Albion Rovers players fighting for futures after "unacceptable" thrashing by Stranraer, says boss

Brian Reid branded Albion Rovers' thrashing at the hands of Stranraer "totally unacceptable" - and warned his squad they are now playing for their futures at the club.

The Cliftonhill boss watched his side ship five goals without reply in their penultimate home match of the season as their five game unbeaten run came to a shuddering halt, leaving them eighth in the table and six points behind their sixth-place rivals with three games of League Two remaining.

Reid was taken aback by the manner of the display after their recent run and says players who don't make amends could find themselves shipped out of the club at the end of the season.

He blasted: "It was poor all round from start to finish, and it was very surprising because that was on the back of five games undefeated and four clean sheets out of five.

"To throw in that performance is a hard one to take.

"It was a big game for us because if we'd beat Stranraer we could have been level on points with them and given us a chance to finish higher than we are right now.

"I'm looking for a massive reaction now because that is totally unacceptable.

"We were going through the motions, which is not like us because we've got good characters in the dressing room.

"We just downed tools, there was no energy about us, we were flat.

"That's probably the worst we've played all season. We never won a tackle, never won a header and, if you do that, this is the result.

"It's not acceptable because I've still to decide whether some of these guys are going to be at Albion Rovers next season or elsewhere.

"Every single player didn't put in a good enough performance.

"You've got to work hard and make the opposition work hard, but they didn't and I told the players I'm not going to accept