Last gasp goal denies Rob Roy victory at Girvan

Rob Roy were forced to settle for a point in the sunshine at Girvan (pic by Neil Anderson).

Rob Roy were made to pay for their profligacy in front of goal as Girvan snatched a dramatic equaliser in the final seconds.

It was a bitterly disappointing end to a game that should have been well wrapped up long before the final whistle and the draw ended up feeling like a defeat.

Rabs started brightly and Gary Carroll’s snap shot in the fourth minute drifted narrowly wide before Danny Boyle headed a Lee Gallacher corner past the Girvan upright.

But the visitors did take the lead in the 14th minute when Kevin Watt fastened onto a long clearance from keeper Steven McNeil and coolly lobbed the ball over the advancing Scott Johnstone.

A minute later Carroll had a shot blocked in a crowded goalmouth. But Girvan came back into contention and Scott Walker did well to clear a Craig Reid cross before, from the resultant corner kick Michael Reilly, headed wide.

Girvan who had the ball in the net in the 39th minute but Reilly’s effort was chalked off for a foul on Gavin Mackie.

Three minutes later a Gallacher drive from 30 yards crashed off the Girvan crossbar with Johnstone well beaten; but from the resultant clearance the Roy were hit with a sucker punch as Robert Patterson latched on to the long ball and lobbed McNeil for the equaliser.