Irvine Meadow came close to blowing a 3-0 lead as they made heavy weather of beating Hurlford on Saturday – but boss George Grierson insists winning was all that mattered.
Terrific goals from Louis Kerr, Callum Graham and Connor Boyd had the hosts seemingly cruising towards victory in the West of Scotland League Premier Division clash with less than an hour played at Meadow Park.
But Ford hit back through Paul McKenzie and Michael Mullen and only a fine double save from goalkeeper Marc Waters prevented the visitors from remarkably restoring parity.