The fate of the goalkeepers told the story of this match, and provided its perspective.

NEIL Alexander is so unfailingly upbeat he could, in all probability, have found a positive spin to put on events had the doomsday scenario prophesied by the Mayans come to pass last week.

A WEEK on from their scheduled league match against Elgin City being postponed after the Highland club's rather brazen attempt to flog 1100 more briefs than their capacity allows, Ally McCoist's side gained revenge by knocking their third division rivals out of the William Hill Scottish Cup.

Stuart Leslie set up Elgin's biggest win of the season by firing a hat-trick as his side leapt to second in the table.