NEIL LENNON was left grinning with a point – after being booked for sharing a joke with a fan.
Pars boss Lenny landed a yellow card from ref Dan McFarlane after a light-hearted exchange with a Morton supporter.
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He laughed off the opening-day flashpoint and insisted the Pars’ performance would keep him smiling.
Lennon said: “I was just having a bit of fun with a fan.
“I don’t know why the referee booked me.
“Unless he thought I was making fun of him – which wouldn’t have been hard.
“I asked him what the booking was for and he said ‘You can’t do that’.
“He enjoyed it but it was a nothing incident.
“It wasn’t a contentious game and he could have left it flow a lot more at times.
“But I’m really happy with my team and the performance.
“It’s not ideal to have so many young players but we are exposing them to the rigours of professional life and they are answering the questions.
“We had nine efforts on goal and eight on target. I can’t ask any more.
“I thought we played really well for the first game of the season and we looked a good team.
“Their goalkeeper was the Man of the Match and I can think of three outstanding saves.”
Ton keeper James Storer – on loan from Wolves – denied Pars frontman Connor Young after 20 minutes.
Ex-Dunfermline attacker Michael O’Halloran, who signed on at Cappielow on Saturday morning, then flashed a shot across the face of goal.
On-loan Rangers shotstopper Mason Munn denied Kian Taylor as Ton chased a first-half breakthrough.
Head technical coach Billy Davies was in charge of Ton with boss Dougie Imrie absent due to a private matter.
It was Davies’ first match in management in Scotland since he left Motherwell 24 years ago.
He saw Storer excel again, tipping Andy Tod’s 20-yarder round the post.
After the break, Taylor’s corner sparked a scramble in the box with Young eventually hacking the loose ball off the line.
Young’s free-kick at the other end was pushed round a post by Storer before the 20-year-old keeper thwarted Josh Cooper.
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Davies, who also handed a debut to sub Eamonn Brophy, said: “This was a very difficult game for us under the circumstances.
“You can see Dunfermline are a very strong side. They had chances, we had chances – there was not a lot of free-flowing football. We’ll take a point.”
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