Brechin boss Ray McKinnon has lavished praise on his players for the “double shift” they put in on Tuesday.
The City squad of part-time players all completed their day jobs before making their way to East End Park to take on full-time Dunfermline.
Despite all their exertions prior to kick-off, Brechin secured a superb win that extended their unbeaten league run to 14 games and narrowed the gap on league leaders Stranraer to just four points.
The victory further cemented the Angus side’s advantage in fourth place over their Pars play-off rivals to six points with McKinnon’s men having a game in hand on John Potter’s side.
The Glebe gaffer said: “It was a great result and a really tough game.
“Dunfermline knew the importance of the match as we did as well and with everything at stake, it was really hard-fought.
“The lads deserve enormous credit for the effort they put in against a full-time side.
“Every one of our players had worked during the day and some of them had to rush straight from their jobs to the game.
“Many were still wearing their work clothes. We have players doing all sorts of jobs.
“For instance, Jacko (Andy Jackson) works in the building trade, Paul McLean in a lab, Colin Hamilton does car valeting while Ryan Ferguson is in removals.
“The only lad who wasn’t working as such was Robert Thomson but he was at university all day.
“So as I said, they all deserve enormous credit for putting in a full day’s work and then producing such a result.
“Dunfermline made seven changes for the game which shows the sort of resources they have at their disposal.”
Brechin won the match courtesy of an Alan Trouten goal, taking his tally for the season so far to 14.
The 29-year-old needs just three more to hit the 50 mark over the last three campaigns and McKinnon believes “Trouts” is simply getting better with age.
The manager said: “I thought he was outstanding against Dunfermline.
“I played him in the hole and he thoroughly deserved to be the match winner he just keeps getting better as he gets older.”