Shotts boss' tactic backfires as defeat ends 11-game unbeaten run

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Shotts Bon Accord boss John McKeown held his hands up after a tactical gamble backfired in their defeat to 10-man St Cadoc’s last Friday night – ending an 11-game unbeaten run.The Bonny looked to be on course to stun the West of Scotland First Division leaders when they took an early lead through Paul McGeough, and then saw their hosts reduced to 10 men when Ryan Thomson was sent off for a second bookable offence.But boss McKeown tried to go in for the kill and admits he went too gung-ho, as St Cadoc’s belied the man disadvantage to net through Grant Anderson and Smart Osadolor, claiming a 2-1 win and all three points.”It was a sore one, I’m not going to lie,” said McKeown.“They are a top side.

Most of their players have played senior football with the likes of Chris Erskine running about and Grant Anderson, so to go to their backyard and dominate the game for an hour was excellent.“The game actually spun on their player being sent off, funnily enough.“It created more space and maybe my players got a wee bit complacent, thinking they would just go and finish the job.

Maybe we didn’t work as hard after that. I can’t put my finger on it.“They scored within 90 seconds of their red card, which is disappointing.

We had to take a foothold in the game and we never, so that was a wee bit of naivety from our point of view.“After that, I’ll be honest, I went for it at 1-1 and it backfired.