Brian Reid reckons Albion Rovers don't get the credit they deserve after stunning Kelty Hearts in the Premier Sports Cup.And the Cliftonhill gaffer joked that if his side won the Champions League they'd still be tipped for relegation the next season.League Two Rovers beat the League One outfit 2-0 at New Central Park thanks to an Ayrton Sonkur strike and a Charlie Reilly penalty in the last 10 minutes of the Group G clash.It earned them a first win in the group after narrow defeats to Premiership Livingston (2-3) and Championship side Cove Rangers (2-1) and Reid insists his side should get plenty of plaudits for their performances so far.He said: "Kelty are a good team and won League Two comfortably last season and I think a lot of people expected us to get zero points with the group we are in."It's funny.
It doesn't matter what Albion Rovers do, season after season, I don't think we get very much credit from anyone for what we do."Albion Rovers could win the Champions League and people would still make us favourites for relegation the next season."I don't think we get enough credit for what we do."It's no secret that we've probably had the lowest budget in the league for the last few years but we keep punching above our weight to keep doing what we are doing."I think we actually played slightly better against Cove last week and got nothing.
The least we deserved there was a draw, maybe even a win, because we created better chances than them."On Saturday I think it was 60-40 in terms of possession in Kelty's favour but going away to their ground you expect that."Football isn't all about possession and when I look back at the stats, we had 10 shots and 9 on target, while they had 12 shots and 3 on target."That's a
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