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sport@ superbly shimmied his way past three defenders only for his parting shot to strike the advancing Whyte and divert onto the top of the crossbar.
This missed opportunity came home to roost just minutes later as the scores were tied at 1-1 by Esplin running onto a cutback from team-mate Simeon and rifling the ball home.
The visiting Glens went 2-1 up in 73 minutes through Simeon netting from pointblank range from a driven McKay cross.
Stung into a reaction, Cumbernauld introduced Martin Shiels from the bench and with 10 minutes left to play, he took the plaudits for latching onto a Keiran McAleeenan left-wing cross to make the scoreline read 2-2 though the last touch may well have come off Glens defender Ryan Kerr.
Neither side appeared content to to settle for a share of the spoils and near things ensued at both ends of the pitch, however there was to be double trouble for Cumbernauld heading into the closing stages as a sweeping Glens break upfield sent Esplin racing onto a threaded through ball only for the midfielder to be sent crashing by United’s experienced defender Ross McCabe who was already walking inside before whistler Liam Butler brandished the red card.
McCabe’s despairing challenge had come a yard outside the penalty box to prevent what he must have felt was a certain score however further punishment for his sins duly arrived from Smith to curl home an exquisite free-kick winner before being engulfed by celebrating team-mates.
Glens gaffer Harvey (inset) revealed: “Giving us a free kick from that range is as good as a penalty when Gary‘s in our team.
“Thankfully we got the winning goal because three points were the least we deserved because I felt we controlled the game and always looked the more likely of two very good sides.
“It felt like we were in for one of those days after Cumbernauld took the lead as a result of our own silly mistake and we then hit the woodwork twice but there’s a different bunch of players in our dressing room nowadays and they simply wouldn’t settle for being second best.
“We threw down the gauntlet and asked if they could have everyone chasing us instead of having to play catch up and their response has been magnificent with four wins, 17 goals scored and only four conceded to date. “Long may it continue!” Dalry Thistle’s own 100% per cent Championship record went for a burton following a 1-1 draw away to Craigmark for whom Ryan McKay netted a 90th-minute equaliser and up into second top spot are Rossvale following a 3-0 defeat of Kello Rovers through goals from Andy Johnstone, Kyle Faulds and Chris Zok.
Benburb sit fourth after beating Kilsyth Rangers 3-1 while Neilston made a significant upwards stride after coming from 0-2 down at the hallway stage to overcome Irvine Vics 5-3 with counters from Paul Stewart (2) , Dylan Fletcher (2), and Scott Smith,
And troubled Larkhall Thistle’s woes continued as they remained marooned at the bottom of the table after losing out 9-2 away to St Roch’s.