Elgin City midfielder Marc McKenzie knows all about winning titles and reckons the Black and Whites have what it takes to win League 2 this season.
McKenzie was coming through the youth ranks at Livingston when they were promoted to the top-flight as Division 1 champions in 2001.
After spells in the lower divisions at Albion Rovers, Stenhousemuir and East Stirling, McKenzie moved on to Cowdenbeath, who he helped win the Division 2 title in 2012.
The 30-year-old joined Elgin last summer, having helped Rovers win League 2 in his second spell at Cliftonhill last season.
With 12 games remaining, starting with today’s trip to Montrose, McKenzie believes Jim Weir’s side is more than capable of retaining its place at the top of the league, with a two-point lead on second-placed East Fife.
McKenzie said: “I’ve won three titles and each time I’ve had a bit of a gut feeling about how things were going to go.
“We have a good enough team to do it. I would love to win the same league for two years in a row.
“The management team has done a brilliant job since coming in. The aim for us was to make the play-offs, so hopefully even if we get another couple of wins we could perhaps secure our place and push on from there.
“We just need to keep trying to turn the screw and keep going.
“Our home form has been good all season, so if we keep getting a few points away from home we’ll not be far away.”
McKenzie believes defensive solidity is pivotal to City’s hopes of a title win, with the Moray outfit having conceded 31 league goals in 24 matches.
He added: “If we defend well and keep clean sheets we are always going to do well.
“The main thing with Albion Rovers last season was we had the best defensive record, which goes to show it makes a massive difference.
“We’ve got players at the other end of the pitch who will score goals. The likes of Craig Gunn and Brian Cameron could go on to play at a higher level.”