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Josh Nisbet activates relegation clause to depart Ross County
Josh Nisbet has become the latest player to depart Ross County following their relegation to the Championship. Australian midfielder Nisbet joined the Staggies last summer on a three-year deal from Central Coast Mariners – but has opted to activate a relegation clause in his contract which sees him move on after only 12 months. Nisbet arrived in Scotland with a rich pedigree, having helped Mariners to a treble winning season in which he was awarded the Johnny Warren Medal as the best A-League player that campaign. The diminutive 5ft 3in midfielder, who has three Australia caps, made 29 starts for the Staggies and 10 substitute appearances. He netted four goals for County – with the last of those coming in his final appearance in the play-off second leg defeat to Livingston which ultimately relegated the Dingwall side. After leaving Victoria Park, Nisbet is now free to make the switch to another club. Nibset joins Scott Allardice, James Brown, Ryan Leak, Alex Samuel and Logan Ross, who have all left the Staggies in recent days.
BBC News
27-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
'Got what we deserved', 'Rancid for months', 'Cowie not the right man'
We asked for your views after Ross County were relegated from the Premiership following the 4-2 second-leg defeat to Livingston in the play-off what some of you said:Stephen: Got what we deserved and saw it coming weeks Abysmal form, overreliance on loan players. Aside from Josh Nisbet, Ronan Hale and Jordan White there was a lack of fight across the team in our most important game of the season. We deserved to be relegated unfortunately. Sadly we'll need to cash in on Hale as well. If Don Cowie goes, hard to see who would want the No less than we deserve. Our defence is shocking. It's the fact we were 2-0 up which makes it painful. It's a loss for Highland football in Being 2-0 up before half an hour, then losing 4-2 at home tells you all you need to know about County. We've been circling the drain for months. Dozens of 'must-win' games prior to this loss. Nothing more than we Hope County do not follow in footsteps of ICT. Looks like they will have to improve drastically to bounce back up but a harder league to do that. Don Cowie is just too nice, they need a manager who says what it Time to clear out the underperforming For the best part of three months, we have been rancid. Three relegation play-offs in a row suggests there's something broken in the football side of things. This has to be the worst one yet, given we were in the hunt for the top six until the final game before the split. Hale aside, we have been so, so poor from back to front and it's finally caught up with I thoroughly disagree with Don Cowie. He most definitely is not the right man for the job. I do not have any belief in him as manager at all and it appears neither do the players. He must surely be sacked now after this. He should have gone weeks ago. There is no place for schoolboy kick and rush football at this level. BTW Livingston, well done. You thoroughly deserve to be promoted. County could not lay a glove on Disappointed to lose in that way, should never have lost that. The Championships is the best place for us right now, gives a chance to win games and refresh squad and mindsets.
The Advertiser
27-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Heartbreak and joy for Aussies in Scotland play-off tie
It will be a long night of reflection for three Scottish-based Australians after the second leg of the Premiership play-off tie, with two celebrating as the other dreams of what could have been. Midfielder Josh Nisbet and striker Tete Yengi lined up for their respective sides - Ross County and Livingston - and both scored in the final game of the season to decide which side either stayed in the top flight or was promoted to it. Veteran Ryan McGowan, who wore the green and gold at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and is playing for his seventh club in Scotland during a much-travelled career, marshalled the Livingston defence in Dingwall on Monday night. It's been a huge week for the 35-year-old, also from Adelaide like Yengi, who became a father to twin boys. McGowan's manager David Martindale had full belief in his side after a 1-1 home draw last Thursday, but County were looking to avoid relegation to the Championship by winning the play-off for a third successive year. Goals from Nisbet, a 2022/23 A-League champion during his time with the Central Coast Mariners, and Ronan Hale - who scored the last-gasp equaliser in the first leg - put the hosts 2-0 up after 24 minutes. But Lewis Smith, Danny Wilson, Robbie Muirhead and Yengi, the 24-year old younger brother of Socceroos striker Kusini, all scored to earn Livi a 4-2 win and a 5-3 aggregate victory that clinched their place back in the top tier next season at the first attempt. It leaves the 25-year-old Nisbet's future in limbo, unlikely to add to his three international caps from Scotland's second tier next season. But he will still harbour hope, for now, of getting a call up from Socceroos boss Tony Popovic for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Saudi Arabia. Yengi, a former Newcastle Jets forward who's played in England and Finland's lower leagues since September 2021, came off the bench on 72 minutes and sent the small band of visiting supporters delirious in the sixth minute of added time. "It was a very good play-off game, one for the neutral," Martindale said. "It was great come fulltime for Livingston and Livingston fans. We had massive belief in the players and ... I'm happy for them." County manager Don Cowie was understandably disappointed as his side's six-year spell in Scotland's top flight came to an end. "When you're winning the tie by two goals in the first half you should never have not seen it out," he said. "Credit to Livingston. They put us under a lot of pressure and they deserved to get back to the Premiership." With PA. It will be a long night of reflection for three Scottish-based Australians after the second leg of the Premiership play-off tie, with two celebrating as the other dreams of what could have been. Midfielder Josh Nisbet and striker Tete Yengi lined up for their respective sides - Ross County and Livingston - and both scored in the final game of the season to decide which side either stayed in the top flight or was promoted to it. Veteran Ryan McGowan, who wore the green and gold at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and is playing for his seventh club in Scotland during a much-travelled career, marshalled the Livingston defence in Dingwall on Monday night. It's been a huge week for the 35-year-old, also from Adelaide like Yengi, who became a father to twin boys. McGowan's manager David Martindale had full belief in his side after a 1-1 home draw last