Derek McInnes 'desperate' for Kilmarnock title win as he hopes Arbroath fairytale won't get happy ending

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Derek McInnes isn’t concerned about fairytales at Arbroath. The Kilmarnock boss is only interested in writing his club’s own fantastic story.

McInnes is excited for Friday's Championship showdown and the chance to take Killie back to the Premiership. When he walked in the door at Rugby Park at the beginning of the year, the club’s aspirations of making an instant return to the top flight were faltering badly.McInnes has turned it around.

From five points behind, he’s got the Ayrshire outfit one in front with two games to go.The town is buying into the charge. The home sections have sold out.There’s no nerves for McInnes, just drive and anticipation.

He took on the job in the first place for this opportunity and now it’s about finishing the job.Across the UK, neutrals have bought into the Arbroath feelgood story.Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Facebook groups and Record Sport Instagram.Dick Campbell’s part-timers still have a chance to win the title with two games to go and their run is being compared to Leicester’s Premier League success.McInnes knows all this but insists Killie have their own chapters to write.He said: “The only thing I am caring about is looking after Kilmarnock.“I understand the fairytale aspect, the whole part-time thing shows you what can be done.