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Defender Morgyn Neill and manager Paul Hartley spoke to the media after our 1-0 cinch League One victory over Peterhead at Balmoor Stadium.

Morgyn was the player fouled for the penalty that Rory McAllister converted to secure the three points.

Morgyn said: “We deserved the victory and it was great to get a clean sheet as well.

“They never really cut us open at any stage, while we were always creating chances, so it was only a matter of time before we scored.

“We stayed patient and might have had a penalty when I sent in a header and we were all claiming a hand ball, I certainly think it was one.

“I take pride in being able to pose a threat at set-pieces, I scored quite a few goals from them for Dumbarton.

“We have quite a few players who are good in the air, including Connor Scully – even though he’s quite small and skinny!

“The manager works hard on ensuring we are ready to make good use of that in attacking situations, so it was only a matter of time until we would get something for our efforts.

“It finally paid off when I was pulled down when the ball was a mile away, so the referee had to give that one.

“Rory then did his usual professional job, so that was that, we are happy to come away with the three points from what we always knew would be a tight game.

“As a defender, I’m happy to also come away having stopped the opposition scoring.

“It’s been difficult for us to do that this season because we’ve had an unsettled team and the problems with covid have made it difficult to train properly.

“It’s been hard for the gaffer and his coaching staff because they have been forced to shuffle the back four about from week to week.

“We certainly looked more solid in this game, so hopefully this is the start of good run of defensive displays.”

Paul said: “This was a really good three points for us.

“It was a tough game, but I felt we were the better of the sides, particularly in the first half.

“We created chances and were also solid defensively, so it was a well earned win.

“Getting our first clean sheet of the season in the league was particularly pleasing.

“The players deserve full credit for earning that with hard work and staying organised when they were put under pressure.

“If you keep clean sheets you have more chance of winning games.

“As a team, there have been times when we haven’t defended well enough and made things difficult for ourselves.

“That wasn’t the case this time and it played a huge part in us managing to get the win.”

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