County crash out of cup
ROSS County’s Scottish Cup dreams came to an end on Tuesday night when they were defeated 2-1 by their Highland neighbours Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the fourth round replay.
Ten days after a thrilling 3-3 encounter at the Global Energy Stadium in Dingwall, the two teams met again in bitterly cold weather in Inverness for a chance to reach round five against Kilmarnock in February.
Caley opened the scoring when they were awarded a penalty in the eighth minute - to howls of protest from County fans - and Billy McKay slammed it home.
County equalised when Iain Vigurs came back with a sensational goal late in the first half.
Ten minutes into the second half Caley went 2-1 up when Mckay netted his second.
The Staggies fought hard and threw everything they had at their local rivals, but it was the Caley Jags who earned the fifth round place.
Inverness CT: Reguero, Raven, Graeme Shinnie, Tudur Jones, Warren, McKay (Roberts 88), Draper, Foran, Andrew Shinnie (Sutherland 75), Meekings, Doran. Subs not used: Esson (GK), Polworth, Cooper.
Ross County: Brown, Fitzpatrick, Boyd, Tokely (Munro 46), Kettlewell, McMenamin, Brittain, Vigurs, Quinn (Ross 78), Kovacevic, Fotheringham (Cooper 65). Subs not used: Fraser (GK), Glen.