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Stirling Albion hit back against Forfar Athletic to earn a valuable point

Stirling Albion came back from a goal down to clinch a valuable point with promotion-chasing Forfar Athletic at Forthbank on Tuesday night.

Things looked bleak when the Loons took a first-half lead through Craig Slater's free-kick.

But striker Dale Carrick scored his first goal since November to earn the Binos a point which keeps them on the edge of chase for a play-off place.

They've only won one league match in 15 after the Forfar draw and Friday night 's defeat at Edinburgh City.

But boss Darren Young is remaining positive with 12 games still to go.

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He felt his side were unfortunate not to take something from their trip to the capital last week.

The Binos started the match well but went down 1-0, with former Binos defender Lee Hamilton scoring the only goal after 59 minutes.

Young said: “I think the worst we deserved was a point. We started the game very well – for the first 25 minutes we were on top and we forced Edinburgh into a change in formation.

“They came into a bit after that but in the first half I felt we were well ahead – we almost scored in the first couple of minutes when the shot was cleared off the line.

“In the second half we got into some good areas but didn’t have an end product and didn’t test the goalkeeper enough when we had the wind behind us.

“I thought we defended very well for the majority of the game but the goal we lost from a long throw was poor.

“It looked like Jordan McGregor got a shove in the back but we still have to deal with it better and play to the whistle.

“I just felt that if we could have got the first goal or the equaliser we could have kicked on.

“It was frustrating because we have good players here but at the moment it just feels like we are getting punished for every single little thing.

“There are still a number of games to go and a lot to play for but we need to start picking up points.

“Every game is massive – we are not having any luck at the moment but we have to keep going.”

Stirling host Albion Rovers on Saturday before a visit to Elgin City to end the month.

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