PETERHEAD manager Jim McInally insisted he took no extra satisfaction from winning on his first return to Cappielow since leaving the club six years ago.

After just under four years at the helm, McInally resigned as Ton boss in February 2008 with his side sat ninth in the then-First Division.

However, he insisted he still holds the club in high regard and that he was simply pleased to pick up three points rather than get one over his former employers.

He said: “To be honest, it’s nice to come back here and win — but it’s just about winning after losing 4-1 last week “You think: ‘Are we going to hit a slump here?’ But we’ve bounced back and bouncing back to a team like Morton is good. That will give everybody a wee lift again.

“I’m not interested in anything other than enjoying what I’m doing just now. But it was good to be back because it’s a great football ground to play at and I think our boys enjoyed it. I saw Douglas Rae before the game and I’m just going to see him again just now. I think the world of him. I had a great relationship with the directors here and I was gutted about Arthur [Montford].

“He sent me a lovely letter and I kept saying I’ll go and see him but the usual you never put yourself to do it and he’s away and I never saw him so that was sad.” After suffering that heavy defeat at the hands of Stevie Aitken’s high flying Stranraer, McInally was pleased with the way his side performed against the Ton.

He added: “On our day we’re a good side; we’ve just been a wee bit inconsistent. We’ve won a few away games on the bounce now, we just need to start doing a wee bit better at home.

“Last week wasn’t as bad as the scoreline suggested. We defended poorly for three of the goals, but I knew we obviously needed to improve and play better.

“And I thought today we defended well from back to front, were dogged in the middle of the park, and our front guys caused problems. We shot ourselves in the foot a wee bit when they got a couple of chances. I would rather they were creating their own than us making mistakes and that’s what happened.

“But I don’t think our goalie had a save to make. We actually broke quite well and [Rory] McAllister had a wee purple patch. Sometimes he’s unplayable.

“The Morton goalie [Derek Gaston] tends to stand off his line a wee bit and we made him and [Jamie] Stevenson aware of that.

“I think his chip was going in and it was a great save by the keeper, but McAllister’s capable of anything on his day.

“He actually became a father last Friday, wasn’t quite himself last Saturday but insisted on playing and now a week on he looked more like himself again.”