Beating Stirling Albion is essential and we can't even contemplate pyramid play-off, says Albion Rovers star

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Blair Malcolm admits Albion Rovers’ League Two finale against champions Stirling Albion is a ‘must-win’ and they can’t even contemplate a pyramid play-off.A 2-1 defeat at East Fife on Saturday has left the Coatbridge club bottom of the SPFL, and must better Bonnyrigg Rose’s result at home to Elgin City on Saturday to avoid facing the winner of The Spartans and Brechin City in the Lowland/Highland League play-off.The Spartans are 1-0 from the first leg and clash again on Saturday at Glebe Park.Midfielder Malcolm, who has been deployed in defence, admits Rovers have been inconsistent, but hopes home advantage at Cliftonhill can rescue them.He said: “Everybody knows the position that we’re in.

It’s a must-win game, no doubt about it.“If we don’t get a result on Saturday we know it’s going to be the play-offs, but we can’t think too much about that.“We just need to look to Saturday, hopefully take care of business, and that results go our way.“It’s at home, in front of our own fans, they have been very good all season, very supportive and got behind the boys.“At our place we’ve had a good couple of results there of late, beating Stenhousemuir and Elgin, so hopefully we can pick up another result against Stirling Albion.“We’ve got to prepare well in training.

I’m sure the manager will tell us what we need to do, and everybody will be raring to go and prepared for Saturday.“It’s one last push.

I think in the last few games we have been giving it 100 per cent, but maybe results haven’t gone for us elsewhere, or whatever.“But we can’t be too concerned about that, we have to keep working hard, which we have done in the past couple of games.“Hopefully we can be a bit more clinical, and take our chances when we’re on top.”Rovers