Aaron Connolly was the reluctant hero for EK Thistle on Saturday because the membership’s assistant boss climbed off the bench to earn his aspect a draw.
David McKean had fired the Jags in entrance at Victoria Park earlier than United turned the sport on its head, however Connolly netted within the 88th minute to stretch Thistle’s unbeaten run to 3 video games within the West of Scotland League Third Division.
However he revealed his involvement was sudden.
Connolly stated: “I did say I used to be stopping taking part in, however I did have to return on for 35 minutes on Saturday to assist out.
“We had a participant pull out within the warm-up and I needed to go on the bench.
“We have been chasing the sport a bit and I needed to throw myself on. That’s not the place I need to be - I need to be serving to Garry [O’Hanlon, the manager] on the sidelines - however fortuitously I nonetheless managed to get us a purpose.
“It’s one other level on the board and we're unbeaten in our first week, in order that’s the optimistic.
“We didn’t get to the extent we should always have .”
The draw got here off the again of their first win this season, a 3-2 house win over Saltcoats in midweek.
And now Ardrossan go to this Saturday. Connolly added: “Ardrossan have been a great workforce final season and so they’ve introduced in some actually good skilled gamers.
“I’m anticipating a great sport. We’ve acquired to be sturdy at house and if we are able to do this we’ll choose up factors and be okay.”
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