Livingston hit by last gasp Loons leveller

Feb 11 2010 by Eric MacKinnon, West Lothian Courier

STEVEN TULLOCH grabbed an injury-time goal against Livingston for the second time this season to leave boss Gary Bollan gutted.

The Forfar stopper snatched a dramatic point for his side with a bundled finish five minutes into stoppage time.

It was the second time Tulloch had hit the Lions with a sucker punch after he bagged an equally late winner in a league clash at Almondvale in December.

Tulloch’s last-gasp equaliser earned the Loons an unlikley point in a match in which they had trailed by two goals.

The first chance of the game arrived shortly after the half-time break when home stopper Paul Watson cracked a close-range effort off the post.

League leaders Livingston then took a 55th-minute lead when Robbie Winters netted his first goal in five matches, steering home a Keaghan Jacobs cross.

They doubled their advantage just six minutes later when Jim Hamilton controlled a high ball before slotting home from 12 yards.

But they failed to slap the handcuffs on the points and allowed the Loons back into the match.

Home striker Ross Campbell pulled a goal back with a prodded finish in a packed penalty area.

Danny Griffin prevented Forfar grabbing a quick-fire leveller by heading clear off the line while at the other end Winters struck the post with a dinked finish.

Tempers boiled over before the end with Forfar’s Kevin Fotheringham sent off for a second yellow card but the 10-men punished the West Lothian club.

A long free-kick from their own half wasn’t dealt with by the Livi rearguard who allowed the ball to bounce in the box where Tulloch pounced to force the ball over the line and put a dent in Livingston’s title ambitions.

Bollan said: “As far as I'm concerned, it was a loss. “There's nothing good to take from that.

“We had chances to kill it off and didn't take them.”

Livingston: McKenzie, Griffin, Watson, MacDonald, Talbot, Fox, Keaghan Jacobs, Sinclair (Barr), Halliday (Tosh), Hamilton, Winters. Subs not used: McDowall, McNulty, Malone.