East Kilbride cup win: Fellowes delighted to have ex-boss beside him for final match with club

Interim boss Martin Fellowes was delighted to have former East Kilbride gaffer Billy Ogilvie by his side as he departed the club with a Lowland League Cup win – seven years on from Ogilvie bowing out in similar fashion.

Ogilvie was the man who guided Kilby to their famous Scottish Cup clash with Celtic in the 2015/16 campaign and his time at the club ended that season with a East of Scotland Qualifying Cup triumph over Spartans.

On Sunday, Fellowes’ final act in interim charge was to guide EK to a penalty shootout win over Bo’ness United at Berwick’s Shielfield Park and he revealed his old boss – now a coach at Rutherglen Glencairn – was with him to offer his support.

Fellowes, 25, who is now manager of WOSFL side St Cadoc's, said: “Billy was there on Sunday and he has been a massive support to me over the last eight years, never mind eight weeks.

“He’s been a great foil for me since I took this interim role on and he’s been great about how to handle it, how to approach things in my first-ever stint as a manager.

“Billy’s words to me during the week were ‘you were there for me when it was my cup final to leave the club, and I’ll be there for you now it is your cup final to leave.’

“So it was great to have Billy there supporting me.

“We got a picture of us both holding the cup and I’ve got the same picture of us both holding the trophy from eight years previous. The only difference is there is I’m the guy wearing the club tie this time.”

Kilby didn’t do it the easy way as they let a 2-0 lead, courtesy of goals from Danny McManus and Kyle Connell, slip before eventually running out 5-4 winners in the shootout.

But Fellowes insisted it would have been a “travesty” if his side had been pipped to the trophy.

He said: “We