Creetown ended a 14 year wait for silverware on Friday night.
The Castle Cary Park side beat Mid Annandale 3-1 in the South of Scotland League Cup final to bring the trophy back along the A75 from Galabank in Annan.
Boss Jamie Adams said: “It’s big for the club, it’s been a while since they’ve had a wee bit of success. I’m happy for them but I’m delighted for the players as the effort they’ve put in since the start of the season has been brilliant.
“I don’t do that much. It’s all down to them and it’s them that got the trophy so it’s all down to them.”
Glen Mitchell headed Creetown in front five minutes before the break but Peter Mendy scored the equaliser minutes later.
Just before the hour mark, Josh Rennie curled home to put Creetown back in front before a fine goal from Joe McMillan sealed the win.
Late on, Mids were reduced to 10 men when skipper Connor Graham was sent off.
Adams said: “The players did really well. There wasn’t much in the first half, it was end to end.
“I said to them at half-time if we got a wee bit more and if big players stepped up we’d win the game. That’s what they did so fair play to them.
“It was frustrating to concede when we did – it was a bad goal to lose from our point of view but from their point of view it was a good goal. If I’m being honest I think a draw at half-time was a fair result.
“In the second half we fully deserved the win and could probably have added by a few more.”
The cup games continue this weekend when Creetown welcome Abbey Vale in the first round of the Potts Cup.
“It’ll be different for the boys as it’s easy to get yourself up for a final. When it’s the first round of a cup you need to be bang on it and that’s what we’ll be looking to do on Saturday.”
