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Gartcairn close in on title glory after overcoming tricky surface during latest win

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Glencairn Women’s boss Robert McCallum says home advantage will be a welcome boost for his players as they close in on the Championship South title.The Lanarkshire side are guaranteed a promotion play-off spot after coming from behind to seal a convincing 5-1 victory over Edinburgh Caledonia at Meggetland.Cheryl Watt grabbed a hat-trick while Sarah Wardlaw notched a brace.

Having found themselves 1-0 down, McCallum’s side pulled it back to 2-1 before half-time, and netted twice five minutes after the restart.Gartcairn have been awarded a 3-0 win over Edinburgh City after their match this Sunday was cancelled, and anything but a Rossvale win over Caledonia seals title glory.Hutchinson Vale the final day opposition later this month and finishing first would guarantee a place in SWPL 2 competition next season.McCallum says he was pleased with how his side dealt with a tricky surface on their travels: "It was a tricky surface up at Meggetland.“The camber on the park is unreal and it was really flat for 3G, so it was a really fast park too.

It took our players a wee while to get used to. They were playing passes and it was just zooming out of play because of the speed of the park.“Edinburgh Caledonia went ahead and they are a good team.

We knew we were in for a tough ride and it proved that way. We got a good reaction and Cheryl scored soon after that.“At 2-1 we told the players to relax, play the football we know we can play and trust in each other.

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