Airdrie can take League One title race down to the wire, but must keep winning, says captain

Callum Fordyce says Airdrie can take the League One title race down to the wire – but only if they keep winning.

The Diamonds did that with a bit to spare on Saturday, beating Alloa 2-0 at the Indodrill, thanks to a double from striker Callum Smith double.

Club captain Fordyce, 29, was happy to come through his 100th appearance for the club with their unbeaten run intact, but says if they keep the pressure up on Cove they can take the prize.

With a crucial triple-header against Falkirk on Saturday followed by home games against Queen’s Park and Cove Rangers, Airdrie’s fate could be in their own hands.

But Fordyce voiced a note of caution, pointing out that Airdrie are the chasing pack.

He said: “If we win our games we have a chance of winning the title.

“We need to take each game as it comes, we don’t want to look too far ahead, and we’ve got to win.

“That is basically the be-all and end-all, we have to win our games.

“In doing that, especially against teams round about us in the top half of the table, we would give ourselves a right good chance of it going down to the wire and being in with a shout for the title.

“Cove is the big game for us, if we beat Queen’s Park and Falkirk, which are tough games. Going into the Cove game, we know ourselves that if we get a result against them then we’ve given ourselves a right good chance for that final push.”

Former Dunfermline and Livingston defender Fordyce added: “Winning the league would be massive.

“It was our objective at the start of the season and it’s still the objective now, to keep pushing to the end and win it. I was lucky enough to win it when I was at Dunfermline, and it was a great feeling then.

“But there’s a long way to go, we’re not getting ahead of ourselves.

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