We’ve shown a lot of courage – John McGlynn

John McGlynn lauded his side’s bottle after holding their nerve to defeat Hearts on penalties in the Scottish Cup. Ben Parkinson’s goal and penalty sealed the Bairns’ progression to the 5th round, with McGlynn praising the “brilliant” result at full-time. ‘A huge game to come to the league leaders, it wasn’t the draw we were hoping for, I thought we were miles off it in the first half, Hearts popped the ball about for fun’ ‘We had to make changes at halftime, we had a shape that we didn’t really carry out as well as we should have done, so we changed halfway through the first half, and had to make changes at halftime’ Which worked, we started the second half much better, scored a really good goal and then it’s a matter of trying to hold on.’ ’It was just a matter of battling, I’m delighted to see we’ve shown a lot of courage with the penalties.’ ‘It takes a bit of bottle to go up and strike the penalties in.’ Falkirk announced the signing of Newcastle forward Ben Parkinson last week. McGlynn praised the 20-year-old’s “bravery” in taking the final penalty. ‘He has just come to the club, he went on the other night and wanted to take the last penalty. He showed courage, bravery, we’ve got a player there, the way he’s taken his goal, having that character to go up and put it in.’ ‘It says a lot about him, a lot about our team, we’ve come to the league leaders tonight, and we had to battle, it wasn’t beautiful, we had to dig in, there are many ways to win a football match, and sometimes it’s unfair on penalties.’ ‘We are delighted to be through, can’t wait for the draw tomorrow night and see who we’ve got.’