23-05-2025
Cambuslang Rangers boss blasts 'lack of fight' as they lose crucial game in relegation fight
Paul McColl's side are now sweating over Clydebank's Lowland League bid
Cambuslang Rangers boss Paul McColl has blasted his side's 'lack of fight' after losing 4-2 at Bonnyton Thistle in their West of Scotland Second Division finale on Saturday.
The defeat leaves Camby one point ahead of third-bottom Yoker Athletic, which would usually be enough to avoid the drop.
However, should Clydebank lose their play-off on Sunday against Musselburgh Athletic for entry into the Lowland League – currently poised at 1-1 – the bottom four in each of the top four leagues will be relegated, leaving Shotts, Ardrossan Winton Rovers, Cambuslang and Glasgow United sweating over the outcome.
However, McColl says his side haven't been good enough all season.
He fumed: 'There are guys who are playing in the team who are not good enough, and that's just a fact – they need to move on.
'Us struggling in the Second Division isn't right. Teams paying nowhere near as much as us are above us, and that's embarrassing.
'That's why we're in this position, because guys are turning up when they want. Time-keeping is abysmal, and it has gone on too long.
'It has been a poor season and everybody needs to take the blame, but Saturday wasn't good enough and I'm really disappointed with it.
'It was a poor end of the season game and nobody was up for the fight to win it, and they should have been.
'Conditions were hard for both teams, it was absolutely melting, but we were really poor and I can't have that standard next season.'
On the game, McColl said: 'I missed the second half but we lost a goal in a minute, which is abysmal, and has happened again and again.
'I don't know what the centre-half or the goalie are doing, there's no shouting, they miss it, and the guy just scores.
'At the second one a guy who can't even run has gone past a couple of our players and hit a shot that has gone in.
'Carlos Lyon missed a penalty in the first half, but scored one in the second half.
'We went in 2-0 down at half-time and they came back alright in the second half, but it's just a poor season.
'We were abysmal in the first half, and seemingly we were a bit better in the second half, which I missed, but that's as bad as I've seen, and in an important game like that.
'We just need to hope that Clydebank do us a turn.'
