Mark Gallagher

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Elgin City midfielder Mark Gallagher talks about his stunning 40-yard lobbed goal in the Borough Briggs club’s 2-0 win over Clyde in William Hill League 2

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00:00I know it's been a long time coming, hasn't it? It feels like ages since we've won a game here.

00:04No, it's a really good feeling. The boys are all buzzing in there again. The Gaff is really happy

00:09and I think we've deserved that today as well with the performance. I think Tuesday we were

00:13really confident going into the game and it showed in the pitch we played really well.

00:16We took it into this game today and finally got the win, so we're happy.

00:20Sometimes it's not going your way. You need something special to get you going. The ball

00:25just kind of came out to me from the goalkeeper and he was off his line because obviously we

00:28kicked it from outside his box. I just took a good first touch and then hit it and thankfully

00:34it went in. It took a while to go in the goal, didn't it? To be fair, I was looking at it and

00:37please go in, please go in and eventually it did, so I was really happy.

00:39I think obviously you know you've got a bit more time when the keeper's out of the box.

00:43Make sure that touch is right and get the set-up all good and then the strike was just

00:48perfect. I couldn't have hoped for better, so I'm happy with that.

00:50Best goal of your career?

00:53It's definitely the furthest out, so I probably would say so, yes. I have to say it back and

00:57decide because I've got a few good goals. Hopefully there's a few more to come to the

01:01end of the season now for myself and others, hopefully, and we can have a good run towards

01:06the end of the season. We've still got loads to play for. We're still sitting fourth, so we've

01:12still got the play-off position that I actually look forward to. Just see as far as we can go,

01:16to be honest. The gap has kept us really positive through this tough spell. We're looking forward

01:21to the next seven games, I think it is, and we go into each game looking to win them.

01:26The games have just not gone our way at times. We've played well in many games,

01:29it could have gone either way and the ball just wasn't breaking for us in the right areas and it

01:33was breaking for other teams. I think we just had a really tough spell in terms of luck, basically,

01:38but we've kept positive. The gaffer and Steph have all kept us all positive in there.

01:42We always buy into their message because, obviously, at the start of the season,

01:46we were 11 games unbeaten, so it's the same team, the same tactics, it's all this,

01:50so we knew it would come eventually and thankfully it did today.

01:53You get some players back on the pitch now, important players that are coming back from

01:56injury, so the squad's going to be really competitive. You look around the changing

01:59room, you've got so many good players that are on the bench that can come on and fit the game.

02:03That's what we're going to need going into the last seven games now.

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