Dumbarton's Sena Niang says gamble of part-time switch paying off with Sons

Mouhamed Niang says he’s loving life at Dumbarton, after taking the gamble of moving into part-time football.

The midfielder joined the Sons from Cove Rangers over the summer, making himself a mainstay of Stevie Farrell’s midfield and a firm favourite with the fans for some dominant displays.

After spells with Partick Thistle, Hartlepool United and Cove, Sena - as the Senegalese midfielder is known throughout the game - admits that switching to part-time football at The Rock was something he wasn’t sure about initially. But he’s convinced that it was the right move at the right time.

He told the Lennox: “The move into part-time football hasn’t been easy. I’ve never been part-time in my life, I’ve been on loan to part-time teams. But football is all I’ve ever done full-time in my life.

“It’s not been easy.

“The teammates I’ve got are brilliant, this is one of the best changing rooms I’ve been in.

“I was worried about coming into a part-time environment. And that was a chat I had with the manager before I came to the club.

“But the boys are brilliant. They’ve helped me to fit in really well.

“The manager has helped me to get a job that I can do outside and I’ve got my own coaching business as well, so I’m loving life and really enjoying it.”

He admits he has aims to get back into the full-time game, but knows that will only be possible if he makes up for lost time by continuing to star for the Sons.

“This is a massive season for me,” Sena continued.

“I’m 25 now, I’m not the oldest player in the world, but I’m not getting any younger either. So I need to make sure that I have a good season.

“Last season was one of those ones, I’d had a bad injury the season before. So although I played a lot of games, I didn’t feel as if I