New Record for Elgin City

Reluctant Hero · New Record for Elgin City

Arbroath 2-1 Elgin City

Defeat by Arbroath meant Elgin City became the first club in Britain to play all the others in their division without winning a single point.
Elgin goalkeeper Keiron Renton had already denied Marc McCulloch with a great save before Steven Rennie headed home a Jay Stein corner.

But, a minute later, Martin Johnston evaded Ian Dobbins and crashed a low left-footed shot past Mark Peat.

Elgin's Adam Moffatt hit a post before Alan Brazil slotted Arbroath's winner.

City had made a late run that almost led to a place in the promotion play-offs from Division Three after Brian Irvine took charge of the team last term.

And the manager had expressed his astonishment before the game that his side had slumped this season. I have an excellent chairman who is very supportive

Elgin manager Brian Irvine

"The boys have been working hard and have lost most of the games narrowly," he told BBC Sport.

"It is a record we do not want and we used that as a motivation tool in our build up.

"The amazing thing is that it is virtually the same team as last season as I got most of them re-signed.

"They don't become bad players overnight."

The former Aberdeen defender was determined to turn things around.

"I'm not a quitter and personal pride comes into it," he said.

"Fortunately, I have an excellent chairman who is very supportive."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/5388606.stm

SLG

A bit crap comparing it to leagues in England where there are twice the number of teams to play before completing the first round.

The stupid thing is that they could go all season without picking up a point and still not get relegated.

Reluctant Hero

I was thinking that myself SLG! Maybe if they still haven't won a game after two rounds of matches, then we can start drawing comparisons.

I can't understand it though, because it looked like Irvine had turned it around last year when he left County to take over at Elgin. What's gone wrong?