Date 10/3/01 - Scottish Second Division - Stranraer - home

Score 2-1   Attendance 680    AFC Scorers - Jim  Mercer (3), Colin McKinnon (41)

Wight

Rowe    Florence

McAulay    Webster    Crawford

McKinnon    Mercer    Brownlie     J McGlashan    McDonald

Substitutes:- Hinchcliffe, Cusick (74 for McAulay), Heenan (80 for McDonald), Heenan, Mallan (65 for Brownlie)

Highlights:-

Arbroath lined up with new signing, Colin McKinnon, on the right wing in a 4-4-2 formation. The home team, got off to the best of starts when in three minutes, a John McGlashan cross split the defence and Jim Mercer collected the ball on the left and fired home to put us ahead. Stranraer tried hard to draw level and were unlucky not to score when the ball was cleared off the line and onto the bar. Five minutes before half time debut player, Colin McKinnon, scored with a 20 yard shot which the visiting keeper failed to hold.
In the second half Arbroath had the better of the play and were unlucky not to increase their lead. The visitors were reduced to 10 men when one of their players was sent off following his second booking of the match. This did not deter them and they pulled a goal back with 20 minutes to go and were unlucky not to equalise when they hit the post but we held out for a 2-1 victory.