Falkirk v Hamilton: Accies boss relishing TV battle with the Bairns

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Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin says the club’s biggest win in eight years should give them confidence for their televised top-of-the-table clash at Falkirk on Saturday.Last Friday night’s 5-0 annihilation of Annan Athletic matched their Premiership success against Motherwell in a Lanarkshire derby back in 2015 and Rankin hopes that is the perfect preparation for their big battle with the Bairns at the Falkirk Stadium.John McGlynn’s men have been free-scoring this season as well and sit just ahead of Accies at the summit on goal difference, with both teams winning seven games and drawing once in impressive unbeaten starts.It is already turning into a two-horse race with 10 points separating the sides from nearest rivals Montrose, so someone could land an early blow in pursuit of the League One title.Rankin said: “These are the games that you want to play in as professional footballers.

It really means something on Saturday and it is the biggest game of the season so far, so we are excited for it.“Both teams are coming in off the back of good results so we are looking forward to playing in front of a big crowd.“The players are obviously full of confidence off the back of Friday night’s result and they are raring to go.“Not so long ago, we were playing in games just trying to stay in them but now we have got something to play for and, hopefully, something to achieve.“Our success so far has been built on hard work and we will need to do that on Saturday.”Jamie Barjonas, Reghan Tumilty, Euan Henderson, Connor Murray and Joe McGlynn were all on the scoresheet against Annan.And Rankin added: “The pleasing thing for me on Friday was there were five different goal scorers and different kinds of goals; some from outside the box,