How do the Cowden fans see this game going? We should be pretty confident going into this game, unbeaten in 7 league games and not even out of first gear IMO. Will Gomis be starting? The guy was awesome in our game at Central PArk earlier in the season. Would be an interesting showdown between him and Tomana if he starts but knowing moore he wont be

Gomis made his comeback on Saturday and played for 65 minutes after coming off the bench, hopefully he will be back in the starting line up on Saturday.
Albion have been going well but remember when you last lost a game and where

I'm pretty confident we'll lose because we won't be playing our best defenders as per the last few weeks. We got a bit lucky on Saturday and we can play a lot better but I feel Gomis' return will boost Cowden as they seemed to faulter without him.

I'm never confident about going to Cowdenbeath. I think I've only ever seen us win once at Central Park and that was due to possibly the best individual display I've ever seen from an Albion player. We're not playing particularly well and an early Cowden goal could see the game going in a similar way to the cup game.

We play better away from home than we do at home, but Moore almost never does his homework on other teams, so I expect your front three will have the game won before he decides what to do to counter it.

Perhaps not, but I'm not overly confident.

Hopefully we'll bounce back. Two weeks ago at Forfar we had enough chances to win 3 games but we failed to score a 2nd and paid the price.

Last Sat at Stranraer we were very poor, however we did pass the ball better when Gomis came on, without creating any real chances.

If we play like the Forfar game or the 1st half at Starks (Easy Easy Easy) we'll be hard to beat. If we play like last Sat, we'll struggle.

Not sure what the crowd will be like, it's a local holiday through here this weekend. How many will travel through from Stirling?

I reckon around 250 but others may disagree.

i reckon there will be about 200 travelling through for this one, the majority hopefully going into the old shed stand to keep away from the locals!!!

Not too confident of this one, but we shall see what team AM decides to put out on the day...

Please not 4-5-1 with Cramb on his own!!!

So are all the binos just heading for the old shed stand? Well, the majority anyway?

BRING IT ON!

All Bino fans will of course be welcome in the Social Club at the top of the main stand pre game. The Cowden Supporters club will be laying on free sandwiches as usual for visiting fans. I wonder if Colin Cramb will at last be able to complete the full 90 minutes against the Blue Brazil.

Just back. All things considered I thought it was a fair result. Neither team deserved to win. Gomis didn't offer much today which didn't help our cause. The game was brightened up by the usual comedy officials. The highlight for me was the ref tripping up a Stirling player and then awarding a free-kick against us

Beano 3:16 says

I'd have taken a point before the game.

For me the highlight was the ref failing to award a penalty to Stirling for one of the most blatant handballs in the box I have ever seen.

Still, a draw probably was a fair scoreline.

I thought we had the chances in the first half to win this one.

We could have been 3-0 up but found ourselves 2-1 down although Cowden had only 2 efforts on goal..but a cracking gaol by Cramby got us back in the game.

The second half was a bit tedious compared to the first but i thought we done enough to shade it.

As for Cowden, you can keep markus and gomis...give me Marek Tomana everyday of the week!!!!

Is that the little boy that kept tripping over his own hair?

No, it was the little boy who kept getting tripped and pulled back by Cowden players.

Must admit cowden were pretty poor today but had the two best chances in the second half to win it.


ps i,ve never seen such a bias referee and linesman in all my fukcin days of watching football ,and believe me any cowden supporter would back me up

The ref gave a few minor decisions Albion's way early on, but paid them back with interest later in the game. And that's not counting the aforementioned stonewall penalty we had turned down.

After the Ref gave that Bye Kick to us when it appeared to me to be a Cowdung throw in, he naver game us anything.

The pen was stone wayy, the defender had Cramb in a bear hug.

Been hearing all this wonderfull stuff about Cowdung's flowing football but it was mainly long balls today.

Wee Marek had another good game but does go to ground too eality alot, he does also get fouled alot too.

Some rather biased Binos stuff here. Referee had a shocker along with his linesman down in front of Cowden fans. On the penalty front you could hardly get a softer award. Albion player backs up 4 paces into Cowden player about to head the ball. Cowden player is knocked off balance and therefore put his arms on Bino. Not a single Albion player claiming penalty and ref gives it. Cowden fans down at the High Street end 1st half also saw a blatant penalty denied when Dalziel's jersey was pulled in box as he went for a high ball with Hogarth. Ref was unsighted but linesman clearly should have. Same linesman enraged Cowden fans in 1st half with several glaringly wrong decisions.

As for the game, entertaining stuff. Draw wasn't a bad outcome for both teams. Stirling fans seem a bit cocky when in reality as the game wore on they were more and more pushed back and relying on the break. In 2nd half, Cowden had the edge and could have gone on to win. Clarke should have put one of the two he chipped over the keeper in the back of the net. Some good football from two attacking minded teams. Good home support and Binos brought a decent support maybe 130-150 max.

