MORTON hit the road again with a second consecutive visit to Glasgow, looking to continue their impressive run over a Partick side who will seek revenge after the pair's most recent meeting on Hogmanay.

Having waited three and a half weeks since that fine victory for a game due to their enforced winter break, it was great to see Dougie Imrie's team return to action in style against Queen’s Park at Hampden, after falling behind in the first half.

Ton head to Firhill in a buoyant mood (Image: Gary Bradley) Morton started last weekend’s game in similar fashion to how they began the Spiders’ visit to Cappielow at the end of October - dominating for the most part and failing to take advantage of the opportunities that came their way, before being hit with a Zak Rudden sucker punch midway through the first half.

Morton’s record of turning around a deficit in recent times has been so poor that there could have been few who would have been confident of collecting even a point from the game.

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With Ton looking increasingly ring rusty from their winter lay off, the turning point of the game was perhaps Louis Longridge’s chance not long before half time where, with only Ryan Mullen to beat, he inexplicably managed to hit the side netting rather than double his side's lead.

That let off would spur Morton into action after the break though, thanks in no small part to Dougie Imrie’s use of his bench.

Michael Garrity has proved to be a bit of a super-sub this season, notably in bagging the late winner at Stark’s Park in November.

Michael Garrity's impact off the bench has been vital in recent months (Image: Gary Bradley) Although, after replacing Jordan Davies, he wasn’t the only substitute to make his mark.

With Filip Stuparevic not having his most fruitful of afternoons, the introduction of Lamar Reynolds would prove to be inspired.

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Two minutes after joining the fray, he restored parity after fantastic work from Cammy Ballantyne on the right, out-muscling Queens’ substitute Josh Hinds before reversing the ball to Cammy Blues, who drilled the ball across the face of goal for the front man to hammer the ball into the net.

While there was so much to admire about the goal, you’d have to have a heart of stone not to enjoy the impact his first goal in a Morton shirt would have had on the English winger above everything else, having has suffered an utterly horrendous time off the park since his arrival in Scotland.

It was such a welcomed sight to see Reynolds find the back of the net (Image: Alex Craig) From then on, there was only going to be one winner, and the decisive moment arrived nine minutes after the equaliser.

It’s not like Callum Ferrie to gift Morton a goal, but his poor goal kick was cut out.

That allowed Arron Lyall, enjoying perhaps his best performance in a Morton jersey to date, to play in Garrity who finished with aplomb.

Though there was a late scare when Ferrie came up from a corner and could have scored, Morton were well worth their victory, and to burst a couple of long-standing hoodoos was another bonus.

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That, coupled with the fact that every other result that went Morton’s way, made it a perfect weekend for the Ton.

Partick on the other hand, suffered another disappointing weekend, falling to fellow promotion hopefuls Ayr United, whose only dropped points in the last six games were when Morton came to visit at Christmas time.

Sadly that probably means Scott Brown will pip Dougie Imrie to January’s Manager of the month award, despite Morton’s 100 per cent record this month!

Ton haven't won at Firhill since 2022 (Image: Archive) Our hosts have lost three of their last four, including of course that Cappielow reverse and a chastening home drubbing by struggling Dunfermline. Manager Kris Doolan’s iconic status at Firhill is only going to extend so far with the increasingly impatient locals.

Given the nature of the fixture though, I’d prefer to see any confidence tempered against opponents who love to beat Morton as much as we love to beat them.

With our extended unbeaten run a couple of years ago bookended by defeats at Firhill, and Morton having failed to win in Maryhill in three years, the omens may not be great, but there were a few unwanted statistics laid to rest last weekend.

If we could also do that again this time around, that would be terrific.