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Great first half, took Stenny by surprise with our shape and tactics I think. Deservedly 1 up at HT. They changed things and had the better of the 2nd half and an equaliser was looking increasingly likely as the game went on but is was a bit of a sickener when it came, because that was never a penalty. Shocking decision. After that we were side the clinging on for a draw, which I guess was a fair result overall but we are the ones going home disappointed and angry.

The ball was almost off the pitch before the Stenny player went down - not deliberately, I should say. There is no way he or any other Stenny player could have caught it. And Sole was off the pitch after he was pushed. Referee was abysmal. But... we should have killed that game off with more goals long before the penalty.

For me, the way the ref handled the whole game, when Devine dives in like that I knew the ref would give it. I do think Devine is just trying to make himself big to block the ball and tbh if it happened the other end I'd be screaming for it. Ref was happy to card us on first offenses it felt while Aikten definitely got away with 3-4 fouls before the card and then another couple before the pen.

I totally agree. It's imperative we don't lose but I totally understand why fans are wanting to win as it puts us in better position in terms of the title race, especially if we beat Peterhead on Tuesday.

A draw keeps it within our own grasp albeit a couple of testing games. Cove, Alloa & Montrose are all capable of taking points from Stenny. On the other hand, we need to change draws into wins...

Not a penalty for me. Anderson falls over a man lying face down on the ground. In fact, looks like he deliberately left his leg/foot right in there to win the spot-kick. It's called cheating. WTAF Must win now at Peterhead. It's still in our own shaky hands...

Disappointing, We had the better of the first half, but were second best after the break, although the penalty decision was a joke. Thought the overall standard of football was fairly poor, with little decent passing. Too much just punting the ball upfield. Maybe the wind and pitch contributed to that. Definitely need a win on Tuesday night now. You can do it lads. Onwards and upwards.

If you can see how that penalty was given, your a better man than me. Even watching on TV, it didn't look like the Stenny player was anywhere near the ball. Given there was a blatant push on Sole near the end when he was possibly breaking clear just highlights how inconsistent the ref was.

2 points dropped, other than the pen felt Stenny had one good chance. The lack of substitutes hurt us, a change was needed around the hour mark to try to change the momentum. Would have chucked on longstaff and sole to get some width. Alonge is shocking with the ball at his feet, everytime he tried to dribble past the man he lost it. I see why the pen was given, going in like that means the ref has a decision to make.

Why in Earth no substitutes? Wotherspoon's race was run a long time ago. Fresh legs in Sole or Longstaff when Stenny started to dominate (which was just a series of scrambles in the box) would have made the difference.

It is now looking unlikely that County will go straight back up to the SPFL this season.

I’d take a draw.

