SFL Week 3 Results Round up...

As the SFL entered its 3rd week the football season is now truly underway in Scotland's lower divisions. With many teams now beginning to hit match fitness the league table's are taking shape. Raith Rovers are now the only club in the SFL with 3 wins from 3.

In the 1st Division the match of the day was at Starks Park as the 2 teams with 100% record's collided. Raith Rovers hosted Dunfermline in front of 6169 fans , far and away the biggest crowd in the division (even more than the televised Hamiltion vs Hearts game on ESPN). Raith Rovers ran out 2-0 winners thanks to 2nd half goals from Iain Davidson and Laurence Ellis. Raith now have 3 wins from 3 and have a healthy goal difference as they are averaging 3 goals a game with only 1 conceded.

Up at Dens Park Dundee and Ross County played out a disappointing 0-0 draw , Gary Harkins came closest for Dundee in a match of few chances when he rattled the bar in 31 minutes. Dundee are struggling for goals so far this season with only 1 in the league. Ross County manager will be happy with the point against a title rival.

Falkirk got revenge for their ALBA Cup defeat by Stirling by beating them 3-0. Falkirk should have been ahead at half time as the healthy crowd of 4196 saw chance after chance missed. The Bairns finally too the lead on the hour when Mark Twaddel opened his account for the season , 2 quick fire goals finished off Stirling as Stewart and Compton added Falkirk's second and third on 70 and 79 minutes.

Across in Greenock , Morton got their first win of the season by beating the inconsistent Partick Thistle 2-0. Stewart Kean opened the scoring on 18 minutes but it took the Greenock side until the 88th minute to finally finish Thistle off as Michael Tidser blasted home as his free kick was blocked.

In Sunday's game Queen of the South registered their first win of the season by beating promoted Cowdenbeath 3-1 at Central Park. The Dunfries outfit were 2-0 up before Mckenzie pulled one back for Jimmy Nicholl's team. Ryan McGuffie finished of this game as a contest on 86 minutes blasting home from 12 yards. Queens David Lilley was sent off late on for 2 yellow cards.

Cowdenbeath 1 v 3 Queen of the South
Dundee 0 v 0 Ross County
Falkirk 3 v 0 Sirling Albion
Morton 2 v 0 Partick Thistle
Raith Rovers 2 v 0 Dunfermline.

Forfar lead a 3 way tie at the top of the 2nd Division on goals difference as they were held at home vs Brechin. Chris Templeman got his 4th of the season as he headed Forfar ahead in 59 minutes , but he was cancelled out by a Charlie King strike in 77minutes as Brechin took advantage of poor marking from a Janczck corner.

Ayr got their first win of the season by beating lowly Dumbarton 1-0. The second biggest crowd of the day in the 2nd Division saw the Ayrshire men win courtesy of a own goal by Paul Maxwell on 35 minutes. The win lifts Ayr to 7th whilst Dumbarton are rock bottom.

Joining Dumbarton at the bottom of the league with zero points is Peterhead who surrendered a 1 goal lead before going down 2-1 to East Fife. Martin Bavidge scored for Peterhead just before half time but goals form Craig Johnstone and a Robert Sloan free kick on 82 minutes condemned the team from the North East to defeat.

A crowd of 1863 watched Livingston come from behind to beat Airdrie 2-1 , Scott Gemmill scored his 3rd of the season to put Airdrie ahead on 5 mins. Ian Russel got the equaliser for Livi on 24 minutes (his 4th of the season) before a Raffaelle De Vita strike on 73 minutes got the win that put Livi joint top on 7 points.

Stenhousemuir lost their first game in the league as title contenders Alloa won this game 1-0 thanks to a Bryan Prunty goal in 13 minutes. Prunty scored his 4th goal of the season as he fired home from close range , a goal that puts Alloa second top on goal difference just behind Forfar.

Ayr 1 v 0 Dumbarton
East Fife 2 v 1 Peterhead
Forfar 1 v 1 Brechin
Livingston 2 v 1 Airdrie
Stenhousemuir 0 v 1 Alloa

Berwick Rangers sit proudly top the 3rd Division on goal difference as they hammered Clyde 4-1 away from home. Steven Noteman opened the scoring on 8 minutes with a 35 yarder screamer. Marc McKusker then got his 6th of the season as he pulled Clyde level but within 6 minutes Berwick were ahead again as Paul Currie got the first of his 2 goals in 64 minutes. O'Reilly then added a third for the wee Rangers on 70 minutes before Currie got his 2nd when he scored from close range with 6 minutes remaining.

The Dunfries derby provided a 4 goal thriller as Annan Athletic came from 2 goals down to grab an exciting draw. Within 7 minutes Stranraer were 2-0 up as Chris McColm grabbed his 5th of the season followed by a Romauld Bouadj strike. Ian Harty got one back for Annan on 13 minutes and the comeback was complete on 67 minutes as Jordan Halsman headed home a Gillfillan cross.

Montrose hosted the crowd of the day in the 3rd division as 1012 saw the home team get their first win of the season by thrashing Arbroath 3-0 in what was seen as a shock. Allan Campbell opened the scoring in 8 minutes before Chris Hegarty scored in 22 minutes. Paul Tosh then got his second of the season by getting on the end of a Thomson cross completing an amazing 1st half for the Gable Endies.

In Coatbridge Albion Rovers got their first win of the season by seeing of Queens Park 2-1. A crowd of 497 saw Chris Hamilton grab a brace before Martin McBride converted a penalty in the last minute as Alan Benton had handled in the box. The win lifts Albion to 5th whilst Queens Park drop to 8th.

Title contenders East Stirling had a routine 2-0 win away to strugglers Elgin. David Dunn opened the scoring in the 78th minute as he converted a penalty. James Stevenson the finsihed the game as the fired in a 30 yarder free kick into the top corner. Elgin are now the only team in the division without a point.

Albion Rovers 2 v 1 Queens Park
Annan Atletic 2 v 2 Stranraer
Clyde 1 v 4 Berwick Rangers
Elgin 0 v 2 East Stirling
Montrose 3 v 0 Arbroath