10-man Fairyden hold on for victory

Gala Fairyden Rovers mounted a spirited second half recovery to secure a victory over Civil Service Strollers and rose to 7th place in the league.

Steven Noble’s side struggled against the Edinburgh side in the first half, but it was a different Gala side who emerged in the second and despite being reduced to 10 men they held on for a valuable three points.

The Netherale side trailed to a 40th minute penalty, converted by Civil’s Jack Downie. Rreferee Craig Ferguson judged that Gala’s Jason Krones had fouled Joseph Dingwall in the box.

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Noble took immediate steps and introduced Des Sutherland into attack during the interval, which paid dividends just five minutes later when Civil failed clear from a corner and the Gala striker was on hand to fire home the equaliser from six yards.

Gala took the lead just before the hour mark: Rangers loanee Jason Krones stepped up to take a free-kick from a central position outside the box and nonchalantly fired a shot past Burnside.

Things got even better for Gala on 67 minutes when Ross Aitchison completed a fantastic move by hammering the ball high into the net.

Churchill grabbed a lifeline for the visitors when he nipped in front of Wright on 85 minutes to score.

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With just minutes remaining Gala’s Lee Stephen was red-carded: he was fouled and grabbed the ball to take the free-kick quickly, but Ferguson had not yet blown his whistle and Stephen issued a second yellow card for deliberate hand-ball.

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