Edinburgh City seal play-off spot after defeating Elgin

Edinburgh City cemented a play-off spot as they won 2-0 at home against Elgin.
Josh Campbell scored Edinburgh City's opener.Josh Campbell scored Edinburgh City's opener.
Josh Campbell scored Edinburgh City's opener.

The Citizens, second in the Scottish League Two table, took the lead through Hibs loanee Josh Campbell's finish in the sixth minute and Liam Brown doubled the advantage in the 38th.

Gary Naysmith’s men saw out the match comfortably to book their shot at promotion.

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Meanwhile, Stirling and Stranraer drew 2-2 after a dramatic finale at Forthbank.

After Stranraer led through a Jordan Allan own-goal and Ross McGeachie equalised, Darryl Duffy put the visitors back in front in the 89th minute, only for Declan Byrne to then bring things level again in stoppage time.

The battle for play-off spots now sees Stirling, who have played all of their 22 games, up to third, while Elgin and Stranraer are a point behind in fourth and fifth respectively.

In Tuesday's final round of games, Elgin host champions Queen's Park and Stranraer are home to Edinburgh City.