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Rutherglen Glencairn boss wary of Gartcairn Hogmanay tester

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Rutherglen Glencairn boss Willie Harvey has warned his side Gartcairn will be gunning for revenge this weekend following their Scottish Junior Cup win earlier this month.Glencairn beat their Airdrie rivals 2-1 on December 3 to reach the quarter-finals, and Harvey expects a similarly close game in a league clash on Hogmanay, having drawn 0-0 with Mick Dunlop’s men on the West of Scotland League First Division’s opening day.Harvey said: “Gartcairn will be looking for a bit of revenge after the Scottish Cup defeat.“The games have been very close.

The first game this season was 0-0, and in the Scottish Cup we won 2-1, so it’s a close call.“The two teams are quite well matched, to be honest.“Gartcairn [currently second in the league] are a decent team, they have some decent players, so we know what we’re going up against.”Glencairn are aiming to play their first match in a couple of weeks after the Christmas break was preceded by a visit to Harvey’s old club Blantyre Vics on December 17 being beaten by the winter weather.The Hamish B Allan Stadium outfit are currently in the relegation zone, sitting in 14th place in the 16-team division.

They are two points off of safety and 13th-place Bonnyton Thistle, but with five games in hand over their rivals.As the Glens prepare to head into 2023, Harvey admits he would like to start getting points accumulated to help claw them away from the bottom end of the table.“The season hasn’t gone the way I’d have liked it to,” admitted Harvey.“I’m happy with the cup ties; we’re in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Junior Cups and the last 16 of the West of Scotland Cup, but the league was the main priority.“I’m pretty disappointed with our league position at this point of the year, but it’s

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