Brechin City are aiming to equal their club record of 17 games without defeat, set in 1980/81, when they welcome Airdrieonians to Glebe Park.
Defender Paul McLean broke a record of his own this week in the games against Stenhousemuir and Dunfermline and would like to add a team achievement to his personal success.
He said: “I have managed to score in our last two games and that is the closest I have ever been to being called a goal machine! That is me up to five for the season, which is a new high as my previous best was only three.
“They have both come from set-pieces and the ball has fallen kindly for me and I have finished with my right and left foot. They have both been what you would call good striker’s goals.
“Seventeen is the club record for unbeaten league games and we are up to 16 now. Confidence is high and, if things go well against Airdrie, then we could be heading to Peterhead next weekend looking to create a bit of history.
“It will not be easy in either game as they are just two of the seven teams who are chasing for the play-offs. I have been in this league for a few years and this is the most competitive I have known it.
“We have had Livingston, Queen of the South and Rangers in this league in recent years and they have all ran away with it but that has not happened this time.
“Some people may have felt that Dunfermline would do that this season but things have not gone their way as much as they would have hoped so far. You go into every game thinking you can win it and all the teams are like that.”
The spirit in the dressing room is one of the reasons that could see Brechin emerge as a promoted side, with McLean saying: “The manager Ray McKinnon, his assistant Grant Johnston and coach Darren Taylor have made it very enjoyable for the players at the club. There is a great spirit in the ranks with everyone pulling together.
“Boys who are the bench accept it and if they come on they are trusted just as much as the player they have replaced.
“It is a good place to be and hopefully come May we are in the top four. We have a chance and, having lost a couple of play-off finals, it would be good to go one better this time out.
“Winning a play-off final would be great, and we would take it, but winning the title would be amazing.”
Craig Stewart
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