Raith Rovers 2-1 Hamilton Accies: Casalinuovo helps Raith out of basement
Rovers’ Damian Casalinuovo levelled the scores ten minutes after the break, netting his third goal in four appearances to cancel out a header by Mark McLaughlin.
Six minutes later the impressive Argentine produced a perfect knock-down in the box to allow Allan Walker to swivel and fire low into the corner of the net. A draw for Queen of the South and defeat for Ayr ensured Raith rose out of the bottom two, a feat which appeared utterly improbable as the home side skulked from the field to a chorus of jeers at the interval.
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Hide Ad“It was night and day after the first half,” said Rovers John McGlynn after a turgid opening period.
“I said to the players – and I hoped – that things could only get better. We knew we had underachieved, and I couldn’t be happier with the reaction.”
McLaughlin’s eighth goal of a remarkably prolific campaign for the veteran defender looked to have the visitors on course for the win. Accies boss Billy Reid rued: “I said to the players, ‘don’t do anything stupid and we will win this’ but we were stupid.”