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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
Sport
Jack Haugh

Arbroath just about worth their point as they hold Ayr in wretched conditions

IN the swirling wind and the relentless rain, there were a few passages of play that had you wondering what the point of all this was. 

One saw a succession of goal kicks land closer to Derek Gaston’s own byline than the halfway line, such was the ferociousness of the gale he was trying to wade into. Another had a hapless Arbroath player chasing a ball that would just not stay on its spot. Then a flurry of passes went 30 yards astray, and all but the hardiest of souls were wishing they’d taken up an indoor sport instead. 

There were, though, a few moments that really mattered. Most of all Sean McGinty’s equaliser, which cancelled out Yasin Ben El-Mhanni’s potential winner and, however marginally, clawed back some ground on league-leading Queen’s Park.

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