Airdrie No.2 Callum Fordyce: Play-off win was like a cup final, we won't be fazed in SPFL Trust Trophy showdown

Callum Fordyce insists Airdrie already know what it takes to win huge games - so Sunday's SPFL Trust Trophy Final shouldn't faze them.

The Diamonds face Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints at Falkirk Stadium chasing their first trophy in 16 years.

But with Airdrie last season winning a nail-biting Championship play-off final against Hamilton Accies on penalties, player/assistant boss Fordyce feels their young squad have already shown they can produce in high pressure occasions and that will stand them in good stead.

The defender said: "If you look at the play-off game last season, that is just as good as winning a trophy - if not better - so the boys know what it takes in big game moments.

"It is about making sure we keep calm, keep the excitement tamed and go and express ourselves on the pitch.

"Football is a mad game. Anything can happen in a final and TNS will be saying the same thing.

"It is something different. We are not playing a team we've already faced four or five times this season, which is really refreshing, so it is a game we are really looking forward to."

Fordyce is one of a few players in the Airdrie squad to have won the Trust Trophy in its previous incarnations.

He won it with Livingston and scored in their 4-0 win over Alloa in 2015, Charlie Telfer triumphed in 2017 with Dundee United, while Nikolay Todorov was at Inverness when they reached the final in the Covid season of 2020 and had to share the prize with Raith.

"It's great that we have that experience in our squad," said the 31-year-old.

"I have been lucky enough that I've managed to win it before with Livingston and we've got a few guys who know what it takes to win silverware, but sometimes moments like that can be hard to come by in