Sunday Mail (UK)

Hopkin: My boys are showing Tons of

- Morton.................. 3 Dunfermlin­e ........ 2

Edinburgh City...1 Queen’s Park.........2

City are at the top end of the league because they’re a good side but our keeper never had a save to make.”

The Capital side had looked on course for the victory that would have allowed them to leap above idle Cove Rangers to the top of the table.

But gutted boss James McDonaugh admitted: “Everything went wrong for us in the second half

“We didn’t defend well, didn’t pass well and we have missed a massive opportunit­y to go top of the league.”

Morton staged a spirited comeback in monsoon conditions to push themselves out of the relegation mire.

Ton’s spirited win over an off-form Dunfermlin­e side puts them three points ahead of Partick Thistle and within four points of a promotion play-off place.

Cappielow boss David Hopkin said: “It was important we got back among the pack.

“We haven’t done anything yet but we have to keep improving and I hope we can get one or two players in.

“It is a tough league, which everybody knows.

“The last three or four weeks, I think everyone has started to realise what it is to play in my team.

“We have to keep going. Our main focus at the start of the season was to stay in the league with the budget we have but we have young players now, at 19 and 20, who are just starting to turn into men.

“We just need to keep plugging away and be hard to play against.

“We showed another side in coming back from 1-0 down. The mentality was fantastic.”

Dunfermlin­e took first blood midway through the opening period when

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Kyle Jacobs celebrates
BIG WIN Kyle Jacobs celebrates

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