Clyde manager Barry Ferguson has praised his players for proving a point by sealing their playoff place with the win over Stirling on Saturday.

The 3-1 victory means the Bully Wee finished in third position, and they will now play Elgin City in the semi-finals of the promotion playoffs with the first leg at Broadwood on Tuesday night.

After some poor results cost them the chance of the League Two title, Ferguson was pleased with the reaction of his players.

“The most important thing was that we got a result today,” he said. “That’s what I asked the boys to do today, to go and get the three points.

“Now it’s Elgin, and all games are tough. It’s a fair journey for us on Saturday.

“It’s a one-off tie so we need to go and take the game to them and see where it takes us.

“I’ll be looking for more of the same, we played some good football against Stirling.

“We kind of slackened off after they got the man sent off and took our foot off the gas, but overall we were miles better.

“The guys haven’t handled the pressure great over the last couple of months, and they know that they’ve let themselves down.

“I sensed in training that they knew they had something to go and prove, and they did that today.”

Ferguson knows that his side will have to be at their best again over the two games against Elgin to keep their promotion dream alive.

He said: “Elgin are a good team, they were at the top of the league for a long time during the season. But we will be going for it.

“They are a strong team, especially at home. It will be a tough game between two evenly matched teams.”

Ferguson went with an attacking 4-4-2 formation against Stirling, and with a lack of available personnel, he may be forced to take a similar approach on Tuesday night.

“I’ve not got any players to change it,” he said. “I’ve got some young boys on the bench but that’s it.

“We’ve got a few key players out and that doesn’t help, but we won’t be using that as an excuse.”