CHRIS CADDEN grabbed the goal that inspired Albion Rovers' fightback at Broadwood as Darren Young's side clinched the League Two title.

And the teenager couldn't wipe the smile off his face as he savoured the first meaningful celebration of his senior career.

The 18-year-old - on loan at Cliftonhill from Motherwell - netted Albion's opener as they came back from a 2-0 deficit to enjoy a 3-2 victory over Barry Ferguson's Clyde.

"It is an amazing feeling," he said. "It was brilliant. "I want to enjoy it. Some of the older guys in the team were telling me that you need to take it all in because it might never happen for me again.

"I am young and hope obviously that there will be lots of days like Saturday, but you never know. You have to enjoy the good days and this has been an amazing time.

"To come here and play a part in Albion Rovers winning the league is special. It is the first time the club has won a title for 26 years, so it feels brilliant to have said that I was a part of it.

"You can see how happy the fans were and how much it means to them. I don't think the goal was too important in terms of the whole season and all the work the guys have put in, but just to be out there and helping them do it has been something else."

The midfielder left Motherwell in March in a loan deal that was designed to get him first-team games.

Cadden speaks to Ian Baraclough every Monday to go over the previous weekend's match and he feels the experience of having helped Rovers to clinch promotion will stand him in good stead as he fights for a place in the Fir Park squad this summer.

"The manager has been keeping tabs on me and, even in the short time that I have been here, I feel that I have learned so much.

"Before coming here I was playing with the Under-20s and this is totally different. You can't compare playing here where every point mattered because we were trying to win the league to playing in games where the outcome doesn't mean anything.

"I have had to get used to the pressure of trying to win games and win promotion and it has definitely brought me on as a player.

"The lads here made me feel welcome from the very first day that I came in. They have been brilliant with me and I've loved playing every week."

Meanwhile, Young was thrilled with his debut season as player-manager, but has already started planning for life in League One.

"It makes it extra special that you are a player and a manager," he said. "I have been learning the whole time.

"You don't know what to expect when you go into management. For the 20 years I have been involved in football it was only as a player where you turn up and you get your boots and your kit handed to you.

"It is so different as a manager. You are on the bus moving away from away games and the game is already forgotten about as you are talking about the team for the next match, the formation for it, how they are playing and there are a million details you take for granted as a player.

"There are things I want to change for next season that I think can take us forward. I will sit down with the chairman Pat Gillooly this week and we will take it from there."