East Fife 1, Greenock Morton 1
MORTON were handed a share of the points by an East Fife own goal at a
rain soaked Bayview last night.
East Fife's Paul Hunter was just wide with a lob in the second minute,
but Morton could have taken the lead eight minutes later when Marco
Rajamaki found space inside the box. The Finnish striker, however,
delayed his shot, allowing Alan Sneddon to make an interception.
Rajamaki tried a snap shot in 26 minutes but it was easily saved by
the Fife keeper. Two minutes later, a lovely pass from Derek Lilley put
Rajamaki clear only for Willie Burns to put in a saving tackle.
A perfect cross from Gilbert Allan was headed home by Alex Hamill to
put East Fife into the lead in 30 minutes.
Morton were gifted an equaliser in 55 minutes when a corner spun off
East Fife's Steve Archibald towards the net and was dropped over the
line by keeper Ewan Wilson.
EAST FIFE -- Wilson, Sneddon, Gibb, Burns, Cusick, Donaghy, Allan,
Archibald, Hamill, Hunter, Hope. Substitutes -- Hutcheon, Andrews,
Robertson.
MORTON -- Wylie, Collins, McArthur, Anderson, Johnstone, Lindberg,
Lilley, Mahood, Alexander, McInnes, Rajamaki. Substitutes -- Laing,
McPherson.
Referee -- J McCluskey (Stewarton).
* TWO-goal David Graham led a young Scotland side to a 6-1 win against
Iceland in their final match in the Four Nations Tournament in Portugal
yesterday. The Scots finished second to the Portuguese.
Rangers teenager David Young put the Scots ahead in the first half
before his Ibrox team-mate Graham scored twice. Stuart McCaffrey of
Hibernian and Hearts pair Derek Holmes and Kevin Queen also netted. SFA
coach Eric Black said: ''The four days and three games have been
worthwhile preparation for the European Youth Championships finals in
April.''
Played yesterday
Bell's Scottish League. Second division -- East Fife 1, Greenock 1.
Postponed: Premier division -- Partick Thistle v Motherwell. Second
division -- Stenhousemuir v Berwick Rangers. Third division -- Albion
Rovers v Montrose, Cowdenbeath v East Stirlingshire.
European Cup-winners' Cup. Quarter-final. First-leg -- Club
Brugge (Belgium) 1, Chelsea 0.
UEFA Cup. Quarter-finals. First leg -- Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)
1, Juventus (Italy) 1; Lazio (Italy) 1, Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 0;
Beyer Leverkusen (Germany) 5, Nantes (France) 1.
FA Challenge Cup. Fifth-round replay -- Wimbledon 0, Liverpool 2.
FA Carling Premiership -- Ipswich 0, Newcastle 2.
Endsleigh League. Division 2 -- Huddersfield 3, York 0; Oxford United
4, Stockport 0; Swansea 1, Blackpool 0. Division 3 -- Barnet 1, Exeter
1; Bury 3, Torquay; Scarborough 3, Scunthorpe 0; Wigan 2, Hartlepool 0;
Walsall 2, Preston.
The Auto Windscreens Shield. Northern Area. Final. First leg --
Carlisle 4, Rochdale 1. Southern Area. Final. First leg -- Birmingham 1,
Leyton Orient 0.
