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Stirling Albion boss hails side after holding Championship outfit Raith Rovers to hard fought draw

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Stirling Albion manager Darren Young hailed his side after they drew 1-1 with Championship outfit Raith Rovers then won the penalty shootout for a Premier Sports Cup bonus point.The Binos were good value for their draw at Stark’s Park and triumphed 5-4 on spot-kicks as they followed up a matchday one victory at Dumbarton with another positive result.Aidan Connolly gave Raith Rovers the lead midway through the first half but Kieran Moore equalised shortly before the interval after being teed up by Dale Carrick and Albion survived the loss of defender Jordan McGregor to a second yellow card with eight minutes left.

Stirling won the shootout, with Blair Currie denying Scott Brown after Kyle Banner had made it 5-4 with a perfect penalty.Stirling were back in action last night when they faced Aberdeen in scorching conditions at Forthbank and they conclude their Group A fixtures at home to Peterhead on Saturday.

The Blue Toon have failed to score in their three matches so far and lost 2-0 to Dumbarton on Saturday.Looking back on the weekend game in the Fife sunshine, Young said: “It was an outstanding performance from start to finish and I’m delighted.

We could have been a couple of goals up and we pressed them high up the pitch. It was pleasing that we stuck to our shape but we also took the game to a team two divisions above us.“The goal we lost was a mistake and it is something we had talked about, but the players showed great determination and resilience to get back in it.

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