Manager Craig Brewster made two changes to the side that drew with Hibernian a week ago for the trip to the Westfield Stadium to take on Falkirk.  After good displays against Arbroath in the midweek cup win youngsters Iain Vigurs and Garry Wood came into the line up to replace Dougie Imrie and Andrew Barrowman, who both took places on the bench.

We started the game very brightly and only a double stop by Falkirk goalkeeper Robert Olejnik prevented us from taking the lead in the 6th minute.  A diagonal ball from the right back area by Ross Tokely found Adam Rooney in behind the Falkirk back four and his first touch took him in on goal but his low effort was parried by Olejnik.  The rebound fell to Garry Wood 10 yards out from goal but again the goalkeeper blocked the effort and the ball was cleared to safety.

Ross Tokely's overlapping runs were causing problems down the Falkirk left and his cross in the 12th minute provided Garry Wood with another opportunity but he was inches away from connecting with the ball at the back post which surely would have resulted in the opening goal.

Falkirk hit back eight minutes later when a cross from the right by Mark Stewart was headed towards goal by his namesake John 12 yards from goal but the ball slipped by Michael Fraser's right hand post.

With 26 minutes played Adam Rooney again found himself through on goal, he had worked hard to close down Darren Barr and nick the ball from him and he then raced towards goal but with a narrowing angle and Barr breathing down his neck his shot lacked the pace and precision to get past Olejnik and the goalkeeper pushed the ball away.

A superb move ten minutes before the break almost provided us with a deserved opener, Ross Tokely deceived three Falkirk defenders with some neat skill at the edge of the box and his pass into Rooney eventually came back out to Don Cowie on the left hand side of the box, he took a touch but his curling right footed effort drifted wide of the Falkirk goal.

Half-time score: Falkirk 0 - ICT 0

Three minutes into the second period we created another opening, this time down the left when Cowie and McBain combined allowing Roy to release Iain Vigurs in the box but his cross cum shot when behind without troubling the Falkirk defence and goalkeeper.

On the 57th minute an Ian Black header at the back post from an Iain Vigurs corner was easily gathered low to his right by goalkeeper Robert Olejnik.  A minute later Falkirk responded with a Scott Arfield strike from 16 yards which gathered by Michael Fraser at the second attempt.

With 59 minutes played youngster Garry Wood was replaced by Andy Barrowman.  Within 30 seconds Falkirk took the lead, a Graham Barrett cut back from the right was placed into the net by Mark Stewart to make it 1-0.

We smashed in an equaliser in the 68th minute with Don Cowie hitting his second goal in two games when he drilled a low shot into the net following a mishit by Jamie Duff in the box from an Iain Vigurs corner on the right.

Midfielder Roy McBain picked up a yellow card from referee Mike McCurry in the 75th minute for a foul on Patrick Cregg on the half-way line.

We made a double substitution eight minutes before time, Barry Wilson and Dougie Imrie coming on for Roy McBain and Iain Vigurs.

Dougie Imrie made an instant impression putting us 2-1 up by firing in a sensational volley from 12 yards that gave goalkeeper Robert Olejnik no chance in the home goal following some poor defensive play by Falkirk in their own box.

We played out the remaining six minutes to secure a deserved victory at the Falkirk Stadium.

Full-time score: Falkirk 1 (M.Stewart 59 mins) - ICT 2 (Cowie 68 mins, Imrie 84 mins)

ICT Team

Fraser

Tokely, Duff, McGuire, Hastings

Vigurs, Black, McBain, Cowie

Rooney, Wood

Subs: Esson (GK), Djebi-Zadi, Wilson for McBain (82 mins), Barrowman for Wood (59 mins), Imrie for Vigurs (82 mins), McAllister, Gillespie