Raith Rovers 3 Hamilton 3: Accies didn't deserve a point, admits boss as he praises Oli Shaw's last-gasp leveller

Oli Shaw rescued a point for Hamilton Accies with a last-gasp leveller as they came from 3-1 down to hold Raith Rovers.

Accies had actually taken an early lead in the game thanks to a Kevin O'Hara penalty after just two minutes, but Rovers responded to take control at Stark's Park with Lewis Stevenson quickly equalising before Finlay Pollok struck to give them a 2-1 lead at the break.

Dylan Easton looked to have put the game to bed in the 54th minute when he fired home from close range.

However, Accies new boy Connor Smith sparked the comeback when his deflected effort found the back of the net with 12 minutes remianing. And in the fourth minute of stoppage time, Shaw netted from a Jamie Barjonas corner to spark jubilant scenes in the away end.

It is Hamilton's third draw in seven games and leaves them seventh in the table with six points fo far.

While boss John Rankin was pleased with the fightback from his players, he felt their performance didn't merit anything from the game.

He told the club media: "I think it's a point we didn't deserve. I thought we started the game on the front foot and got the early penalty and, to be honest, it probably settled Raith more than ourselves. We looked nervous after that and, probably, fragile.

"Raith began to dominate and we kind of backed off, gave them space to play in space we didn't want them to. Ultimately, it goes 1-1.

"We get back together and then leaves gaps for them to get into, they go 2-1 up. We concede a poor third goal but I have got to give the players credit.

"We made a couple of changes towards the end to try and go for it. We got ourselves back in the game through Connor and I'm delighted he got his first goal since he came back.

"At that moment, I could sense