Annan Athletic boss eyeing up win over Stranraer to maintain League Two play-off bid

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Annan boss Peter Murphy is thirsting for a win over Stranraer tomorrow to maintain their play-off bid.And he boosted his squad by luring defender Scott Hooper back to the club on loan after facing him at Kelty Hearts last weekend.Murphy said: “We have managed to get Scott on loan from Kelty until the end of the season and it is a boost for the squad.“And hopefully they will all get a lift from this for the game with Stranraer.“Stranraer seem to be getting a lot of players back from injury in time for the run-in to the season.“Stranraer have also managed to get a few results although their form has been a bit mixed and their manager, Jamie Hamill, will be very disappointed not to get more wins.“They drew 0-0 with Albion Rovers at home last week and will be coming to Galabank keen to get a win.“Jamie has quite a young squad and you do get inconsistency with young players, but they like to play football and it should be a good game for the fans.”Meanwhile, Hooper told of his delight at returning to Annan.The 27-year-old player is a well known face at Galabank having previously spent two years at the club and was part of the squad which reached the play-off finals in 2019.The defender also picked up two player of the year awards in his last spell with the Black and Golds.Hooper said: “I’m delighted and very thankful to be back at Annan, it’s a great club with good ambitions.”“Come the end of the season I hope we will go one further than the last time I was here and get promoted to League One.“Personally I hope I can get regular game time and finish the season strongly.”Annan racked up a fine 4-1 league win at Albion Rovers on Wednesday with goals from Tony Wallace, Aidan Smith, Owen Moxon and Iain Anderson.