East Kilbride will take some stopping, says boss as defending Lowland champions seal stars on extensions

East Kilbride boss Mick Kennedy says his side will take some stopping in their quest for this season’s Lowland League title, after their 4-2 win at Bo’ness United on Saturday.

It’s not so much the emphatic nature of the win at Newton Park, but the fact that at the halfway stage, Kilby are five points clear of nearest challengers Caledonian Braves, and with two games in hand.

Kennedy reckons his side would need to hit a major dip, and a rival would need to win all their remaining games to pip them.

The former Darvel gaffer doesn’t see that coming, and reckons they played some scintillating stuff at Bo’ness on Saturday, with a Jack Leitch double and strikes from John Robertson and Scott Ferguson earning them another vital three points.

Bo’ness took the lead through Kieran Mitchell in 42 minutes, but Leitch and Robertson helped themselves to goals to take them into a 2-1 interval lead.

Leitch and Ferguson had the points safely wrapped up inside 71 minutes, though Mitchell added his and Bo’ness’ second five minutes later.

Kennedy, who was booked in 29 minutes in his 90th game in charge, said: “At times we were exceptional, and I’m delighted with how we played. We got some good goals in there as well.

“We went 1-0 down after really controlling and dominating the first half, but then we scored two quick-fire goals. We went 1-0 down in 42 minutes and went in at half-time 2-1 up.

“In the second half we had a lot of control, but we made bad mistakes for the two goals, so that’s something we need to cut out, but I’m delighted with the performance.

“We’re at the halfway point of the season, and I always said we would review where we’re at.

“We’re in a strong position now and, looking at it, we’d probably need to lose four out of