Peterhead 1-1 Arbroath

Aug 10 2008 David Gray Reports

STUART McKAY was the talk of the Blue Toon as his late strike denied Arbroath victory.

The visitors looked set for all three points thanks to Terry Masson's goal until McKay rifled in a superb curler past Arbroath keeper Darren Hill in 88 minutes.

McKay could have opened his account as early as the second minute only to see his low shot slide narrowly wide.

Martin Gunn came close for Peterhead in 12 minutes only to be denied by a superb save from Hill.

Arbroath never threatened Peterhead's goal until the second half when in 54 minutes, Kevin McMullan latched onto Masson's ball only to fire over the bar.

Ten minutes later, Masson made no mistake as he curled in a beauty past Blue Toon keeper Michel Kula.

McKay nearly levelled in 83 minutes when his drive came back off the post with David Cowie's rebound being deflected over the bar.

But McKay was not to be denied soon after when he fired in the equaliser.

However Arbroath nearly won it in injury-time when Barry Sellars hit the post.