Threave Rovers caretaker gaffer believes there's still a "slight chance" of promotion

Threave Rovers caretaker boss Paul McGinley believes there is still a “slight chance” the season can end in promotion for his side.

The Castle Douglas outfit drew 2-2 at second top Bellshill Athletic on Saturday.

That leaves Threave fifth in the West of Scotland League’s third division with five games to go – five points behind Bellshill, who have six games left, and Vale of Leven, who have four games remaining.

McGinley said: “It’s not the end of the world, we’re still in with a slight chance and we’ll know better where we stand after Saturday.

“Bellshill would have been disappointed if they didn’t get something and I’d have to say they deserved a point.

“We didn’t deserve to lose it although I wouldn’t say we deserved to win it – but we had two great chances in the last couple of minutes.

“We’re the fittest team in the league, we’ll keep going right to the end and we seem to finish stronger than anyone else.

“Over the piece a draw is a fair result. It’s five games unbeaten from us since we had the wee blip against Port Glasgow.

“The boys have definitely turned a corner there and we could quite easily have had maximum points from those five game.”

Bellshill took an early lead through Kieron Markey but Danny Dunglinson levelled from the spot after Harry Officer was fouled.

Dylan Cairnie’s cross-come-shot put Threave in front as the hour mark approached but Markey’s header 15 minutes from the end secured a point for the home side.

McGinley said: “They were on us from early on and put us under a bit of pressure. They took the game to us, we were on the back foot for long periods.

“We dug deep and were lucky to come in 1-1 at half-time – not on chances created but in terms of overall play and