The team was the same as played against Livingston in the league, Stenny had the first chance but lucky for us the midfielder shot wide when put in a very good position. Then after six minutes Carlo Monti had to be replaced after a clash of heads left the striker looking a bit groggy, Nicky Riley came on. Dundee settled after this and went on to create and miss a few chances. The home side might have had a penalty when MacDonald was pushed in the box. Then just after the half hour Dickson had a strong header well saved by Letheren who pushed the effort onto the post for a fine save. Near half time and McAlister should have scored when put through on the keeper but he did well to save and Riley's follow up shot was cleared.
Second half and Dundee upped the pace to try and break the Stenhousemuir defence who had done well so far in the cup tie, firstly MacDonald hit the bar when he should have scored but he made amends a few minutes later when he scored from the penalty spot after McAlister was fouled. Soon after Dundee missed two good chances to kill off the game, but back came Stenny when they levelled with a great strike from ex-Dee Sean Higgins when he blasted the ball home after good play from Gemmell to set him up. This seemed to unsettle Dundee and they struggled to get back into the game.
Manager John Brown put on Martin Boyle for Ryan Conroy to try and boost the forward line Dundee did create a couple chances but missed them and the game went to extra time.
Kyle Benedictus replaced Nicky Riley but both teams sruggled to get the break through. It was pretty clear it was going to penalty kicks.
McBride missed (Over the Bar)
Gemmell missed (Save by Letheren)
McDonald scored 1-0 Dundee
Smith scored 1-1
Lockwood scored 2-1 Dundee
Rowson scored 2-2
Boyle scored 3-2 Dundee
NcNeil missed (Save by Letheren)
Rae missed (save from Smith) Into Sudden Death
Ferguson scored 3-3
Irvine scored 4-3 Dundee
Douglas scored 4-4
Dyer missed (Hit the post)
Lynch scored to put Stenhousemuir into the Semi Finals by 4-5 on Penalties so well done to them, Dundee can look back and rue the missed chances. They had 21 efforts on goal so they can only blame themselves for this Cup exit.
