Andy Winter bagged a hat-trick and Dario Zanatta a double as Hamilton Accies fought back against the odds against 10-man Alloa to keep their Championship survival fight alive.They move into the play-off final against Lanarkshire rivals Airdrie on Wednesday and Saturday of next week.The game looked dead and buried and Accies diving into League One after just 31 minutes, but doubles from Zanatta and Winter put them 4-2 ahead at the break.It was an incredible first half that gave us six goals, a red card and a penalty save as Alloa went 2-0 up, Hamilton fans staged a demonstration against the board, and John Rankin's side then rattled in four goals in nine minutes to take control of the tie.While the second half was understandably less frantic, Accies added a fifth as Winter completed his hat-trick in 52 minutes to make sure of the win.Connor Sammon got Alloa off the mark after just five minutes and the visitors doubled that lead through Stefan Scougall in 31 minutes, despite defender George Stanger being sent off in 24 minutes.

for a foul on Winter.But Accies netted twice in as many minutes to level in 39 minutes through Andy WInter, after Dario Zanatta had pulled them back into the game.Zanatta and Winter then smashed the ball into the net to put Accies 4-2 ahead on the day and 4-3 on aggregate.De Bolle's unorthodox set-up then led to Winter sealing his hat-trick to put the tie beyond doubt.Hamilton head coach John Rankin made two changes from the side that lost 1-0 at the Indodrill on Tuesday.

Lucas De Bolle and Lewis Smith came in for Fergus Owens and Lewis Spence.His Alloa counterpart Brian Rice also made two changes from the side that put themselves into the lead in the tie, as Stefan Scougall and Cameron O'Donnell

Hamilton 5, Alloa 2: Accies stage incredible fight-back to reach play-off final

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