5: Johnston Bellshaw, 6: Gerard Farrell, 7: Roy McBain, 8: Julian Broddle, 9: Keith (Billy) Ferries, 10: Alexander (Sandy) Ross 2, 11: Andrew (Andy) MacLeod 1
Bench	0: Robert (Robbie) Williamson, 0: Steven Ferguson, 0: Derek Adams 1
Albion Rovers
Manager	Vinnie Moore
Starting 11	Graham Duncan, Neil McKilligan 1, Neil McGowan 1, David Byrne, Paul Martin, Colin Mitchell, Ian McInnes, Lee Gardener 1, Willie Waters, Vincent Moore, Thomas Walker
Bench	Ian Harty, Martin Clark, John Dickson
Attendance	1,146
Match Report	Ross County Goal Scorers: Sandy Ross (3' 58') Derek Adams (85') Ross County Substitutions: Steve Ferguson for Gerry Farrell (57') Derek Adams for Andy MacLeod (70') Robbie Williamson for Willie Furphy (83') Ross County Cautions: William Furphy (?) Billy Herd (?) Andy MacLeod (?) Albion Rovers Goal Scorer: Lee Gardener (16' Pen.) Albion Rovers Substitutions: Ian Harty for unknown (?) Martin Clark for unknown (?) John Dickson for unknown (?) Albion Rovers Cautions: Neil McKilligan (?) Neil McGowan (?) Report from the Press & Journal. Ross County 3 Albion Rovers 1 Willie Furphy, out in the cold for most of the season, is set to be handed a key role as Ross County face a triple test in Third Division title campaign. The third-top Dingwall men visit second-placed Forfar Athletic on Saturday, followed by a midweek home game with leaders Inverness Caledonian Thistle. They are then at home to fourth-placed Alloa Athletic on Saturday week. Ex-Ayr United and Elgin City defender Furphy was an effective midfield ball-winner as County dimmed Albion Rovers' promotion hopes with their third successive victory over the Coatbridge men. County's good win was threatened by a moment of madness involving Julian Broddle, who handled a cross. Gardiner scored the 16th-minute penalty kick to equalise Sandy Ross's third-minute opener, which was teed up for him by fine work from Andy McLeod. It took County to 58th minute to regain the lead, Ross powering home a Header from a Billy Ferries cross. Substitute Derek Adams clinched the points five minutes from time from a Ferries cut-back.