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Saturday 20th May 2017

Brechin City promoted to Championship

Brechin City have been promoted to the Ladbrokes Championship after beating Alloa Athletic 5-4 on penalties following an epic match.

Brechin City have been promoted to the Ladbrokes Championship after beating Alloa Athletic 5-4 on penalties following an epic match.

The Wasps won 4-3 at the Indodrill Stadium as it finished 4-4 on aggregate and Darren Dods' men prevailed in a dramatic shoot-out.

Greig Spence grabbed a hat-trick for Alloa and Dylan Mackin was also on target for the hosts, with James Dale, Paul McLean and Liam Watt scoring for City. 

Dale converted the decisive penalty as Brechin sealed a return to second-tier football for the first time since 2005/06.