Andy Winter was Hamilton's hero as he earned them a first win in eight attempts as they bagged a narrow victory over 10-man Morton at New Douglas Park.Winter's fourth goal of the season gave the Lanarkshire side their first league win since October 18 in Inverness, though they were made to work for it by a Morton side that slipped to a second league defeat, having been undefeated in 10 before losing against Partick Thistle last weekend.Ton's task was made more difficult in 83 minutes when captain Grant Gillespie was sent off for a second booking, as they slipped to a second league defeat on the bounce.Winter put Hamilton ahead from the spot in 19 minutes but Hamilton had goalkeeper Ryan Fulton to thank for a quite breath-taking save from Jack Baird just after the half-hour.There otherwise wasn't much between the sides during a half that was played in near-constant torrential rain.The second half was pretty even, though Winter should have scored his second goal to put the game beyond doubt, before the visitors were reduced to 10 men.Accies head coach John Rankin made eight changes from the side that beat Clyde 3-2 in the SPFL Trust Trophy quarter-finals on Tuesday night.

Fergus Owens, Lewis Smith and Jean-Pierre Tiehi kept their places.His Morton counterpart Dougie Imrie made one change to the side that lost 2-1 at Partick Thistle on Saturday, as loan signing Ally Roy came in for Jai Quitongo.

Morton started quickly with some slick passing moves, but didn't do anything with it, and it took eight minutes for them to have a shot on goal, with Roy firing high and wide of the right post.Moments later, Morton went close again when Calvin Miller made his way down the right and cut the ball back to Cameron Blues, but he fired

Hamilton 1, Morton 0: Winter of content as Accies bag crucial league win

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