Ex-Hibs star feared being stuck on the Scottish football blacklist forever before Albion Rovers move
Albion Rovers new boy Paul Cairney wants to repay boss Brian Reid for rescuing him from the football wilderness.The former Hibs and Partick Thistle midfielder has been without a club for two years since leaving Peterhead.The 32-year-old reckons that an ill-fated spell at Balmoor put a lot of clubs off snapping him up.Cairney is delighted Reid, who he worked under at Stranraer, has taken the gamble to bring him to Cliftonhill.“I’ve not played for about two years now after leaving Peterhead,” he told Lanarkshire Live Sport.“I just found myself out of the game, but as soon as I spoke to Brian I jumped at the chance to go and work with him again.“That was a big thing for me when he phoned after being out of the game for so long.“He gave me a