ALLOA were left to rue missed chances as they lost to Morton in Saturday’s Championship clash at the Indodrill Stadium.

A double from veteran Chris Millar made all the difference as Jim Goodwin’s side failed to find the quality in the final third to break down their full time opponents.

The result leaves Alloa bottom of the table after their opening day defeat to Ross County.

The game started at a frantic pace, with Bob McHugh finding space inside the first two minutes as he broke past a static Alloa defence, who were relieved to see his shot drag wide.

Morton dominated the opening period and looked destined to run away with the game, with Charlie Telfer and Jim McAllister running the midfield.

However, just as the early Ton storm looked to have been weathered, the part-timers were dealt a bitter blow.

When the home side failed to clear a free kick, Millar pounced on a loose ball to drive a low shot past a helpless Neil Parry and into the right hand corner to open the scoring.

Five minutes later, the Wasps had Parry to thank when he prevented Michael Tidser from making it two. However, as the game neared the end of the first half, they began to find gaps in the leaky Morton defence.

Their most dangerous opening of the game fell to livewire Hastie when the winger’s rasping drive had to be clawed away by Ryan Scully.

As the second half got underway, the home side immediately had a great shout for a penalty as Greig Spence was bundled over in the box by a clumsy Rory McKeown challenge.

Alan Newlands waved play on and Jim Goodwin left the referee in no uncertain terms about his thoughts on the decision.

As the half wore on, there was only one team in the game, although the hosts were struggling to find the quality in the final third to turn their possession into an equaliser.

Goodwin turned to his depleted looking bench and threw on Kevin Cawley for Adam Brown and barely two minutes had passed when the sub headed narrowly wide from a Hastie corner.

However, for all the pressure, the Wasps still lacked the quality of their opponents and this ultimately proved crucial.

With only ten minutes to go, the ball was fed to Millar from the right and he thrashed the ball past Parry from 25 yards to end the contest. It was a wonderful strike which gave the keeper no chance and killed off any hopes of the Wasps securing their first points back in the Championship.

Alloa threw everything forward in the last five minutes, but, it was Millar who nearly completed his hat trick as the Wasps’ defence was left exposed by the counter.

The ball broke to the former St Johnstone player on the edge of the box and Parry could only watch as it skimmed the top of the crossbar on its way over.

There was one final chance for Alloa to find a way back into the game, but Cawley could only head over from a delicious ball by Spence and it was clear that it just wasn’t Jim Goodwin’s side’s day.