Diamond hails St Patrick's after vital late victory against Lesmahagow

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St Patrick's FPs 4-2 Lesmahagow Tommy Graham Zander Diamond hailed Saints’ never say die attitude, as they scored twice in injury time to defeat title rivals Lesmahagow.Saints left it late to get a deserved victory at OLSP on Saturday, leapfrogging their opponents into second place in the league table.And former Aberdeen defender Diamond felt the result was one his side deserved.He said: “I’m absolutely delighted to get the win.

The game should have been out of sight by half time but if you don’t take your chances, it gives the opposition a chance to sucker punch you and that’s what Lesmahagow did.“But credit to our boys again for their sheer determination and never say die attitude to keep going to the end and get the three points.”The St Patrick’s management team decided to freshen things up and made five changes to the starting line up from their previous match, and in the first-half the decision was certainly justified as Saints pushed Gow back in their own defensive area as they attacked at will.Saints were particularly dangerous down their right side with Molloy causing the Gow defence major problems with his direct running and sublime footwork and he was ably assisted by Parfitt who was pushing forward at every opportunity.The home side had chances in the first 20 minutes with Kevin McElroy, Luke Gray and Ciaran McElroy all missing when it looked easier to score.And, predictably just as Saints looked almost certain to go ahead, they found themselves behind.Gow won a corner in the 23rd minute and a deep cross was bulleted home by Smith to give his side the lead against the run of play.A minute later, directly from the kick off, Saints managed to miss not one but two gilt edged chances.The impressive McColl,