Goalkeeper Allan McGregor saved two spot-kicks in the shoot-out but was quick to heap praise on match-winner Boyd.

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But Gidley struck two minutes from time and Cunningham wrote the fairytale ending by rumbling through a heap of bodies to touch down under the sticks.

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Should a bottle of memory pills appear on your nightstand one day, a heap of credit will go to Tully and Kandel, with an assist from two of God's lowliest creatures: the fruit fly and the sea slug.

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