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Substitute Kevin O'Hara was the hat-trick hero for Dunfermline Athletic in a thumping Scottish Championship win away to Alloa Athletic.

Ryan Dow opened the scoring for Dunfermline before Kevin Cawley levelled just before the break.

However, a second-half treble from O'Hara put the result beyond doubt for unbeaten Dunfermline.

The result leaves the visitors joint top of the standings, with Alloa anchored on zero points.

It was scintillating showing from 22-year-old forward O'Hara, who opened his account just a minute after coming off the bench against his former club, chipping a well-worked goal over the head of Alloa keeper Reece Willison.

The striker made it two on the 77th minute, slotting the ball into the right of the goal from the left-hand side of the box, and he added a third in injury time from the spot.

Alloa manager Peter Grant: "They frustrated us. We had a lot of the ball and never took our chances. You look at the 4-1 and think its a bit of a doing, but to be fair the difference was Kevin [O'Hara] coming on and doing exceptionally well in that period."

Dunfermline head coach Stevie Crawford: "The pleasing thing for us is having faced Alloa last season we never managed to win a game against them. We made a slight change to the formation as well as bringing O'Hara on, and it brought us on to the front foot. He scored within a minute and in the end we won it at a very difficult venue and it showed the character of the team."