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

UNBELIEVABLE: Arbroath just about worth their point as they hold ayr in wretched conditions - The Untold Story

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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