Airdrie boss says League One title is in their hands, but there's not much room for error

Airdrie boss Ian Murray says the League One title is in his side's hands, but there isn't much room for error.

The New Broomfield gaffer says there's not much between the top teams heading into the last round of games for January, with Airdrie travelling to Firhill to face Queen's Park this afternoon.

Airdrie sit second in the table, seven points behind leaders Cove Rangers and three ahead of Montrose.

But he says the team is playing well and picking up results on a regular basis.

Murray said: "It's in our own hands. There's not a lot of room for error, the win percentage in this league is about 54, 55 per cent and I think we're up about 65 and Cove are about 70, but that's how good the league has been.

"We're only three points ahead of Montrose, so it has been a really hard, quality League One this season in terms of win ratios.

"In probably any other year we'd be top of the league, but that's not the case and we just keep plugging away.

"We keep going - 16 points out of 18 is a pretty good return and I think if somebody had offered us that away back before Christmas we would have bit their hand off."

Murray says the form the Diamonds are on has been brilliant, adding that it's starting to be appreciated, but they can't slip up like they did on Tuesday, when Clyde twice fought back to draw 2-2.

He said: "We try to take the positives. There are obviously negative ones with the score-line, being ahead twice, and the goals we conceded, but as frustrated and disappointed as we were, our play was excellent.

"We played really good football, fantastic stuff at times, and the boys keep believing in what we're doing.

"But I think the biggest thing for me is that people are starting to enjoy us a little bit.

"I'm certainly