AUCHINLECK TALBOT manager Tommy Sloan paid tribute to his players after watching his side come from behind twice to defeat Hurlford United 3-2 in a thrilling Scottish Junior Cup final.

Talbot were heavy favourites going into the match but with Hurlford 2-1 up going into stoppage time, it looked to every one of the 4874 fans at Rugby Park that the underdogs were going to claim their second Cup win in four years.

But headed goals from Graham Wilson and Craig McCracken in the dying moments saw Talbot win their twelfth Scottish Junior Cup.

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And Sloan could barely conceal his delight at those two last-gasp goals.

“It didn’t look as if we were going to get there - I’m hoarse screaming,” Sloan said.

“We could have been two or three down in the first half but the second half, we were much better. Then (Hurlford’s) Paul McKenzie scored an excellent individual goal but the boys kept going right until the end.

This is marvellous - it puts the club in the spotlight.

“You don’t get much better than this - it was some feeling at the end.”