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in the weeks to come. We were so focused on the game I didn’t see our co-manager John Sheran come down to the dug-out late on, but we knew he was here.

“The first goal took the sting out of the game. We didn’t want to come here and defend, we just wanted to win the game.

“The fans came down here in big numbers and I’m sure they enjoyed the day as much as we did.”

Cove made one change to their starting line-up with midfielder Sam Burnett dropping to the bench and Brown taking his place.

Mitch Megginson passed a late fitness test on a groin injury to lead the attack and captain the Highland League champions.

It was Berwick’s biggest crowd of the season with 1,314 supporters at Shielfield Park, including 400 who made the journey from the Granite City.

Cove almost took a fourth-minute lead when Harry Milne’s tempting cross eluded the inrushing Megginson but picked out Daniel Park and his close-range effort clattered back off the post.

But Cove took the lead in the ninth minute in controversial circumstances.

Jamie Masson’s deflected 12-yard effort appeared to be cleared off the line by Declan O’Kane but the assistant referee signalled for a goal, which referee John McKendrick duly confirmed, adjudging the ball had crossed the line before the defender made contact.

It went from bad to

BREAKTHROUGH: Cove’s Jamie Masson scores an early goal to make it 1-0