Cumbernauld Colts go joint-top of Lowland League with East Kilbride as boss calls for belief in title challenge

Cumbernauld Colts went joint-top of the Lowland League at the weekend and boss David Proctor has called on his side to believe they can keep vying for top spot this season.

Colts won their fifth game on the spin in all competitions after coming from behind to win 4-1 at Gala Fairydean and they now join East Kilbride at the summit on 32 points.

Proctor’s men have played three games more than his old side Kilby but it is the club’s best-ever start to a season in the fifth tier with 10 wins, two draws and three defeats.

And he said: “To be where we are at this stage, we’d have bitten your hand off at the start of the season.

“We’ve put ourselves in a good position so we just need to keep believing.

“It is the strongest start we’ve had. It is a strong league now as well. There is so much competition right through the division, even at the bottom end.

“There are still some strong, traditional teams down the bottom end, and that just shows you how competitive it is from top to bottom.

“We’ve played a few games more than a couple of teams around us so we know other teams will have opportunities to put points on the board.

“But we would rather be in a position where we have those points on the board.”

Local rivals Albion Rovers, currently 14th in the table and six games behind, are up next in a fortnight and Colts will have a week to prepare for that test, which is followed by a huge clash away to EK on November 11.

“We have some games coming up that might define the course of the season, so we have to be prepared for them,” said Proctor.

“We want to come through them as unscathed as we have been in the last month or so.

“We will give the players Saturday off. It has been a tough start with a lot of midweek games so they can