Clyde fought back to draw 2-2 each with Stenhousemuir on Saturday, knocking their hosts off the top of League Two, and climbing off the bottom.
Goals from Gregor Buchanan and Matty Yates had the Warriors seemingly home and dry inside 52 minutes.
But strikes from Logan Dunachie and Martin Rennie nicked a point for the Bully Wee, and boss Brian McLean reckoned they could have taken all three in the end.
Stenny led on the half-hour when Buchanan headed Adam Brown’s corner in, and Gary Naysmith’s side doubled that lead seven minutes after the break when Brown sent Yates through to net.
That sparked Clyde into life and in 59 minutes Rennie flicked an Alex King corner into the path of Dunachie, who forced the ball over the line.
And with 10 minutes left Rennie glanced an effort past Stenhousemuir keeper Darren Jamieson to level.
McLean said: “I told them at half-time that they’ve got to show that belief. I understand they want to win games of football, but they’ve got to show it.
“I thought, in the second half especially, we showed it in abundance, the passion, character, resilience and the mentality – those are the four things I ask myself of, in terms of where the group’s at, and they answered every single element of that.
“We can actually look at it that we should have came away with three points against a team that’s top of the table, so there are a lot of positives.”
McLean feels his side now pose a real threat, as they prepare for the visit of Dumbarton on Saturday.
He said: “I think there’s an excitement when we go forward now, and an impetus, in terms of opportunities that we’re going to create, moving the ball or in forward runs.
“You look at the goals we scored, and fortunately we asked enough questions to get
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