STENNY SIX-POINTER If ever there was one, this is the proverbial six-pointer and a game that will go a long way to decide who gets automatic promotion to the Championship come five o'clock on the 2nd of May. If not entirely a must win game, it's definitely a must not lose encounter. We still have the postponed fixture against Peterhead away to contend with and at this stage of the season and with our campaign agonisingly unravelling in a tortuous manner, there are no guarantees that three points at Balmoor is a given. Ahead of this game, it's still in our own hands, a defeat removes that option. Danny Devine missed the KDM Final through injury and although Chanka Zimba played in it, was on the park, he is suspended for this crucial League1 clash. A number of our players never turned up for the Final, some say they haven't arrived yet, but here's hoping they get that no show out of their system pretty quick. It's not up to me, but surely we need more grit and determination in midfield and we don't get that from Chalmers. What does Calum MacLeod and Ben Brannan need to do to get a game? Does Liam Sole not realise he needs to get his finger out and deliver the goods he often promises? Alfie Bavidge is a striker. Play him as one. Time to play our best XI from the start. If that means getting more out of David Wotherspoon then so be it. Is it time to roll back the years and get Billy Mckay on the park as well, although he was not in the squad at Firhill? Plenty of questions for Scott Kellacher to ponder, let's hope he has all the answers because defeat here could signal another season in the doldrums. 🦀 Sideways football, it's not for everyone 🦀 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Bus/Info 📺 LIVE on BBC Alba 📺 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inverness CT 58pts THE RUN IN Stenhousemuir 60pts STENNY v ICTFC - 📺 11th April @17:30 STENNY v ICTFC - 📺 Peterhead v ICTFC - 📺 14th April @19:45 STENNY - No ⛔ Game ICTFC v Kelty Hearts 18th April @15:00 Cove v STENNY East Fife v ICTFC 25th April @15:00 STENNY v Alloa ICTFC v Accies 2nd May @15:00 Montrose v STENNY With our season imploding somewhat, we never turned up for the KDM Trophy Final against Raith Rovers who deservedly took the win last Sunday 4-1. Last Six League1: D W D W D D A disappointing no scoring draw at Kelty where we struggled to create enough clear chances and allowed the pack to close in again before a 3-1 home win over Montrose. With Stenny drawing and Alloa losing in midweek, we had a smidgeon of breathing space going into the home game against Cove but that was taken away by a goalkeeper. Balint Demus headed in an equaliser because we failed to put the game to bed when on top. A common theme throughout the season and one which Stenhousemuir took full advantage of by snatching a last minute winner. We bounced back in midweek with a good 3-1 home win over Peterhead with as bizarre an 'offside' goal as you will see gifting the Head their consolation. Zimba x2 & Alonge were our scorers in that one, three going on six. Zimba was Hero to Zero at Alloa scoring the equaliser before being sent off ten minutes later with the game ending at 1-1 and our last League1 game was a poor 1-1 draw under the lights v QotS where Ross Millen followed up on his saved penalty to bundle home and earn us a point. Onto the the KDM final and the only bright spark for us was Alfie Stewart's superb free kick. Alas we gave our opponents too much respect and too many opportunities to take the ball from us and for that we suffered badly. Scott Kellacher with the copy & paste pre-match. A few struggling after last weekend. No specific players named so that should open up the tombola selection. Just a thought here. Is our squad too big for League1 and is that why we have this selection out of the hat rotation? With 22 or 23 to pick from that brings it's own headaches. If a club only has say 15 quality players then barring injuries and suspensions, there's your players for a more settled and consistent first choice. To be honest, I don't envy Kellacher's job, however it's time for the top XI to start at Ochilview. Stenhousemuir's relentless drive for promotion continued last Saturday with a confident 3-0 win over Hamilton Accies with goals from Dunfermline's on loan Ritchie-Hosler, Ross Taylor and Greg Buchanan. Last Six League1: W D W W D W They have been churning out results all season and have taken 14 points from their last six League1 fixtures, a run that has taken them two points clear of the Caley Jags who are hell bent on drawing their way into the Championship with their over cautious approach. It all started with a 1-0 win at Accies thanks to Olly Whyte's goal on the hour. A 1-1 draw followed at QotS where Nicky Jamieson's first half goal was cancelled out on the hour by Guthrie. Ross Taylor was the match winner at Peterhead with a last minute strike and he scored the opener in the next game against Kelty Hearts with Matty Aitken adding a late second in a 2-0 win. A surprising 2-2 draw with a battling East Fife after goals from Buchanan and Anderson had them cruising for all three points. The Fifers turned it round with two goals in a minute, the first from Nathan Austin baby. Last time out they scored an emphatic 3-0 win over Accies with Ritchie-Hosler, Ross Taylor and Greg Buchanan wrapping up the points which put them two ahead of the Caley Jags who will have a catch-up game to come against Peterhead next Tuesday. 🏆 Gary Naysmith has been named Glen’s League 1 Manager of the Month for March 2026. Can't argue with that given the unbeaten run the Warriors are on. Ross Taylor had to come off injured against Accies or was that just a precaution. Has an eye for a goal out of nothing. Ritchie-Hosler on loan from Dunfermline has given Stenny an extra dimension. Olly Whyte and Matty Aitken are big threats in front of goal. At the back Nicky Jamieson and Greg Buchanan are as solid as a rock. 🏟️ Ochilview Park 🏆 William Hill League One 📅 Saturday 11 April 🕑 17:30 Pos Team Pld Gd Pts 1 Stenny 32 22 60 2 ICTFC 31 32 58 3 Alloa 32 15 50 4 QueenS 32 6 46 5 P'Head 31 -9 42 6 Monty 32 -13 41 7 Cove 32 -5 31 8 E Fife 32 -26 31 9 Accies 32 8 25 10 Kelty 32 -30 23

Kellacher (with a c) just failed the job interview, didn't respond to Naysmiths changes and could have cost us all the points. Ref wasn't bad, apart from the penalty I thought he gave both sides dubious calls. The longer it stayed one nil the more I saw the resulting draw.

After praising Kellagher for his tactics tactics, how he didn't use his bench sooner is inexcusable Penalty decision was, not for the first time, this season was poor, it simply wasn't a penalty. Ref was poor all night and gave us nothing

Sole needed to come on for Alonge with about half an hour to go. That was never in a million years a penalty! Still in our hands so not all bad.

Merry Christmas to all in Stenhousemuir. I hope your other gifts were as good as that one!

Another change to the team.. Well i can only hope they play out of their skins to get a win! Get into them ICT!!!!!

A massive game. TV, probably delayed for me until we get a 6 year old having a sleepover off to bed, as I doubt I can keep him interested in it live. One we really can’t afford to lose. Although I expect both teams to drop points in the run in, we don’t want to make it any harder to secure top spot so I’m really hoping we get the win.

I wonder if Rodders fancies sinking County tonight. Game on BBC Scotland starting in 5 minutes. QP 1-0 County F/T

Bear in mind that I've only really seen Millen in the last two televised games. Now maybe I have missed defensive errors, but in both games I certainly saw him getting forward and putting balls into the box. Maybe not the best crosses, but more than most of the others do. At the risk of starting an avalanche, why does everyone seem to downrate him? Keep it short, please

Billy McKay calf injury last week. I differ TM4TJ, this is a must win game. If only we could play like Raith did last week. I watched a rank rotten RC team pumped 4-0 by airdrie last week. I watched before that a rank rotten Raith team beaten 2-0 by a you know what RC. Was it a poor display from RC last week? Maybe, but airdrie are one of the best championship teams I have seen at Dingwall this season. Don’t understand why they were bottom of the championship on the RC display. What I am saying is, I don’t give us much chance against them if we don’t win this league and manage to get to the play off final. Giving up away TV football this weekend and heading to Ochilview. Come on kellacher, no. “ it’s your turn to play”, get on the front foot, and for gods sake man cut the crappy back 4 passing to each other, going nowhere and get up the park before stenny get their defensive lines set up. ( remember the chasing down of the 15 point deficit last season, get it up the park, get it into the box asap style) Macleod at RB, if Devine plays Robertson at LB, pick either Allan or Stewart, they are too similar to play together, a running mackinnon in midfield and longstaff in for a totally ineffective Sole. So, it will probably be a victory with Sole scoring the winner assisted by Millen, Allan, and macintyre on a quick counter. Ps…. Haven’t been impressed with Brannan since he returned.