Airdrie have been threatening to give someone a doing for months, says striker

Airdrie striker Calum Gallagher played his part in a 5-0 thumping for Clyde at Broadwood yesterday and said they have been threatening to do that to a team for months.

Rhys McCabe set the Diamonds on their way with a clinical 37th-minute penalty, and would have added a spectacular second but for a flying top-corner save from Clyde keeper Neil Parry, before Callum Smith had an effort cleared off the line.

But the Diamonds sparkled in the second half, with Callum Smith, Gallagher, Kyle MacDonald and Jon Afolabi all getting on the score-sheet.

Gallagher, who netted his 15th goal of the season yesterday, says the resounding win has been coming, even as rivals .Cove Rangers clinched the title.

He said: "Clyde have caused us real problems all season and made it really challenging every time we've played them, but I think we've had a real feeling for a while that we were due a performance like that where five or six got over the line.

"It's nice to keep it going, and it's nice for the boys - I think we had five different scorers, and a few good performances and hard luck for some.

"It's good, mentally, on the day that Cove have cemented the championship that we had that type of performance to lift us, and it puts us in good stead for next week and the play-offs after that."

Gallagher got his goal when Clyde keeper Neil Parry fumbled a shot, gifting him an opportunity to control the ball and tap it into the net.

The 27-year-old former Rangers and St Mirren striker says goals like that are a running joke in the Airdrie dressing room.

He said: "I'm challenging to be top scorer in the league, so I was desperate for a goal today. Sometimes you get the rub of the green and it looks ugly, but I've always really enjoyed that type of