Hoppy hails his never-say-die Ton
was even more pleasing was the performance.”
Kevin Rutk iewicz admitted Elgin’s strength was too much for his Stirling side to cope with.
He said: “You could have stopped the game at five past three because you could tell even then that we simply weren’t at it.” Stenhousemuir....0 Queen’s Park......0 Morton boss David Hopkin heaped praise on his team for nabbing an equaliser five minutes into stoppage time.
Sean McGinty looped in a late header to wipe out Craig Wighton’s opener for Arbroath.
Hopkin said: “It was a fantastic corner from Nicky Cadden and a towering header from Sean. I am absolutely delighted with the point. I told the players that good teams keep going and that’s exactly what we did.”
Former Cappielow keeper Derek Gaston was at the centre of a heated incident in the first half when he jumped with his knee up to collect a ball sailing towards him before Ton’s Kalvin Orsi ran into it.
Orsi crashed to the ground clutching his face and his captain Jim McAlister made heated protests to Gaston.
The Red Lichties stormed into a second- half lead when a miscued Kyle Jacobs clearance flew to Wighton at the edge of the box and he expertly drilled the ball home.
But the Greenock side rescued a point in stoppage time when McGinty’s header dropped in at the far post.
Arbroath boss Dick Campbell said: “It was a steal of a point.
“I’ve no complaints although I don’t know where all that added time came from.”