Date 12/9/00 - Bells Challenge Cup - Quarter Final - Stranraer - away

Score 3-2   Attendance     AFC Scorers - Mercer , Brownlie 

Hinchcliffe

King    Florence

McAulay     Rowe    Good

Fotheringham    J McGlashan    C McGlashan    Brownlie    Mercer

Substitutes:- Wight, Crawford, Bryce, Heenan, Cusick

Highlights:- despite starting off the first half very brightly Arbroath soon fell foul of the speedy home attack and, in similar fashion to the previous Saturday's match against Forfar, found themselves 3 nil down in the first half before Jim Mercer pulled back a goal just before half time. Paul Brownlie took advantage of a slip up in the home defence just after half time to pull back a second goal but the home team held out to go through to the quarter finals.