Not really....the ref gave us nothing after the first 15 minutes. Fotheringham committed at least 6 fouls and was never booked and Gomis chopped Tomana when he was racing into the box in the second half and the ref didn't even speak to him. At least 3 hand ball decisions were ignored by the ref....all in Cowden's favour....in fact the only team that actually got penalised in the entire game for handling was us....must be a local ruling I'm not aware of

You say you didn't see any Bino's players screaming for the Pen, that might have been because it was given right away, your man who gave it away certianly didn't do much in the way of grumbling anyway.

That's odd because I can vividly recall him standing to the left of the goal arguing vigorously with the Ref. I don't dispute that the ref was eager to give it though!

I thought the first half both teams played some of the best football I have seen for a while with the Binos having the upperhand.Some bad marking let us lose 2 goals,but we had everything in that first half.
The first half was a hard act ro follow and Cowden where more in the game in the second half although we reduced them to long range shots. Overall a draw was probably a fair result,but I am happy with a point.We're still in second place and still on our unbeaten run.Next week is another massive game and we really need to pick up three points now to keep the pressure on Morton!

PS.Away support was close to the 200 mark-I counted about 70 Binos on the terracing and there was about 110-130 in the old stand.Thought it was good atmosphere in the first half(from both sets of fans),but not too much noise in the second half.Happy we sat in the stand today and I hope the Stirling fans sit there from now on when we visit Cowden.

PSS.Definite pen for the Binos-should have had another as well!!

Yeah you must be right, I'm sure the nasty Officials just idn;t want poor little Cowden to win.

I thought the penalty was absolutely blatant, and I would have said the same if it was at the other end. The description of a bear hug was totally accurate.

Also how poor was Aitken, what on earth does Moore see in him, especially playing out wide.

Their right back had the easiest ride ever up against him because as soon as he gets the ball he know's he has to pass and will never take him on.

It's funny how two sets of supporters can have such varied views on a game. I would tend to agree with the other Binos that the referee only gave us anything in the opening 15 and was favouring Cowden after that.

It was a clear penalty; the most obvious case of climbing I've seen in or out of the box and we were very unlucky not to get another penalty later in the half when the ball struck the hand of a Cowden player.

I felt, excepting 3 minutes, the Binos were well on top in the first half. Cowden only really had two shots whereas we really should have had about 4 or 5. Second half was much more even but Cowden did have two excellent chances to win it, Albion had their own but Cramb failed to get the ball out from under his feet with the goal gaping.

No wonder Raith fans were happy they punted Ellis (if he was the number 2) - dreadful display, although he seemed to have a decent delivery from a dead ball.

Point is not a bad result. Would've taken that at the start of the day.

Number 2 was Mark Baxter...Laurie Ellis was 3

I meant number 3 :

He got an absolute chasing off Tomana. Amazed he wasn't booked today. Actually, I'm not as the ref seemed intent on not booking any Cowden players until he had to book Baxter for kicking Cramb off the ball.

It was a definite penalty. Arms all over Cramb. First Cowden goal was awful marking although Paatelainen was a bit fortunate with the header as he put it straight into the ground. For the second, Hay needlessly dived in on the winger and got nowhere near the ball. Nice flick over the top by Tomana and a great finish from Cramb for the equaliser.

As for the ref, he seemed to give us the benefit of the doubt early on (still no idea how that could possibly have been a goal kick) but as the game went on, he seemed to switch sides. He, along with his main stand linesman, managed to miss two blatant handballs, one by Buchanan which set up a clear chance for Cowden and a punched clearance by a Cowden defender.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the result as Cowden are the type of team we struggle against. They're a bigger and stronger team and the long ball style can cause us problems. We had chances to win but we could have lost as well.

Sorry to interrupt your thread folks, but yet again it is fascinating to read bout yet another ref who just can't cut the mustard at our level.

We had Steve Conroy today. He refused to book Armand One after the fat fella picked our centre-half up and threw him over the advertising hoardings....

Anyway, i know how good Tomana is, he should be in the team of the season.

Welcome in a fortnight Binos. Taste the pain!

Didn't Gomis get booked for pulling back Marek late in the game just outside of the box on the left wing? Maybe illness got the better of me and I'm halucinating!



I think that Cowden don't play a staight-forward long ball game. What they seem to do well is get the ball up front quickly. Their front men seem to be well drilled into where to run for the long passes. Not a straight forward lump it up the park (Kack Charlton style!)
Cowden are particularly adept at scoring from set plays. I would like to see some stats on goals from open play and goals resulting from free kicks/corners.

