Falkirk v Cove Rangers - As it happened

Live updates as Falkirk host Cove Rangers in their latest Ladbrokes League 1 fixture.
Falkirk lost 2-0 to former manager Paul Hartley's Cove Rangers at the Balmoral Stadium just seven days agoFalkirk lost 2-0 to former manager Paul Hartley's Cove Rangers at the Balmoral Stadium just seven days ago
Falkirk lost 2-0 to former manager Paul Hartley's Cove Rangers at the Balmoral Stadium just seven days ago

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Full time: Falkirk 2-2 Cove Rangers

Key Events

  • Morrison penalty give Falkirk the lead after Cove keeper McKenzie brought down Blair Alston 
  • McIntosh beats Mutch to a cross to head in Cove's equaliser
  • Superb solo goal from Megginson gives Cove a deserved lead on 75 minutes 
  • Great composed finish by Conor Sammon to equalise on 85 minutes 

2mins: Early chance for Bairns!

Callumn Morrison is in on goal and tries to lob the keeper from the 20 yards but sends it well over the bar.

10mins: Much improved from Tuesday

Only ten minutes in to this match but it’s chalk and cheese from Tuesday night, Falkirk are looking much more like the side we know they should be capable of being. Now, to see if it keeps up for 80 more minutes...

Stuart McKenzie takes out Blair Alston after the midfielder’s touch took the ball out of the Cove keeper’s path and the ref points at the spot.

Mitch Megginson also booked for his protests.

GOOOOALLLL: Callumn Morrison from the spot

Morrison send the keeper the wrong way and fires it in to the top left.

1-0 to the Bairns!

24mins: Yellow card for Fotheringham

Kai Fotheringham is the first Falkirk player of the afternoon to go in to the referee’s book after a foul in the middle of the park on Cove;s Blair Yule.

32mins: Yellow card for Scully

Connor Scully just wiped out Gary Miller from behind in the Falkirk half and rightly goes in the book

Brian Graham has put Partick Thistle 1-0 against Airdrieonians.

It’s 1-1

Adam Livngstone’s cross from the left and Mutch comes out to gather but Leighton McIntosh beats him to it and heads in from 10 yards to level the scores.

43mins: Megginson rattles the post

Cove were inches away from taking the lead.

Mitch Megginson gets on the end of a long ball in to the box from Fyvie and tries to beat Mutch at his near post low to the keepers right.

It’s a powerful effort and it thunders off the post.

Before that, Morrison was booked for simulation after going down on the halfway line as Falkirk broke up the pitch.