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Jordan Kirkpatrick's goal earned Alloa Athletic their first league win in five matches

Jordan Kirkpatrick's injury-time winner allowed Alloa Athletic to climb out of the Scottish Championship relegation zone by beating Queen of the South.

The substitute's header, three minutes into time added on, came against the run of play with the hosts pressing desperately at the other end.

Jim Goodwin's men, who now sit eighth, opened through Andy Graham but Kyle Jacobs levelled for dominant Queens.

Alloa's first Dumfries win for 16 years ends a run of four league defeats.

While Gary Naysmith's men fall behind Dunfermline Athletic into fifth place.

Queen of the South goalkeeper Alan Martin produced a fabulous stop to deny Dario Zanatta but was powerless to prevent Graham converting Ian Flanagan's corner minutes later.

The home side's superior possession paid off early in the second half when Jacobs pounced after Neil Parry had saved Callum Fordyce's effort.

After equalising, the Palmerston Park outfit threw everything at Alloa. Top scorer Stephen Dobbie surged forward at every opportunity but could not add to his astonishing haul of 38 goals in 34 games.

The veteran striker did have the ball in the net at one point but the offside flag was raised. Lyndon Dykes and Nicky Low also came close before Kirkpatrick delivered the sucker-punch, nodding home a lovely ball from Zanatta.

'We were hanging on, but I'm delighted' - reaction

Alloa Athletic manager Jim Goodwin: "We're delighted with the result. With five minutes to go, I'd have been delighted with a point, we were hanging on.

"Queens were the better team by a country mile but we've played a lot better than we did today and lost so you've got to take it when you can get it."

Queen of the South manager Gary Naismith: "I'm a bit shell-shocked to be honest. Until their goal in the 93rd minute, I actually don't know if Alloa got into our half. But for us to lose the game in that manner it's disappointing.

"We needed a result today and I would have been disappointed getting one point with our performance. To get zero is really disappointing."