It's been a bit of an up-and-down week since I last blogged. Most of you will be aware that Annan Athletic will remain in the Third Division next season after losing the play-off final to Albion Rovers.

Our 2-1 victory in the second leg wasn't enough to turn the tie around after our 3-1 defeat at Cliftonhill four days earlier.

We were already facing a difficult task before Albion skipper Ciaran Donnelly put them further ahead at Galabank and although we bombarded them in the second half, we unfortunately just gave ourselves too much to do.

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We rode our luck at times during our second-leg match at Alloa Athletic, but the 0-0 result meant we had reached the play-off final for a place in the Scottish Football League Division Two.

We're a very proud bunch and it's a remarkable achievement after only our third season in the SFL.

We enjoyed the moment and it was a special feeling knowing you're potentially only two matches away from promotion.

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A 2-0 defeat in our last league match up at East Stirlingshire on Saturday meant we finished the season in fourth place. There was disappointment at the way we finished and certainly some disappointed faces among our support, but the realisation that we had achieved our ambition quickly made those feelings disappear; among the players and management at least.

For whatever reason, there is no great love lost between ourselves and East Stirlingshire and that, coupled with trying to finish second in the league, meant that we really wanted to win the match. To be fair to them, they thoroughly deserved their victory and their celebrations at the end of the match showed exactly how much the win meant to them - as it meant they avoided finishing bottom of Division Three.

The manager made several changes to the side, some enforced and others through choice with the play-off semi-final first leg taking place only four days later. As things turned out, we found ourselves facing Alloa Athletic.

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