Talking point

If Brechin City emerge victorious from this second leg of the final, the manager of the year trophy should be recalled and given to Darren Dods. Of all the promotion stories in Scottish football, this would be arguably the greatest achievement.

“By the end I got the impression Alloa were quite happy to go back to their big, artificial pitch for the second leg.

“We were the underdogs of the four teams in the play-offs and we’ll be underdogs again tomorrow but we’ll give all we can one last time to take this club up.”

And, make no mistake, there is no doubting the desire of Dods and his players to be playing Championship football next season.

He said: “We all really want to test ourselves at a higher level. The players will give it everything.”

Brechin’s squad will be the same as in midweek.

Meanwhile, Alloa manager Jim Goodwin is glad that his side are only trailing by one goal after the first leg.

He explained: “We were a goal down to Airdrie in the semi-final and to be honest I was happy to leave Glebe Park on Wednesday with the score just at 1-0.

“We recovered a similar situation last weekend back at our place and I am confident that we can do that.

“Promotion was the objective at the start of the season and if we are to achieve it then it will have been done a hard way.”