Albion Rovers FC vs Ayr Utd. preview - Albion wait on McBride

Posted Friday, August 07, 2015 by PA

Albion are sweating on the fitness of Scott McBrIde for the visit of Ayr.

McBride has picked up a knock and is a doubt for a game which will see the League Two championship-winning flag presented to Rovers before kick-off.

New signing Ricardo Talu will be included in the Coatbridge side if international clearance comes through in time for the defender.

Player-manager Darren Young said: "We lost to Ayr a fortnight ago in the Petrofac Training Cup on a day when we gave away a penalty and never marked correctly at set-pieces. We committed the same mistakes against Raith Rovers last weekend however we have worked hard on ensuring that those errors have been eradicated from our game."

Ayr welcome back the fit-again duo of Peter Murphy and Jamie Adams.

But they are missing four players through suspension as Nicky Devlin, Gerry McLauchlan, Andrew Muir and Craig Moore are all unavailable.

Manager Ian McCall said: "It is a big day for Albion Rovers and they will be out to mark it with a win. That will make it a very tough game for us especially as we are a bit light on numbers.

"We have won the two cup ties that we opened our season with, however we have not fully gelled as a team yet but hopefully this game will take us a step closer."