DELIGHTED Morton boss Dougie Imrie could breathe a sigh of relief after watching his players take flight against Airdrieonians.

But he believes the presence of a lucky charm inspired his side's first victory in the league to dump Rhys McCabe's men at the bottom of the Championship.

Imrie had his secret weapon with himImrie had his secret weapon with him (Image: alex craig) Ton were brilliant against the DiamondsTon were brilliant against the Diamonds (Image: alex craig)

A goal apiece for Cappielow full-back's Zak Delaney and ex-Diamonds favourite Cammy Ballantyne saw Ton pick up their first victory of the season as Ton puffed their chest out to lash out a fitting ending to a difficult week for all at the club.

But a relieved Imrie revealed that he had his own version of a rabbits foot sat above his dugout, in the form of his five-year-old son Jenson, who'd made his first trip to Cappielow this season. It might be a sheer coincidence that the two events have intertwined, but Imrie hopes that his side's powerful performance left his biggest fan and the rest of the 1800 in Cappielow with a bug for more.

"The wee man might be my lucky charm. He doesn't come to many games. But hopefully that today gave him the bug to come back.

"I hope everyone got the same bug and could see what we're trying to do here.

"That was his first game this season, he's only been here once before for a game and he was a good bit younger so he wouldn't have been able to focus for 90-minutes.

"He's at that age where he's just started primary school, he's getting a bit more boisterous and he wants to start playing football so I really hope that he wants to come back.

"Who knows if he's the lucky charm, we'll need to see. I'll maybe use him to my advantage and take him to Ayr next week and see if the same thing happens.

"But there's no easy games in this division, they're all difficult games against good teams.

"I think today we got the goal at the right time, if Airdrie had picked up the first goal it could've been a lot different but we were very good all over the pitch.

"We've set the standard now, we're always aiming to win as many games as possible. But I thought that was probably for the first time this season, not only a complete performance but as people call it a Dougie Imrie performance.

"I thought the press, the intensity was there for everyone to see and some of the football we played was phenomenal."

Imrie hopes Jenson had the same smile as Cammy BallantyneImrie hopes Jenson had the same smile as Cammy Ballantyne (Image: Alex Craig)

Imrie hopes that the result means that everyone associated with the club can move on from the events of days leading up to the six pointer.

With Ton now looking to move up the table and on from the whirlwind departure of forward Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, just 52 days after joining the club, Imrie hopes that the positivity can continue to grow around the club.

"It's been a difficult week for everyone. The club have acted quickly and we need to try and put it behind us now and try to move on.

"What I stressed before the game was, was let's try and get a positive result - if we had maybe lost then the negative energy and stigma could've stuck around.

"From that aspect, it was really good to get the win and get the positivity moving back around the club and moving in the right trajectory again."