ANDY MORRISON revelled in Connah's Quay Nomads' "feisty" Scottish Challenge Cup victory over Coleraine.

The visiting Northern Irish outfit tried to take over the Deeside Stadium with supporters travelling in their hundreds, but it was the home side that rolled their sleeves up to run out 2-0 winners.

Captain George Horan headed the opener on the hour from Andy Owens' long throw, before Coleraine had two men sent-off in quick succession as Stephen Lowry and Stephen O'Donnell were given their marching orders.

And Nomads made the game safe in time added on through Owens to book a place in tomorrow's quarter-final draw and leave boss Morrison delighted.

"It's a fantastic victory for the team, club and the Welsh Premier League," said Morrison. "I was caught a little bit by their energy in that first 15 minutes, the crowd where absolutely outstanding and credit to them for coming over in their numbers and the atmosphere they created was bought into by the players.

"That's huge in football and it's something that I miss. You talk about the 12th man and it's huge. Look what Caernarfon give to the Welsh Premier League and their team, and the lift it gives them.

"Coleraine felt that early on - and they had the wind - so it was a bit of a barrage. Firstly because we didn't start right - and they did - we were on our heels, we didn't get to balls and we had two strikers that we need to get the ball up to, but we started taking touches and playing square passes.

"But we didn't really had to make a save and we had the best chances in the first-half. Jay Owen's volley, if he caresses that it's a goal and Wildey (Michael Wilde) has got in down the side."

Morrison, who switched formation to a back four at half time, Laurence Wilson and Craig Jones replacing Declan Poole and Wilde, continued: "I'm so proud of the result.

"They've got an entourage of 50 staff and directors, 200 or 300 fans and they were here for a party, so there was a fantastic energy in them.

"Now they are flat, now they are walking around with their heads down and that could quite easily have been us, but we stuck at it against the wind in the first-half and didn't concede.

"In the second-half we got the right players in the right areas and right shape and it was the right result, we were the much better team in the second-half.

"We had to keep our discipline and we knew we could target them from set-plays because of the way they set-up and George got a terrific goal.

"It was a fantastic result. It's five wins on the spin and we are in a good place.

"I don't want to put a downer on things but that was probably our poorest performance of the season, but to a man they stuck to a game plan and desire not to concede a goal.

"It was feisty out there and it was feisty on the touchline. I'm not here to make friends, I'm not bothered. I'm here to win games of football, whichever way we can."

Bohemians were the other winners of the non-Scottish ties as they beat National League Sutton United 4-3 on penalties after the game finished goalless.

Alloa also progressed on penalties, winning 5-4 against Dunfermline after the two teams shared four goals in normal time, while Edinburgh City beat Arbroath 4-1.

Ross County overcame Montrose 3-1, Motherwell Under-21s beat Sligo Rovers 2-0 and East Fife won by the same scoreline against Queen of the South.