Former Town midfielder Ryan Stevenson was forced to play the full 90 minutes in goal for his current club Raith Rovers as they lost 1-0 at Ayr United in the Scottish Championship this evening.
The 32-year-old volunteered to wear the gloves with all three of Raith’s registered keepers injured and with the Kirkaldy-based club unable to secure the signing of an emergency loanee. A request to have the game postponed was denied by the SPFL.
Stevenson impressed between the sticks but was beaten by Farid El Alagui just after the hour mark.
The one-time Chelsea trainee joined the Blues from Hearts for £50,000 in January 2012 but moved back to the Edinburgh club in August of the same year on a free transfer having made three starts and 10 sub appearances, scoring once.
"I used Cammy Bell's gloves"@RaithRovers_FC midfielder turned goalkeeper Ryan Stevenson tells @KCrawfordBBC about his bizarre experience! pic.twitter.com/yrqUn3bVMG
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) February 28, 2017
Elsewhere, on-loan Blues midfielder or striker Monty Patterson scored one and picked up an assist as Braintree Town won 5-0 at Bromley in the Vanarama National League in a game which ended nine against 10 after three red cards.
It was the 20-year-old’s second goal for the Iron, his first in the league and his first since rejoining the Essex side earlier in the month.
Great result tonight, happy to have helped the team with a goal an a assist âš½ @braintreetownfc
— Monty Patterson (@PattersonMonty) February 28, 2017