Airdrie star Calum Gallagher relieved to get back on goal trail with strike in Queen's Park draw

Striker Calum Gallagher admits he was relieved to be back among the goals for Airdrie during Friday night’s draw with Queen’s Park.

The club’s top scorer last season and PFA League One player of the Year netted the opener at New Broomfield after 39 minutes when Liam McStravick pounced on a loose pass to send him through for a composed finish inside the box.

Airdrie had to settle for a point in the televised clash after a mistake of their own allowed Jack Turner to equalise just a minute into the second half.

But after going a couple of games without scoring, the Diamonds hitman was pleased to get back on the scoresheet and claim his sixth goal of the campaign in all competitions.

”It’s a relief. I’ve blanked in the last couple of games and I needed that one, so I’m delighted to get on the score sheet and contribute,” he told the BBC.

“It’s great work from wee Liam on the right-hand side, who just reads the defender passing the ball out.

“He’s slipped me in early enough and it is one of those ones where you have too much time. I lifted my head quickly and took my time, to pick my spot.”

The point lifted Airdrie up to fourth in the Championship table, on a night where players had to contend with horrendous conditions as Storm Babet swept through the country.

And Gallagher admits neither side would have deserved to walk away with all three points.

He added: “I think it was fairly even and a draw was the right result at the end of it.”Conditions, obviously, were not great and it felt a bit slippy out there on the pitch.

“Both teams, at times, struggled to deal with that.

“There were some chances, some flurries. Josh [Rae, the Airdrie goalkeeper] pulls off a great save from Ruari Paton and we have a flurry at the end which on