I knew that Gomis would find Tomana a real handful today. He's nowhere as good as folk were making out - just works hard IMO.

I try to keep a close eye on what's going and Cowden must have scored 6 or 7 league goals this season already from corners. Maybe that estimate's a bit on the high side but they do seem well drilled at them.

Cracking game yesterday - 2 attacking teams going for it and was really good to watch.

From where I was in the ground it looked like the Stirling player was backing in to Innes but I was a long was away so could be wrong. The linesman at the terracing side was an absolute joke the 1st half. Wasnt much better the second!

Was good to see Cowden actually play well after last weeks shambles down at Stranraer. The midfield was more in the game. Fotheringham is becoming an important player in my opinion. Yesterday we played creative players in midfield and it worked.

Felt Cowden should have sneaked it at the end with Clarke missing 2 one on ones but I would have taken a point before the game so I cant complain.

Again was good to see our attendance being high (for us). Attendances have doubled from last season - keep up the good work Mixu and the lads!

Overall we had twice as many goal attempts than Cowden (14 to 7) so I think a draw was the least we deserved. First half in particular we could have been a couple ahead. Second half Cowden had the 2 chances from Clarke but other than that had nothing.

Thought cowden were poor yesterday never started penalty was a soft decision, referee and linesman below us was fucking murder should never get to do another game.

From the terracing, it may have looked soft as both players would have had their backs to you. From the stand it was clear as day, the player had his arms all over Cramb. You don't often see them given, mind.

I think teams have worked out how to play against us now after suprising a few teams with our early season performances. The 4-3-3 system is great for attack, but it leaves us exposed at the back at times, especially when our midfielders are primarily attack minded and not defence. It's great to watch though and you can't have everything. Changing to 4-4-2 would tighten things up, but it just wouldn't be Cowden and would curb our attacking play. Well worth the £10 entrance fee yesterday and our attacking style is probably one of the reasons our home support has improved this season, people want to be entertained and that's what they're getting just now!

They were lucky it was only one penalty. The ref seemed happy for Cowdenbeath players to handle the ball all game.


It's entertaining in that it creates chances and will result in goals at both ends but it's not exactly pretty to watch.

I'm not sure... maybe it's just the momentum of winning the Third Division has been lost. All the sides coming up from the 3rd in recent years have had good starts to the season, 3/4 years ago East Fife topped the league at the end of August before dropping like a stone while Morton charged miles clear before dropping back. The following season ourselves and Stranraer were occupying the top 2 slots after 5-6 games and last year Gretna and Peterhead did very well. I think Cowden's season will tail off a bit but they won't do an East Fife and go straight back down - maybe finish 3rd or 4th give the right breaks.

I think that's a pretty fair assessment.

Might that be a slight exaggeration, Mike?

Possibly although there were three clear hand balls; one in midfield, one by Buchanan which led to a clear chance for Cowdenbeath and one by a defender, possibly Ritchie, which should have been a penalty.

I'm afraid Mr Brian Winter (Referee?) had a pretty bad day at the office. I didn't realise that they'd changed the rules so that backing-in made the ref award you a penalty. The little pony-tail obviously thought he was playing in Seria A. The number of times he dived then play acted like his leg had been amputated without anesthetic, only to be up and running within 30 seconds of the free kick being taken was amazing!

The funniest was definately the ref tripping up an Albion player and then giving a free-kick against us. The far-side linesman came a close second by managing to consistently ignore fouls that were commited within ten feet of him. Admittedly, it was not all one way. There was a fair shout for handling in the box (Innes I think) but I would rather have had it your way than ours - one penalty incorrectly given and a good claim denied just about balances out.

Do match officials get relegated at the end of the season when they have performed so badly?

Think they got 4 or 5 of these from the Alloa game alone.

So does your sig mean that miketheheadlesschicken who posts on here is Michael Hazeldine?

How does "minor descisions" amount to getting a non-existant penalty?


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Not pretty to watch? That's as far from true as anything I've seen so far!

The penalty was a stonewaller....how the cowden fans can say otherwise is beyond me since they could hardly see the incident surely being that far away.

As fior the ref being bias...he wasnt the best ever but he certainly wasnt biased to one team more than the other...he refused to give us a clear penalty but then he did award a goal kick when it was a Cowden throw in....

As for Tomana diving, im sure you guys are used to it the amount that Markus does...i can understand you guys being about annoyed that your two best players (markus and gomis) were getting run ragged by little Marek

Clear penalty IMO as he was holding him down.The camerman taping the match would have got the best view-does your official site show this?
Most of the Cowden fans where at the furthest away side of the terracing when this penalty was given whist we where a lot closer in the stand.