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Jardine is hoping to avoid a play-off date with David Irons's Stenhousemuir

It was a long punt (no change there I hear some of you say) from our goalkeeper that was headed on into the path of Harty by an Albion Rovers defender.

Harty did what he does best and slipped the ball underneath the onrushing goalkeeper and in to the net. One-nil Annan - or so we thought.

To be fair to the linesman he did have his flag up as soon as the goal was scored but the referee looked over and appeared to signal that he had got it wrong and the goal would stand.

The linesman persuaded the referee to go over to him and managed to change his mind and the goal wasn't given.

Understandably our players felt hard done by and were pretty furious, but it was made worse as the officials seemed to change their story as to why the goal wasn't given.

Now, although I never heard it first-hand I trust my team mates and we came away feeling very frustrated.

The point gained would normally have been welcomed as Albion is always a difficult place to go, .

But their win at Clyde on Saturday meant that realistically the title might now be a bridge too far for us.

and that victory puts them in the very healthy position .

They still have to come down to our place, but on top of defeating them in that game we're hoping for a five-point swing in the other three games.

Our job now, starting at home to Berwick this weekend, is simply to make sure we finish in one of the three play-off positions. It's a simple as that.

We're six points clear of fifth-placed Queen's Park and we want a play-off spot confirmed as quickly as we can before we think about finishing in a specific position.

Finishing second or third means that we would play a team from our own division in the play-off semi-final, whereas fourth would see us come up against a team from the division above.

As things stand that's looking like it's going to be Stenhousemuir and would see us face our old manager, .

My former team-mate Lewis Sloan is also there now, so it would make for an interesting tie should it happen.

It's all 'ifs' and 'buts' just now and, as I say, confirming just one of those play-off spots is what it's all about first and foremost.

Things are winding down now in terms of our training with guys picking up knocks, so the players need to protect themselves for what lies ahead.

We've had nights off here and there but the sessions in general are fairly light.

It's been a frustrating time for me as I've not featured in the last two matches and I hope I'm going to have a part to play in these last few games.

I played 14 on the bounce including the five matches we won in-a-row, but I dropped out in the next match when we lost at home to Clyde.

That's left me personally very disappointed but it's all about the team doing well and as long as we're successful I'll be happy.