Bonnyrigg Rose 1-1 Dumbarton - Farrell frustrated as Rose hold Sons

Stevie Farrell felt his Sons deserved more, as they left Bonnyrigg with just a point - despite a dominant second-half showing.

Carlo Pignatiello cancelled out Neil Martyniuk’s early opener, with the Sons left frustrated as a mixture of inspired goalkeeper and controversial calls saw the Rosey Posey cling on to earn a draw.

The boss said: “I thought we played the conditions very well. I said at half-time that I wasn’t too disappointed with them,

“We deserved to win. Their keeper has made two unbelievable saves and we’re denied a stonewall penalty.

“Things over the last few weeks are just not going our way with penalty decisions. But we’ll come through that.

“To be 1-0 down after 10 minutes we had to show character on a pitch that was dreadful. And we did that. We were the better side, we had the better of the chances and on another day we would’ve left with three points.”

Farrell rotated his squad for their third game in seven days, as Finlay Gray, Jinky Hilton and Declan Byrne returned to the starting lineup - the latter making his first start since September.

On Bonnyrigg’s iconic sloped park, the first-half was one with very little football played - as both sides struggled with the heavy, rutted and slippy pitch.

In the opening seconds Rose forward Kieran McGachie almost caught Sons sleeping, but shot just wide of the far post.

Sons hit back, an excellent advantage from referee Lloyd Wilson saw Jinky Hilton burst clear - with his low effort gathered by Paddy Martin at the second attempt.

With New Dundas Park a notoriously tricky place to get a result, Sons found their task getting harder - as they fell behind after just 10 minutes.

Lee Currie’s corner was misjudged by Jay Hogarth, with Neil Martyniuk beating the loan