Brown’s stunning strike wins it for Gable Endies
A late strike from Craig Brown saw Montrose emerged victorious with the odd goal in five against Queen of the South at Links Park.
The Gable Endies started the stronger team with early pressure which proved costly for the visitors as Montrose won an early corner after two minutes.
Keir Bertie swung a dangerous ball in and Andrew Steeves met it at the back post to head into the roof of the net to power Montrose into the lead.
Ten minutes later Montrose added a second when Bertie’s pass found Taylor Sutherland, and he danced his way through the Queen of the South defence, sending Matthew Douglas to the ground, and smashed it past Ross Stewart for his fifth goal of the season.
Queen of the South’s biggest chance up to that point was for Liam Smith who caught a half volley from outside the box but Harry Sharp caught it well.
The Dumfries side controlled most of the possession with multiple chances at goal and really dangerous corners with no aerial threat. The half fizzled out in a scrappy fashion with chances for both sides but to no avail, seeing Montrose through to half time with a two-goal lead.
Into the second half and play went from end to end with the rain now lashing down not making the conditions any easier.
The first real chance of the half for Montrose came when Blair Lyons ran into the box and got a cross in, but neither Callum Sandilands nor Sutherland were able to convert.
Montrose had a penalty shout when Callum Sandilands was toppled by Jack Hannah, but it was waved away. Next, Sutherland passed to Blair Lyons who took on his man and got a shot at goal but it was deflected into the Stewart’s hands.
With 15 minutes to go Queen of the South found a goal following a counter attack. Jordan Allan forcing a great save from Harry Sharp but he couldn’t parry it far enough Kai Kennedy smashed in the rebound to half the deficit.
Five minutes later and Queens were level when Kurtis Guthrie was taken down and the referee awarded the visitor’s a penalty. Kennedy stepped up and smashed it into the bottom right for his second goal and to draw Queens level.
But there was late drama to follow and the home side grabbed a winner with just five minutes left on the clock.
Launching an attack, Sandilands played the ball through to Brown who let it run across his body before letting fly from 25 yards out into the top right corner to take the points for Montrose.