BRECHIN CITY V ARBROATH

Irn Bru Scottish Second Division

Saturday 28th January 2012

Glebe Park. Kick-Off – 3.00pm

Referee John Beaton
Assistant Referees John Gilmour and Willie Ferguson

Admission Information : -

Adults - £12
Parent & Child - £15 plus £3 for each additional child
Concessions - £6

MATCH PREVIEW

Both sets of supporters will be eagerly anticipating tomorrow afternoon’s Angus derby between City and the Red Lichties.

While City’s last home fixture against Stenhousemuir fell foul of the weather, Arbroath had a stunning 6-1 win over Albion Rovers at Gayfield with goals from Lee Sibanda, Gavin Swankie (2), Josh Falkingham, Paul Sheerin and new signing Colin Samuel.

City have taken ten points from their last six games and during the month of December, they were unbeaten in the league, and this fine run of form culminated in boss Jim Weir being named as December’s Second Division Manager of the Month by the Scottish Football League this week.

The sides have met twice already this season with the Lichties drawing first blood on 24th September at the Glebe when a late winner from Swankie wrapped up the points but City won a hard-earned point at Gayfield at the beginning of December when Paul McManus scored in the last minute of the match.

City will be going all out for victory against their near neighbours and the stage is set for what promises to be an intriguing contest.

City manager Jim Weir will still be without Derek Carcary and there remains a concern over defender Gerry McGlauchlan. Bryan Hodge and Jim Lister have recovered from their respective injuries and will come into consideration.

The manager also announced that striker Graham Weir has left the club and it’s understood that he’ll be signing for fellow Second Division side Stirling Albion.

Arbroath player-boss Paul Sheerin will be without goalkeeper Michael White and ex Dundee United youth striker Jordan Elfverson.


Brechin City - (Last Six League Results) – LDWWWL
Arbroath – (Last Six League Results) – DDDLDW

Brechin City – 19 League games played.
Won 6 Drawn 6 Lost 7
Goals For 22 Goals Against 26 GD -4
League Position – 6th

Arbroath – 19 League games played
Won 10 Drawn 6 Lost 3
Goals For 45 Goals Against 28 GD 17
League Position – 2nd

Brechin City Top Scorer – Paul McManus ( 9 Goals)
Arbroath Top Scorer – Gavin Swankie (11 Goals)

Results This Season : -

Brechin City 2 (Buist, McManus (pen) ) Arbroath 3 (Sibanda, Doris, Swankie) Played on 24th September 2011. Attendance – 911

Arbroath 1 (Falkingham) Brechin City 1 (McManus)
Played on 3rd December 2011. Attendance – 1104

Brechin City’s Last Match

Dumbarton 1 (Prunty) Brechin City 0
Played at Strathclyde Homes Stadium on 14th January 2012
Attendance – 572

Arbroath’s Last Match

Arbroath 6 (Sibanda, Swankie(2), Falkingham, Sheerin, Samuel) Albion Rovers 1 (Gemmell)
Played at Gayfield Park on 21st January 2012
Attendance - 616

Brechin City
Biggest win this season – 3-0 against Dumbarton at Glebe Park on 19th November.
Biggest defeat this season – 4-1 against Albion Rovers at Glebe Park on 12th November.

Arbroath
Biggest win this season – 6-1 against Albion Rovers at Gayfield on 21st January 2012
Biggest defeat this season – 4-0 against Rangers at Gayfield on 8th January 2012.