Rutherglen Glencairn target three wins to boost promotion hopes

Rutherglen Glencairn boss Joe Pryce says his side must win all three of their remaining games just to have a chance of promotion from the West of Scotland First Division.

Glencairn dropped down to third when the dust had settled on Saturday’s games, as Ashfield moved back to second with a 3-0 win over Kilwinning.

Shotts’ 2-0 win over Petershill moved them to within a point of Glencairn, with four games in hand, and Johnstone Burgh are sixth after their 3-0 win over Renfrew, having played four fewer games.

Shotts lost 1-0 at home to Johnstone Burgh last night [Tuesday], leaving Burgh level with Shotts on 46 points, one behind third-placed Shotts.

Both are in action again on Thursday evening, before Glencairn welcome Shotts at the Hamish B. Allan Stadium, in the first of a home triple-header that also sees Burgh visit on May 11, and Maybole seven days later.

Pryce said: “A lot of the contenders played on Saturday and they all got good results, and there are games on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, so by the time Saturday comes around and Shotts visit us, we’ll know exactly where we are in the division, and what we need to do.

“At the moment we’re still of the opinion that we’re going to need to win the three of our remaining games to stand a chance – that’s the way it is, and that’s the target.

“Our first target is Shotts, and that’s where all our efforts and concentration this week is going to go into, preparing and being ready to hopefully take three points when we play them.

“There are a number of teams involved and they’re all playing each other.

“Whatever results happen during the week will happen, we can’t affect that, we’ve just got to concentrate on Shotts on Saturday, which is our big target, and hopefully we can