Wednesday 8 September
Huntly 0 Cove Rangers 1
Huntly were unfortunate not to take something from tonight's match against Cove even after going down to ten men midway through the second half writes Grant Turner.

The first half failed to produce any goals but there were some good chances for both sides.
Stuart Allan fired in a great volley to force a save from Gavin Robertson while at the other end, Steven Thomson saved well against Stephen Maxwell who got past his marker to fire in a shot.

Midway through the half, Calum Murray showed some great skill before releasing Jamie Redman. The Cove skipper played a through ball to Steven Slater was denied by a fine pointblank stop from Thomson.

Lee McGregor came close from a dead ball as Robertson did enough to fingertip the full back's 30 yard effort over the bar.

Half Time: Huntly 0 Cove Rangers 0

Cove broke the deadlock in the 66th minute as Darren Leslie connected with a fantastic overhead kick to send the ball high into the net.

As Steven Thomson picked the ball out of his net, the Huntly keeper stupidly got himself red-carded after throwing the ball off the back of Ryan Sinclair's head. The Cove player saw yellow second later.

With Huntly down to ten men, midfielder Daryl McGregor made way for substitute keeper Fraser Newlands who took Thomson's place in goal.

Huntly still show great determination despite being down a man.
Dale Munro sent a free kick round the back of the visiting defence and into the path of Allan. The winger connected with a first time effort which flew narrowly past the visitor's goal.

There was a let-off for the home side with six minutes left. James Massie was left on his own in attack with Newlands to beat, only to send his effort high and wide.
A minute later, Sinclair looked to have doubled his sides lead only for the far-side linesman to raise an offside flag.

Cove were reduced to ten men with four minutes remaining as Left Back Michael Reid picked up a second yellow card as he made a last man challenge on Alan Shearer.