Craig Wighton was like a rabbit in headlights when being asked about his winning goal versus Falkirk.
The Dunfermline striker stooped low in the second half to head the ball through goalkeeper Nicky Hogarth’s legs.
It sent the almost 2,000-strong away support wild.
“The fans were brilliant – the amount of them that came through today,” said Wighton.
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“It is just good that we can send them home happy.”
Back with a bang
Earlier in the season Wighton visited a specialist about his knee injury before easing his way back into the side.
He has scored four goals in his last six matches since his return to fitness and has been James McPake’s preferred choice of lone striker recently.
The 25-year-old said he is feeling in much better shape now but was “struggling a bit” towards the end on Saturday.
No wonder after what was sometimes a lonely shift up front.
Whether the fatigue contributed or not, Wighton could barely remember what happened for his goal.
He said boyhood Par Chris Hamilton’s overexuberant celebration had the goalscorer questioning who had actually scored.
“To be honest I need to see the goal back because I actually thought Hammy had scored because he was going mad next to me,” said Wighton.
“I will need to see it back, did the header go through [the keeper’s] legs?
“It felt like the ball was in the air forever, it was just getting the right contact on it and thankfully I did.”
Game plan
Wighton echoed his manager’s words regarding the tactical approach to the game.
“We had actually worked on that all week so we are obviously delighted that it has paid off today,” he added.
“It was always going to be one of those games where we set up to frustrate them and if we got a set-piece we knew that we would get chances with the way they set up.”
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