Airdrieonians and Partick Thistle eye the Scottish Premiership as the play-offs begin.
Airdrieonians and Partick Thistle will look to draw on memories of the "real excitement" experienced during previous play-off successes as they come face-to-face in the Scottish Premiership quarter-final first leg on Tuesday.
Both sides secured their places in the play-offs with games to spare, with Thistle securing third long before ending the regular season with a 4-1 thumping away to newly crowned champions Dundee United on Friday. However, the player-boss is likely to miss out with a calf injury along with goalkeeper Josh Rae and midfielder Liam McStravick.
Indeed, Airdrie are unbeaten at home in five outings while Thistle have not won in three on the road, with Doolan quite rightly expecting "a tough game" for the right to face runners-up Raith Rovers in the semi-final.Having parted company with Forest Green Rovers in July, Duncan Ferguson is in danger of suffering relegation in two consecutive managerial appointments after taking charge of Inverness Caledonian Thistle in September.
They themselves were 18 ahead of Tuesday's hosts, Alloa, who they beat 5-3 on aggregate last year before losing to Airdrie in the final.
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