Match ends, East Stirling 1, East Fife 3.
East StirlingshireEast Stirlingshire1East FifeEast Fife3
East Fife moved level on points with second-placed Queen's Park by beating East Stirlingshire in League Two.
Kris Faulds' free-kick for Shire was glanced in by the head of East Fife player-manager Gary Naysmith.
It was all square through Kyle Wilkie and the visitors took the lead when Nathan Austin scored the rebound after his penalty had been saved.
The visitors wrapped up the win when Scott Mercer's corner fell to Alistair Coote and he drilled into the net.
Line-ups
East Stirlingshire
Formation 4-4-2
- 1BarnardBooked at 45mins
- 2TrialistBooked at 52mins
- 5TownsleyBooked at 58mins
- 6McMullin
- 3DonaldsonSubstituted forKinnairdat 45'minutes
- 7Faulds
- 8KaySubstituted forWrightat 81'minutes
- 4Cairnie
- 11Lynas
- 9OrrSubstituted forWallaceat 85'minutes
- 10McKenna
Substitutes
- 12Tully
- 14Kinnaird
- 15Greene
- 16Wright
- 17Dolan
- 18Wallace
- 19McMillan
East Fife
Formation 3-5-2
- 21Kelly
- 4Campbell
- 5Page
- 17Kerr
- 16Mercer
- 3Slattery
- 8Brown
- 11Wilkie
- 15Naysmith
- 20InsallSubstituted forCooteat 66'minutes
- 9Austin
Substitutes
- 1Goodfellow
- 2Mullen
- 10Smith
- 12O'Kane
- 14MacGregor
- 18Austin
- 19Coote
- Referee:
- Gavin Ross
- Attendance:
- 356
Match Stats
Home TeamEast StirlingshireAway TeamEast Fife
- Possession
- Home38%
- Away62%
- Shots
- Home5
- Away15
- Shots on Target
- Home0
- Away6
- Corners
- Home3
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home13
- Away10
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, East Stirling 1, East Fife 3.
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Attempt missed. Michael McMullin (East Stirling) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
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Corner, East Stirling. Conceded by Gary Naysmith.
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Corner, East Fife. Conceded by Michael McMullin.
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David McKenna (East Stirling) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Patrick Slattery (East Fife).
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Foul by Trialist (East Stirling).
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Patrick Slattery (East Fife) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal!
Goal! East Stirling 1, East Fife 3. Alistair Coote (East Fife) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
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Corner, East Fife. Conceded by Lloyd Kinnaird.
Substitution
Substitution, East Stirling. Michael Wallace replaces Thomas Orr.
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Attempt missed. Kristopher Faulds (East Stirling) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Substitution
Substitution, East Stirling. Max Wright replaces Andrew Kay.
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Foul by David McKenna (East Stirling).
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Jonathan Page (East Fife) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, East Stirling. Conceded by Jonathan Page.
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Attempt blocked. David McKenna (East Stirling) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
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Aron Lynas (East Stirling) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Alistair Coote (East Fife).