Airdrie fans launch pitch invasion after play-off semi-final comeback for the ages
dailyrecord.co.ukAirdrie fans have taken to the Penny Cars Stadium pitch after their side's outrageous 6-4 victory over Montrose booked a Championship play-off final spot.After losing the first leg at Links Park 1-0, the second half of this two-legged tie couldn't have been any different from its beginning.Ian Murray's men looked dead and buried when Cammy F Ballantyne's first half brace put Montrose - who finished one place behind Airdrie in League One's third place - in pole position.The North Lanarkshire side launched an outrageous fightback through Callum Smith's second half hat-trick in between a Lewis Milne strike for the away side.Calum Gallagher's 87th minute strike forced extra-time, then Jon Afolabi struck in first half stoppage time and Gabby McGill got the winner to spark wild scenes.Martin Rennie's consolation for Montrose proved irrelevant as the home support stormed the pitch after the most dramatic of 90 minutes.They now need to brace themselves for another nail-biting 180 minutes against Queen's Park, who relegated Dunfermline to the third tier in the other semi-final.Follow Lanarkshire Live Sport onTwitter via@LanLiveSport, like us onFacebookor find us onInstagramfor the latest sports news, pictures and video.
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