Cambuslang Rangers boss says club needs investment and backing from fans

Cambuslang Rangers boss Paul McColl says his side need backing from fans and investment in the team amid their relegation battle in the West of Scotland First Division.

A 5-0 hammering at home to high-flying Shotts on Saturday has left Camby 14th in the table, two points behind Maybole, three ahead of Whitletts Vics and four above Neilston, going into their last five games, starting at Johnstone Burgh on April 3.

They are in the drop zone and escaping relegation is still possible, but McColl says a lack of backing is affecting them, “the money has run out” and he needs help.

McColl (pictured, right) said: “We have three home games left, and it’s important for people to get behind us.

“But players come for money and we don’t have any. We pay the least in the league, that’s a fact, and that comes with problems.

“Nobody is interested in backing Cambuslang.

“I’ve got no ground staff, no kit man, no committee members, no money coming in from anywhere apart from what little sponsorship we have.

“We’ve got no help from anywhere, and nobody knows how hard it is.

“There’s no money. Every team has good spells and bad spells, some don’t have any good spells.

“We’ve had good spells, in the last seven years we’ve either won leagues or been promoted, but the money has ran out, there’s no investment.

“We can only pay basic wages, and that doesn’t get you much, so there’s no way you’re going to be at the top end of the league.

“Nobody’s interested in coming if the weather’s poor, or Rangers are playing, and there’s no big investment.

“But we need to get on with it.”

McColl says Saturday’s heavy defeat wasn’t an accurate reflection, and they’re still in there fighting.

He said: “It wasn’t a 5-0, nowhere near in a million years.

“The