Thursday, but County were looking to avoid relegation to the Championship by winning the play-off for a third successive year. Goals from Nisbet, a 2022/23 A-League champion during his time with the Central Coast Mariners, and Ronan Hale - who scored the last-gasp equaliser in the first leg - put the hosts 2-0 up after 24 minutes. But Lewis Smith, Danny Wilson, Robbie Muirhead and Yengi, the 24-year old younger brother of Socceroos striker Kusini, all scored to earn Livi a 4-2 win and a 5-3 aggregate victory that clinched their place back in the top tier next season at the first attempt. It leaves the 25-year-old Nisbet's future in limbo, unlikely to add to his three international caps from Scotland's second tier next season. But he will still harbour hope, for now, of getting a call up from Socceroos boss Tony Popovic for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Saudi Arabia. Yengi, a former Newcastle Jets forward who's played in England and Finland's lower leagues since September 2021, came off the bench on 72 minutes and sent the small band of visiting supporters delirious in the sixth minute of added time. "It was a very good play-off game, one for the neutral," Martindale said. "It was great come fulltime for Livingston and Livingston fans. We had massive belief in the players and ... I'm happy for them." County manager Don Cowie was understandably disappointed as his side's six-year spell in Scotland's top flight came to an end. "When you're winning the tie by two goals in the first half you should never have not seen it out," he said. "Credit to Livingston. They put us under a lot of pressure and they deserved to get back to the Premiership." With PA. It will be a long night of reflection for three Scottish-based Australians after the second leg of the Premiership play-off tie, with two celebrating as the other dreams of what could have been. Midfielder Josh Nisbet and striker Tete Yengi lined up for their respective sides - Ross County and Livingston - and both scored in the final game of the season to decide which side either stayed in the top flight or was promoted to it. Veteran Ryan McGowan, who wore the green and gold at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and is playing for his seventh club in Scotland during a much-travelled career, marshalled the Livingston defence in Dingwall on Monday night. It's been a huge week for the 35-year-old, also from Adelaide like Yengi, who became a father to twin boys. McGowan's manager David Martindale had full belief in his side after a 1-1 home draw last Thursday, but County were looking to avoid relegation to the Championship by winning the play-off for a third successive year. Goals from Nisbet, a 2022/23 A-League champion during his time with the Central Coast Mariners, and Ronan Hale - who scored the last-gasp equaliser in the first leg - put the hosts 2-0 up after 24 minutes. But Lewis Smith, Danny Wilson, Robbie Muirhead and Yengi, the 24-year old younger brother of Socceroos striker Kusini, all scored to earn Livi a 4-2 win and a 5-3 aggregate victory that clinched their place back in the top tier next season at the first attempt. It leaves the 25-year-old Nisbet's future in limbo, unlikely to add to his three international caps from Scotland's second tier next season. But he will still harbour hope, for now, of getting a call up from Socceroos boss Tony Popovic for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Saudi Arabia. Yengi, a former Newcastle Jets forward who's played in England and Finland's lower leagues since September 2021, came off the bench on 72 minutes and sent the small band of visiting supporters delirious in the sixth minute of added time. "It was a very good play-off game, one for the neutral," Martindale said. "It was great come fulltime for Livingston and Livingston fans. We had massive belief in the players and ... I'm happy for them." County manager Don Cowie was understandably disappointed as his side's six-year spell in Scotland's top flight came to an end. "When you're winning the tie by two goals in the first half you should never have not seen it out," he said. "Credit to Livingston. They put us under a lot of pressure and they deserved to get back to the Premiership." With PA.
STV News
26-05-2025
- Sport
- STV News
Livingston promoted to Premiership after comeback win over Ross County
Livingston have been promoted to the Premiership after defeating Ross County in a dramatic play-off second leg in Dingwall. With the tie finely poised after a 1-1 draw at Almondvale on Thursday, the sides faced a winner-takes-all match to decide who would be playing in the top flight next season and who would be in the Championship. Premiership side County raced into a two-goal lead thanks to goals from Josh Nisbet and Ronan Hale, and looked to be set to stay up via the play-off for the third year running. Lewis Smith's solo goal revived Livingston's hopes and Danny Wilson headed in an equaliser before Robbie Muirhead scored a stunning goal to put his side in touching distance of promotion. County couldn't find a response and in the final seconds of the match Tete Yengi thumped in a fourth for his side to make it 4-2 on the night, 5-3 on aggregate and take Livingston back to the top division at the first time of asking. More to follow… Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
BBC News
11-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Can County end Tynecastle curse in our biggest game of season?'
Ross County face their biggest match of their season so far as they travel down to Tynecastle to face been nothing to separate the sides in their two meetings this season, a 1-1 draw in Edinburgh in September and a 2-2 in Dingwall in matches were packed with late drama. A stoppage-time equaliser from Lawrence Shankland denied County all three points in the first Staggies then went one better as they trailed 2-0 going into the 96th minute at home but goals from Josh Nisbet and Jordan White completed a dramatic haven't won a Premiership match at Tynecastle since March 2017 courtesy of an Alex Schalk strike in a 1-0 victory. Although it's been over eight years since that win, we have drawn five of the past eight trips there which highlights the ability to be competitive at one of the toughest away County fans believe that if the top-six dream is to become a reality, this is a must-win match at would be our most important win this season and could move Don Cowie's side into the top six going into the international defeat would leave us four points behind Hearts, severely damaging hopes of sneaking into the top six with only three matches left to four wins in the past six away matches, the Staggies will be returning to Gorgie a far more confident side compared to their previous were so close to taking three points back up the A9 in September can they finally end their Tynecastle curse this weekend?Ross Morren can be found at The County Corner, external
