HUSH TO THE FINISH LINE

GARY OLIVER is too old in the tooth to admit the Championship title race is now all over bar the shouting.

- BY GORDON PARKS

Falkirk opened up an eight-point lead at the top with a thumping of Queen's Park, a win which ended the 14-month reign of Spiders boss Callum Davidson.

For Bairns, the victory seems significant in their hunt for back-to-back titles as both Ayr and Livingson lost crucial ground with just seven games left to play.

But frontman Oliver, 29, did his best to box clever when asked if promotion is now in the bag.

He said: "The gaffer has drilled into us that we need to look after ourselves. If we do, we'll finish on top.

"We know how to win a league. This squad is pretty much the same as last year. We know what the pressure is like in the final games of the season.

"We need to focus on ourselves and as we showed at Hampden - if we play like that, we're a match for anyone in the league.

"The thought of getting into the Premiership is unbelievable. Back-to-back promotions are something you dream of as a player.