I'VE WAITED AN AGE TO GET HERE

Being back in top flight with his Bairns is keeping Golden Graham young

- GORDON PARKS

BRIAN GRAHAM insists his bid to cheat Father Time is driving his ambitions to prolong his Premiership career at Falkirk.

The Bairns hitman will turn 38 in a fortnight and he's out to prove age is no barrier after getting his name on the scoresheet against Livingston.

After conceding a last-minute leveller, the sense of disappointment at two points dropped did little to burst the bubble of a player aiming to milk every moment.

He said: "It's been a whirlwind, the way it all ended at the tail end of the season at Partick Thistle.

"I always wanted to give myself another chance in the Premiership, I got my goal against St Mirren [in September]. I didn't really get to celebrate it because it was 2-1 and we had to get the ball out and try to go again.

"But to go and put my team 1-0 in front, it was a great feeling, with family in the crowd. I just wish wed managed to hold on. That's me maybe being a wee bit selfish there.

"Football has changed and the way I'm training and the way I'm feeling right now, I want to keep going. I thought maybe in the summer, one more year and then I'd probably retire.