Airdrie boss Ian Murray reckons there’s still plenty of time for his Diamonds to make up ground on league leaders Cove Rangers after they missed the chance to close the gap at the top of League One.
On Saturday Airdrie were held to a 1-1 draw by Clyde as Cove fought back from 2-0 down to hold Alloa, maintaining their five point lead over Murray’s men.
There is just nine games remaining of the campaign for the Diamonds to turn their deficit into a winning position.
March will be a massive month in determining the champions with Airdrie facing Alloa on Saturday, followed by fifth-place Falkirk, fourth-place Queen’s Park and then Cove before the clocks go forward.
But Murray said: “There’s a long way to go. We’ve got to play Cove again, there’s a full fixture round to go and there’s going to be sticky moments for every club.
“We just need to make sure we gather as many points as we can because we’ve got Montrose breathing down our necks for second place as well.
“We want to keep the unbeaten record going and see where we are, come the start of May. There’s lots of twists and turns to come.
“Belief is the biggest thing. There will be games when we don’t quite click, but we’ve showed on Saturday we can dig in.
"The boys deserve a tremendous amount of credit for how they responded to going a goal down [against Clyde].”
Murray believes Saturday’s clash with Alloa will see two sides eager to let out their frustrations from opportunities missed.
Airdrie will also be determined to maintain their fantastic unbeaten streak in the division, which stands at 11 games, and make up for a 2-1 defeat at the Indodrill the last time the sides met in Clackmannanshire, while Alloa look for a first win under new boss Brian Rice.
“We both go into the game feeling really frustrated,” said Murray. “Alloa were 2-0 up against Cove with a chance of a fantastic win and we go into it frustrated by a home draw.
“Alloa are a good side, I’ve thought that for a long time.
"They’ve got really good forward players who can cause problems, so we’ll need to play better than we did on Saturday – and the last time we went there when we lost the game – if we are to take something from it.
“We know they’ve got creative players and we need to make sure we nullify their strengths. But they’ll be saying the same.”
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