THE loss of striker Peter Dwyer, who is emigrating to Australia, is the kind of financial setback that clubs like Alloa cannot afford, especially after having paid out a club record #18,000 to East Stirlingshire for him last summer on a two-year deal.
Alloa manager Tom Hendrie heard about the policeman's intention to emigrate in December and tried to persuade him to stay until the end of the season. However, the Australian police have insisted that he go now or not at all.
The irony is that, only a week earlier, Hendrie had sold striker Barrie Moffat because he was happy with his main strike force of Dwyer and Willie Irvine, a 23-goal combination.
Alloa will be tempted to think about keeping Dwyer's reg-istration in order to pick up a fee from any Australian club that might sign him, but that might just have the effect of putting him out of the professional game, by deterring any club Down Under from signing him. While Hendrie looks around for a replacement striker, Alloa have to host promotion rivals Forfar, whom they would catch with a victory.
Top-of-the-table Inverness CT, who are likely to announce - once promotion is virtually assured - that they intend to turn full-time next season, visit struggling Montrose, who have lost four in a row but have recruited East Fife's Stefan Winiarski.
Albion Rovers visit Ross County in another promotion battle, Arbroath host Queen's Park, while, at Cowdenbeath, East Stirling seek their first away win of the season.
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