FIT-AGAIN Morton frontman Andy Barrowman derived just as much pleasure from seeing his name on the teamsheet as he did from getting on the scoresheet.

The hitman had not played for the Ton first-team since suffering a hamstring strain after just 30 minutes of their Petrofac Cup first round tie against Spartans back in July.

After seven weeks on the sidelines, Barrowman celebrated his comeback by netting the equaliser in the weekend win over Airdrie.

But the 29-year-old revealed that the joy of scoring his first goal for the Cappielow club was equalled by the exhilaration that accompanied a return to action after a relatively lengthy lay-off.

Barrowman told the Tele: “It’s important to get your first goal for a new club — but for me it was just good to get on the pitch first and foremost.

“It’s never nice to be injured and sitting in a physio room, especially the timing of it coming just when you feel ready to kick on in the first game after finishing pre-season.

“I’ve been back training for two or three weeks now. There was a wee niggle that held me back a wee bit and that added to the frustration. It was actually seven weeks on Saturday since my last competitive game, so it was good to be back, get the win and obviously get the goal as well.

“That frustration that has built up maybe comes out a wee bit in your celebrations. You get it out of your system by scoring.

“Thankfully I stuck it away as it was an important goal at an important time for us. It got us back in the game and we really kicked on from there.

“We were much better in the second half. The first half was a little bit slow and pedestrian, but we showed what we’re all about in the second half and it looked like there would only be one winner.

“That’s what we need to do for 90 minutes now, and if we do that we’ll win more games than we lose, that’s for sure.” Barrowman felt he should have bagged a brace, but insisted he would still be claiming some of the credit for Ton’s second goal after Robbie Crawford pounced on his unsuccessful attempt to convert a rebound.

He grinned: “I thought I was about to get a second goal as well when I threw myself at the ball after the keeper saved Joe McKee’s shot.

“I lunged at it but the ball was past me before I knew it.

“Luckily enough it fell to Robbie and he stuck it away well. I’ll take the assist, though. I got my left foot, the toe nail, on it so I told Robbie I would be claiming the assist!”