Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Danny Law: Cove Rangers are confident they can get the job done in the play-offs

The Cove players and management celebrate winning the title after the final whistle against Forres Mechanics. Picture by Sandy McCook.
The Cove players and management celebrate winning the title after the final whistle against Forres Mechanics. Picture by Sandy McCook.

Cove Rangers can now turn their attention to the SPFL pyramid play-offs, where they will hope it is third time lucky in their bid to join Scottish football’s top four leagues.

Brora Rangers pushed them hard, but the Aberdeen side never looked like relinquishing the Highland League title and got the job done with a game to spare thanks to a 1-0 victory at Forres Mechanics on Saturday.

They have been worthy winners after another highly impressive campaign, in which they have won 29 of their 33 games and tasted defeat only once.

Cove have made no secret of their desire to make the leap from the Highland League to League Two but their past two experiences of the play-offs did not go to plan.

In 2016, they were beaten 4-1 by their Lowland League counterparts Edinburgh City over two legs with the capital side going on to claim a spot in the SPFL at the expense of East Stirlingshire.

The Citizens remain the only team to have earned promotion through the play-offs in a format that is stacked heavily in favour of the team that finishes bottom of League Two.

Cove learned from that experience and went much closer to turning their dream into a reality 12 months ago.

Sheran’s side swept past Spartans 5-2 on aggregate to set up a showdown with Cowdenbeath.

After an uneventful and goalless first leg where Cove failed to capitalise on their superiority, the second leg at Central Park proved to be a far more controversial and action-packed affair.

The Blue Brazil won 3-2 with Cove ending the match with eight men after Paul McManus, Scott Ross and Eric Watson all saw red on a day when several contentious refereeing decisions went against them.

Sheran will hope the disappointment and frustration his players felt a year ago can act as extra motivation this time around.

They may find their match against the Lowland League winners proves to be the tougher of the two ties, should they prevail.

An East Kilbride side managed by former Ross County defender Stuart Malcolm and containing a host of players with SPFL experience, including former Caley Thistle defender David Proctor and ex-Motherwell and Preston winger Chris Humphrey, will be a tough obstacle to overcome.

It will either be Berwick Rangers or Albion Rovers who lie in wait for the winners and both have proven they are up for the fight after taking points off league leaders Peterhead in recent games.

But Cove will head into the play-offs confident they can get the job done.

This would be an ideal time for Cove to make the step up and the perfect end to their first season in their new Balmoral Stadium.

It won’t be easy but with the likes of 46-goal striker Mitch Megginson, Martin Scott and Jamie Masson in their ranks, they have enough quality to achieve their goal.