Elgin City midfielder Mark Nicolson would happily take a share of the spoils when his side head to Broadwood tonight to face Clyde in the League 1 play-off semi-final first leg.
The Black and Whites have lost on both of their visits to the Bully Wee this season and with Jim Weir’s side having home advantage for Saturday’s second leg at Borough Briggs, Nicolson knows the importance of his team keeping their composure tonight.
He said: “I won’t lie, I’d take a draw as I’d fancy us against anyone at Borough Briggs. We’ve only lost one home game all season so we’re confident. We’ve had a good season and are going into the Clyde games full of confidence.
“We’ve lost twice at their place and had a win and a draw at home, but the games between the teams have all been tough and really competitive.
“I don’t expect that to change now when there is so much at stake, but we’ve finished the league campaign well and we’re going to Clyde full of belief.”
Nicolson is one of the hardy campaigners at Elgin, having been with the club since the summer of 2007 and his time served at Borough Briggs has given him an understanding of the club’s importance to the community.
The 27-year-old has endured the slog in the bottom half of the table and the heights of the play-offs with City in the past and he knows how much it would mean to the Elgin faithful should their team win promotion to League 1.
He said: “We had nearly 1,200 at our last game of the season against Arbroath on Saturday and that shows the potential for the club.
“The supporters were fantastic on Saturday as they have been all season and we would love to repay that backing.
“It would mean everything to the supporters to see their team win promotion, especially those people who have followed the club when it was admitted to the old Third Division in 2000.
“They’ve had very little to cheer about in that time and the club has only made the play-offs once before so it would be nice to see them celebrate promotion.
“But there’s a long way to go and four very difficult games to be overcome if we are to do it. It is important we don’t get ahead of ourselves. We’ve got Clyde first and we’re looking no further than the first leg.”
