Airdrie boss: Sinking Dunfermline and ending 'terrible' winless run can be turning point in survival bid

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Airdrie boss Rhys McCabe hopes ending their 'terrible' 19-game winless streak can be the catalyst for the Diamonds to pull off a great escape in the Championship.A 3-0 win over relegation rivals Dunfermline cut the gap at the bottom of the table to 10 points and provided their first league win since August when they beat Raith Rovers 1-0 on the opening day of the season.Goals from Lewis McGrattan, Chris Mochrie and Ben Wilson did the damage and brought only their second clean sheet of the campaign in the process, giving them renewed hope going into the final 15 games of the season.And McCabe said: "I think it was deserved.

We've maybe not got the right rewards over the course of the season so far. We've been close on a number of occasions and have scored a few goals then found ourselves on the wrong end of a scoreline."I thought we were a threat, we looked solid, we were good defensively and there were a couple of good chances in the first half that we didn't take."It could have been a lot more, without being disrespectful to Dunfermline.

I felt we were really good today. Everybody contributed and the subs that came on had an impact as well."It sounds terrible, 19 games without a win, but there's been times during that period when we've not been a million miles away, put in good performances, but found ourselves on the wrong end of the stick."We've had decisions that have gone against us but the boys have stuck together, they've rallied around at training and there has not been a dip in attitude when it is easy to feel sorry four yourself."You can see these guys are running through brick walls for each other."He added: "We are realists.