SPFL 2: Home crowd backing crucial in push for play-offs

Posted on Thursday, April 11th, 2024

The Spartans welcome Stranraer to Ainslie Park on Saturday in the fourth and final meeting between the sides in this inaugural SPFL 2 season.

With only a quartet of games left to play, both sides will be looking to earn maximum points out of the twelve available which may yet define the destination of their ten-month long campaign.

Douglas Samuel’s side come into the fixture on the back of a brace from Blair Henderson on the road at Elgin to earn a draw whilst Saturday’s visitors were edged out by an injury time Jordan Allan effort away at Clyde.

The previous encounters between the side have seen a minimum of three goals scored in each of them, with defender Ayrton Sonkur perhaps the unlikely candidate of topping the goal scoring charts with four goals, including a remarkable injury time winner last time out.

In a call to arms to the Spartan Army faithful, Captain Kevin Waugh said, “We have had great support from the stands at Ainslie Park this season. We really do hear you at games and it makes a massive difference.  It would be superb if we could have another big and vocal home support this Saturday to help us get over the line – and into the play-offs”

Your Spartans team will be joined out onto the pitch by our members from our 2013 Youth side as mascots.

Interesting stat:

The sides are at the ‘good guys’ end of the fouls conceded charts with Stranraer at the ‘top’ on 305 and Spartans next in the charts at 321.

Tale of the Tape:

7^th October Stranraer 3-4 Spartans (Craigen, Armstrong, Tapping, Henderson)

23^rd December Spartans 3-0 Stranraer (Denholm, Sonkur x2)

17^th February Stranraer 1-2 Spartans (Sonkur x2)

This week’s SPFL 2 fixtures:

Dumbarton v Clyde

East Fife v Bonnyrigg Rose

Peterhead v Forfar Athletic

Stenhousemuir v Elgin City