Alloa v Hamilton: Accies won't get carried away after going top of League One, says Rankin

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Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin insists he will be keeping his players grounded after they soared to the summit of League One.The New Douglas Park outfit have reclaimed top spot in the division after being the only side in the third tier able to beat the weather at the weekend, and backing that up with a thumping 5-0 triumph over Queen of the South.With their rivals sidelined, Accies made the most of it to march two points clear of nearest rivals Falkirk ahead of welcoming the Bairns on December 16 for a huge top-of-the-table clash.Accies may be sitting pretty going into Saturday’s clash away to Alloa Athletic but Rankin insists he isn’t looking at the standings and won’t allow his side to get carried away after stealing a march on Falkirk.He said: “I can honestly say I don’t look at the table.

I am not interested in it just now, later in the season possibly.“Just now, I am just concentrating on the next game.“For the players and the fans, it gives them a boost but I have been there as a player myself.“You get excited and sometimes you get bit at the other side of it, so it is a case of keeping the players’ feet on the ground and concentrating on Alloa, nothing else.“We are not even halfway through the season yet and there are a lot of other good teams in this league.”Accies will face a different Alloa to the one they defeated 2-1 at home in September when they needed a last-gasp winner from substitute Joe McGlynn to take all three points.Ex-Hamilton gaffer Brian Rice has left the Alloa hot-seat to take up the assistant manager job at Premiership side Livingston and Andy Graham is now at the reins of the sixth-place side.But Rankin is expecting another tough test from the Wasps, nonetheless.He said: “Alloa are probably