The enforced lay-off couldn’t have come at a more frustrating juncture, with Ton enjoying their most fruitful spell of the season, currently unbeaten in the league since early November. However an unbeaten run that has stretched two and a half months only incorporates seven games only goes to show just how frustratingly stop-start the season has been. And boss Dougie Imrie will be hoping that by spending the last three and a half weeks clicking their heels, that a spanner hasn’t been put in the works as he looks to continue the team’s impressive run of form that saw Cammy Blues and Imrie deservedly awarded the Championship Player and Manager of the Month awards respectively.
Congratulations are of course due to both! Since the new year, every other team has been in league action at one point or another, with Morton’s hosts posting some positive results, beating faltering title chasers Livingston at Hampden and collecting a point from a goalless stalemate at leaders Falkirk. The Spiders have also progressed in the Scottish Cup, though not quite in as impressive fashion as they’ve collected their league points. League One visitors Montrose proved stubborn opposition, leading heading into injury time when Zak Rudden forced extra time with a 91st minute equaliser before Josh Scott took Queens through in the additional half-hour against Angus’s finest.
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