The Test.

The big games are always the most important ones during the development of a successful season. You can learn a lot from these matches, no matter what the result is. Today Stirling Albion was coming to Central Park, where the guys were ready for a tough match. You could feel the excitement and energy in the changeroom before going out for warm ups because everyone knew today we had to be at our best as individuals and most importantly as a team. Excitement came early on in the match when our team went ahead 1-0. The tempo for the first 20 minutes was intense. Players were getting stuck in on every challenge whether it was in the air or on the ground. Passes were being connected and to be honest, I felt comfortable with how the team was playing on the pitch. The wind was in Albions advantage in the first half, with a punt from the keepers hands, the ball travelled down the field to cause problems in the back resulting in Albions first goal. Our team lost its tempo from that point on and allowed the other team back into the game. Just before the half Albion found the go ahead goal, which little did we know at the time would be the winning goal. My teammates learned a lot about our team today, but this is only the start. The character of the players showed today and the coaches will have made mental notes about that, the real test will be about how we bounce back next weekend. Do we let this bring us down and call it a season or do we keep our heads high and push to get back up the table. I think we have what it takes, but it's a team game. Next week will be another chapter to this story, but from what I saw today, we have every possibility to be successful in this league. Some people will say we failed todays test, I disagree as the real test lies within each player in that dressing room today. We've seen the top to the bottom, now we just need to get at them all and take our points with each match we play.

Cowdenbeath FC 1-2 Stirling Albion