Raith put on five-star show at East Fife to claim top spot

Posted Sunday, August 27, 2017 by PA

Raith stormed to the top of the Ladbrokes League One table following a comprehensive 5-0 victory at East Fife.

Bobby Barr put the visitors ahead after just five minutes before Lewis Vaughan doubled their advantage with a close-range header.

Greig Spence made it 3-0 before the break with a header of his own to put Rovers in complete control.

Liam Buchanan increased their lead even further in the 69th minute before Vaughan grabbed his second of the game with a left-footed strike with 10 minutes remaining.

Arbroath came from behind to defeat Ayr in a 2-1 victory and end their 100 per cent record.

Chris Higgins put Ayr ahead with a close-range finish but the Smokies responded on the stroke of half-time through Omar Kader's strike.

Mark Whatley scored the winner for Arbroath in the 59th minute with a composed finish into the top-right corner.

Airdrie extended their unbeaten run to three matches after seeing off Alloa in a 2-0 win at the Excelsior Stadium.

The hosts had taken the lead through Ryan Conroy's spot-kick in the 18th minute after Daryll Meggatt had brought down Jake Hastie in the penalty area.

Hastie sealed the three points for the hosts with two minutes remaining when he swept in Ryan Tierney's pass with a low left-footed drive.

Ten-man Forfar suffered their third successive defeat after they lost 2-0 at home to Albion Rovers.

Alan Trouten put the Wee Rovers ahead with a calm finish in the 34th minute, with the hosts reduced to 10 men when Matt Aitken was dismissed for two bookable offences with six minutes left.

Albion Rovers took full advantage of the extra man and secured all three points just a minute later through Connor Shields' right-footed strike.

Morgyn Neill's last-minute own goal earned Queen's Park their first point of the season after they drew 2-2 with Stranraer.

Stranraer opened the scoring through Ryan Wallace's first-minute goal and they doubled their lead eight minutes later when Grant Anderson found the bottom corner of William Muir's goal.

Anton Brady reduced the deficit for the hosts before the half-time interval and Neill guided the ball into his own net in the first minute of stoppage-time to the delight of the Spiders' fans.