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Paul Thomson

Albion Rovers 0 Spartans 1 (Agg 1-2): Lowland League awaits Rovers after 120-year senior stay

Albion Rovers' 120-year stay in the senior ranks is over after Lowland League champions Spartans took their place in League Two for next season.

The sides were tied at 1-1 after a tense first leg of the pyramid-playoff final, but Dougie Samuel's Spartans put 10-man Wee Rovers to the sword in today's second leg, courtesy of Blair Henderson's controversial first half penalty.

Kyle Fleming was judged to have knocked Jordan Tapping to the ground in the box and with nobody in the visitors' ranks claiming for a penalty, referee Matthew MacDermid pointed to the spot and former Annan strike Henderson sent the Edinburgh side into the SPFL for the first time in their 72-year history.

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