Albion Rovers boss targets top six League Two finish as his side hit form run

Albion Rovers boss Brian Reid has challenged his side to claim a top six finish this season after back-to-back wins over the last week all but secured their League Two safety.

A 1-0 win at Stirling and a 4-2 triumph at Annan has Rovers 13 points clear of bottom side Cowdenbeath in eighth place, and they can make sure of League Two status with a win at home to Elgin on Saturday.

Reid said: “We finished seventh last season so our aim now is to finish above there. That’s our target.

“Saturday was great. I can’t single anyone out as each player was great on a good day for Albion Rovers.”

Reid says he knew a landslide victory was coming – and now he’s targeting an ascent up the League Two table.

The Cliftonhill side followed up stalemates with Kelty Hearts and Forfar, plus a 1-0 win over Stirling Albion, with an outstanding 4-2 win over second-placed Annan away from home.

While only a two-goal margin separated the teams, it did not tell the full story of a game dominated by a Rovers side with no fit starting strikers.

Blair Malcolm and Scott Roberts set them on their way to victory in the opening half hour, but Annan levelled through Tommy Goss and Tony Wallace.

Defender Sean Fagan then netted his second of the week after his winner in the 1-0 victory at Stirling last midweek, before Kieran Dolan rose from the bench to seal it in the 90th minute.

Reid’s men can secure league safety with a win over Elgin City this week, but Reid is only looking up. He commented: “We said that was coming.

“The laugh was that we did it with no fit strikers on the park at the start. The only one we had was Kieran Dolan off the bench but he’s just coming back from an injury.

“We scored four with no fit strikers, players playing out of position, so