BRECHIN, Scotland (Interstat) — Brechin defeated East Stirlingshire 3-1 on Tuesday at The Carnegie Fuels Stadium at Glebe Park in Lowland League play, using a late surge to secure the home win. Dale Hilson opened the scoring in the 9th minute for Brechin. Sonny Aluko equalized in the 16th for East Stirlingshire. Darren Watson put Brechin ahead in the 77th, and Mitchell Taylor added the final goal in the 82nd. Taylor also assisted, while Corey Kirk set up a Brechin goal and Ben Lamont assisted Aluko. Taylor was Brechin’s top performer. Brechin had won three of its previous four matches across all competitions, while East Stirlingshire was winless in its previous three. The visitors could not recover after Watson’s goal. East Stirlingshire is now 0-2-1 in this competition and 0-3-1 overall. Brechin is 2-1 in the competition and 4-1 overall. East Stirlingshire next visits Berwick, and Brechin travels to Gala Fairydean.