Cambuslang Rangers co-boss thankful for champagne present but admits party on ice ahead of title showdown

Renfrew had bottles of champagne waiting for Cambuslang Rangers – but co-boss Billy Campbell will keep them on ice as they were made to wait another week for Conference B celebrations.

The Somervell Park side were held to a maiden draw in the second tier of the West of Scotland Football League, as they close in on title glory.

A nightmare first half had Renfrew two goals ahead through Cameron Kerr and Dominic Lavelle, with Camby also down to 10 men after Kieran Christie’s sending off. But a strike from Alan Reid and Sam Greenwood’s leveller earned a point for Campbell.

Second-placed Gartcairn come to Cambuslang on Saturday and the leaders know just a point is needed to mathematically seal the title ahead of a summer restructuring process.

Gartcairn can only accumulate six more points with two games to go this season, and overturning a 31-goal deficit looks a mammoth task. But despite a nice gesture from Renfrew, Campbell isn’t keen to celebrate just yet.

He said of the match: “It was really windy conditions and we didn’t have a good first half at all. Renfrew were going long and they came flying out of the traps.

“We struggled first half and then we get the man sent off. Renfrew were up for it and we came in at half-time a couple of goals down, which was deserved.

“We had a wee word with them on our structure and how we proposed to turn it around. We were up against it at that point and overall a draw was fair.

“It would have been unfair for us to come away with a win, even though we were pushing hard and played really well in that second half.

“The committee and management team of Renfrew were very respectful and handed us a few bottles of champagne. That was a lovely touch. We didn’t actually use them to celebrate as