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Twitter been a total whirlwind for both myself and the guys who I felt gave everything out on that pitch today,” McKinnon said.

“I asked the players at the interval to impose our own style of play by being brave to get on the ball to make passes and get at Hurlford in the wide areas and I couldn’t fault their efforts.

“They have scored totally against the run of play and have then defended for all their worth to keep us at bay and see the game out.”

Pollok’s new man must now press on with preparatio­ns for next weekend’s Macron Scottish Junior Cup tie against Cumnock and his first task will be unearthing a new backroom team after it was announced that popular coaches Stewart Ralston and Brian Whelan had both tendered their resignatio­ns.

Meanwhile, Largs Thistle were also left with the bitter taste of defeat in their mouths after suffering a resounding 3-0 defeat at second-place Clydebank, for whom ex-Pollok striker Nikky Little netted a brace either side of a Cammy McLair goal.

Cumnock made the most of these lapses to go a point clear in third thanks to goals from Stevie Degnan, Scott Anson (pen) Paul Burns (2) and Robert Patterson bringing an emphatic 5-1 win over Petershill.

The Peasy are now one off the bottom after being leapfrogge­d by Irvine Meadow who had Aaron Connolly and Ben Carson on the mark in a 2-0 triumph over Kilbirnie Ladeside whose manager Budgie McGhie resigned in the aftermath of his side’s fourth defeat in five matches.

In other games, Rob Roy and Renfrew played out a 0-0 stalemate at Guys Meadow while Troon’s former Hearts striker Christain Nade turned the clock back in bagging a hat-rick in a 4-2 win away to Cambuslang Rangers.

The top-flight’s highest scoring contest was at Abbey Park where Kilwinning Rangers came from 3-1 down to seal a thrilling 4-3 win over Glenafton

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