MORTON new boy Grant Gillespie's spot-kick scoring streak has him off to a flyer - but he insists he'd have swapped his latest for a win.

The midfielder told the Tele he would happily have given up his penalty equaliser against Hamilton on Saturday if it meant his side came away with all three points.

Ton had to settle for a share of the spoils despite playing against 10 men for 50 minutes and Gillespie, who has tucked away three penalties already for his new team, admits they were kicking themselves in the dressing room at full-time.

He told the Tele: "I would have preferred the three points over the goal.

"It was nice to get on the scoresheet but we felt that it was two points dropped, having the extra man for the full second half. 

"I thought we could have asserted our dominance a little bit more but it was the first game of the season and Hamilton's a tough place to come.

"We’ll take the point and move on and look for a win next time."

Gillespie, 30, says that a failure to control possession and move the 10-man Accies around the pitch proved Ton's undoing.

He said: "We didn’t control the ball well enough in the second half, which didn’t allow us to create enough.

"But we are still gelling as a team, and it is only the first game of 36 - we have got another 35 to go in a long season and who knows we might look back later and say it was a great point."

Coming up against his former side the ex-Accies man had no hesitation over celebrating the goal that levelled up proceedings on the day.

He revealed he was also proud to be asked to lead the side after club captain Kyle Jacobs left on loan for league 1 side Edinburgh.

Gillespie said: "It was an honour.

"It is an old cliché that there should be 11 captains out on the park but for the manager to choose me it was a nice touch and hopefully I did the armband proud.

"The gaffer mentioned to me on Friday that he was planning on making me captain for the game.

"It does not change my job on the park and still had to remain focused and help the team as much as I can.

"We all have to stand up and lead in our own way, and having the armband isn’t going to change the way I play or think, it is just about going out on that park and giving 100 per cent for Morton.

"With being captain it was nice to get on the scoresheet as well and hopefully I can keep going add a few this season and help the team out."