Cowdenbeath 5-0 Peterhead

Cowdenbeath thrashed Peterhead to move to third in the Second Division.

Paul McQuade opened the scoring after 24 minutes with a close-range effort from Jay Stein's cross and McQuade doubled it after 39 minutes.

McQuade's strike partner Gareth Wardlaw grabbed a brace in the second half, the first a diving header after 48 minutes

John Robertson fired home from 30 yards out for the fourth and Wardlaw's shot earned him his second five minutes from the end after picking up a rebound.

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Cowdenbeath: Hay, Trialist, Droudge, Mbu, Linton, Fairbairn (Ramsay 75), Winter (Adamson 70), Robertson, Stein, Wardlaw, McQuade (Ferguson 83).
Subs Not Used: McBride, McKay.

Booked: Trialist.

Goals: McQuade 24, 39, Wardlaw 48, Robertson 83, Wardlaw 85.

Peterhead: Bateman, Donald, Mann, MacDonald, Stuart Smith, Sharp, McVitie, Strachan (Trialist 34), Ross, Bruce (Jonathan Smith 78), Cameron (Clark 61).
Subs Not Used: Young, Jarvie.

Att: 271

Ref: B Madden