Clyde hero Martin Rennie nearly MISSED chance that earned crucial win

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Martin Rennie bagged a lucky 13th goal of the season, after revealing he nearly MISSED the shot that sent Clyde into a last-day survival shoot-out.Rennie struck in 37 minutes, netting at the back post after Craig Howie’s header from a Liam Scullion corner had struck the right post and ran along the goal line.That gave Clyde a crucial 1-0 win over East Fife in their last home league game of the season, leaving them two points above basement side Stranraer and a point behind Bonnyrigg Rose in eighth.Clyde head to seventh-placed Elgin City on Saturday, knowing a win will see them safe, or they can avoid the Pyramid play-off final against Lowland League champions East Kilbride, if they do better than Stranraer, who host champions Stenhousemuir.Rennie said: “I almost missed it.

I rushed at it and I actually thought ‘Oh my god, I’ve not put that in,’ but luckily it went in, so I’m buzzing.“Howie has put the header back in, and I’ve not got a clue what happened!“I was just kicking about the box, in case it fell to me, and thankfully it did.“I was in the right place at the right time and I’m honestly delighted.“It seems to happen for me against East Fife, I don’t know what it is, but I always seem to score against them.“I’ve not scored too many lately, so I’m glad to get back scoring, especially when we needed it.“I think a lack of goals has caused us to not quite get back to where we wanted to be faster, because we could have been in a better position than we are in now.“It was a really big game.

We could have scored more goals, but I think the pressure of the game meant we were a wee bit panicky.“We got it over the line, but I think that was just because of how important it was.”Rennie says it’s a good job that Clyde’s fare is