Play-offs a great way to win promotion says midfielder

and we took that form into the play-offs.

“Then we had another blow when we lost 2-0 in the first leg of the final against Hibs at home but we never felt anything other than we were going to achieve promotion.

“That was important. When you lose you reflect on what you could have done better and make sure the mistakes don’t happen again.

“That’s what we did at Accies and it’s what we did here between last Saturday at Dumbarton and Tuesday against St Mirren.”

Gillespie believes that midweek victory over the champions-elect can prove a turning point for Csaba Laszlo’s men.

“It was a massive win for us. Obviously we knew the circumstances surrounding the game and we knew we just had to focus on ourselves.

“We knew from a poor display at Dumbarton we had to give a big performance against St Mirren and every one of us did that.

“We stopped them winning the title on our own pitch, that was a must, and I think we probably had the better of the clear-cut chances. They did have some pressure but I didn’t feel they were able to break us down. We felt comfortable within the game.

“We didn’t feel as if they were ever going to score and I think we just had to keep concentrating. It was a professional performance. We went 1-0 up and we saw the game out.

“We take confidence, definitely. We have to take the positives from it and take them into the Falkirk game.”

Grant Gillespie challenges ex-Terror Cammy Smith on Tuesday night.