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Glenafton Athletic 0 Auchinleck Talbot 1 but Tommy Sloan's men watch title slip away

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Tommy Sloan this afternoon paid tribute to new West of Scotland League Premier Division champions Darvel as he admitted Auchinleck Talbot just ran out of gas in the race for the title.The top-flight bid for supremacy came to an end in East Ayrshire today despite Gareth Armstrong's late winner for 'Bot which sank Glenafton Athletic at Loch Park.Events just over 20 miles away at Recreation Park sealed Auchinleck's fate as Darvel beat Kilwinning Rangers 3-2 to clinch the crown and earn a shot at promotion to the Lowland League with a game to spare.And 'Bot boss Sloan reckons patchy form as well as a packed schedule put paid to his team's league trophy chances.He told Ayrshire Live: "We're obviously disappointed to have lost out in the end.

I felt it went away from us when we drew two or three games there on the trot."We've handed Darvel the initiative but you have got to give them a lot of credit – they have dug out results when they've had to and we haven't quite managed to do that.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories while you can customise your page with the sections that matter to you.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now on iOS and Android."It was important we didn't throw in the towel and I said to the lads that's what it was all about.

It's one of those things. We had it in our own hands but we weren't quite good enough in the end."We need to learn from this.

We went to Darvel and gave ourselves every chance, put the initiative back with us, but I think the three games a week took its

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