A huge support made the trip through from Paisley but hopes were dashed early on when Mark Yardley had to be replaced by Sergei Baltacha. It was one of the other strikers, Junior Mendes, who decided to extract the urine from the Pars defence at every opportunity and it finally worked 10 minutes before half time when his cross was converted by Tom Brown.
That should have been a platform for Saints to build from but, despite our dominance, the scores were level at half time. A free-kick wasn't properly cleared and when the ball fell to Richard Huxford - who would play for us as a trialist in the following summer - he rattled it into the net for a completely undeserved goal.
Mendes continued his fine display after the break, testing keeper Ian Westwater on a number of occasions. However, at times he was perhaps too greedy and resorted to shooting from silly distances when a pass would perhaps have been a better option.
The forward's willingness to shoot almost paid off late on when Westwater failed to hold a shot and it fell to Hugh Murray, but his effort was blocked on the line and the chance was gone.
Not to worry. We'd come through the test with flying colours with, surprisingly, a lack of cutting edge the only reason we left without a victory. Next up was the season's first Renfrewshire derby and a chance to put the soapdodgers in their place.