Getting Airdrie back to the Championship would be an 'unbelievable achievement', says star

Jordan Allan is desperate to help Airdrie get back into the Championship, having been part of a Diamonds side that dropped out of the second tier.

The 23-year-old striker is in his third spell at Airdrie, and helped them stretch their unbeaten run to a new club record of 20 games in the 1-1 draw at home to Peterhead yesterday.

Allan started his career at Airdrie but was relegated with them in 2013. A move to Wolverhampton Wanderers followed, but he was loaned back to New Broomfield in 2017 from the English side, and signed again for a third time last year.

He is particularly eager, then, to see the Diamonds back up in the Championship, and hopes to play his part.

Allan said: "It would be brilliant to get the club back to the Championship. I've got good history with the club, I actually played in the last home game when we got relegated from the Championship, so it would be an unbelievable achievement to get up there.

"Hopefully we can do it and put a smile back on the fans' faces."

Allan admits Saturday's game against Peterhead was a tough one, but with seven changes in the side to give others some game-time, he says that was always likely.

The striker insists the players were unaware of the record they were about to set, but is glad that they have, even if it didn't result in the League One title.

He said: "It was a tough game, but we managed to keep the unbeaten run going, which is always pleasing.

"We never actually knew about the record until last week. It never crossed our mind, we just wanted to try and win every game, with the players we've got.

"We haven't managed to win every game, but to keep an unbeaten record like that is remarkable, and it's got to be applauded.

"It has to be admired, the season that we've