Airdrie face 'a lot more difficult' title charge but Diamonds won't give in amid Cove Rangers form says star

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Airdrie defender Callum Fordyce says the Diamonds will take their League One title charge as far as they can - but they're aware it's a tall order.Ian Murray's second-placed men drew 2-2 with Montrose last weekend, allowing leaders Cove Rangers to open up a five-point lead with three games to go.The first of those matches for Airdrie comes against Dumbarton at New Broomhill, before a trip to Clyde and finale at home to Peterhead.Their fate isn't in their hands, but Fordyce says he and his teammates will do all they can to bring silverware to North Lanarkshire.He said: “We’ve been the two best teams in the league, I think if you ask most players in the league they would say that.“Fair play to Cove, they’re doing the exact same as us, albeit they won on Saturday so it makes our job a lot more difficult.“We just need to keep plugging away and keep trying to win games.

What happens elsewhere is out of our hands and we just need to concentrate on ourselves."Dumbarton - fighting for survival in League One - will prove a tough test for a Diamonds team who have already secured a promotion play-off spot if their title bid is to fall through, according to Fordyce.A game earlier in the season between the side's at New Broomhill brought about a madcap 3-2 win for Murray's men, scoring twice in stoppage-time while Dumbarton also netted and had two men sent off inside the final 10 minutes.The central defender told club media: “Dumbarton have got a good side, they probably shouldn’t be where they are but they’ve had a lot of injuries to key players.“They’ve gave us tough games in the past, they’re hard to beat.