CLYDEBANK striker Alan Frizzell says his team are going through a rough spell at the moment, and they need to get over it as soon as they can.

The Bankies lost their second game in the league away to Shettleston on Saturday, Peter Weatherson’s free-kick proving the difference between the sides.

The defeat leaves the Holm Park side without a win since Saturday, September 3, when they beat Shotts Bon Accord.

Frizzell said: “The game was very frustrating. I’m not sure what it is now but we’re in a bit of a rut all over the park, it happens to every team throughout the season but we just need to get over it as soon as we can.

“After having a great start, things just aren’t going our way, we’re just not getting the rub of the green at the moment.

“Obviously with the sending off last week, the free-kick this week, it’s one of those things; those little bits of luck that can change for us.”

And their luck continued to desert them, with both Mark Burbidge and Cammy Haddow picking up knocks and having to come off in the second half.

He added: “[Having] Bubba [Mark Burbidge] off wasn’t great when you’re searching for a goal, and he’s one of the main attacking threats, [so the injury] wasn’t great either.

“Obviously you can’t have a game where the majority of the players aren’t playing as well as they could, and that seemed to be what happened.”

And he’s hoping to pump himself up for his next game out for the Bankies with his usual pre-match routine.

The forward carries out the same pre-match ritual before running out on the pitch, and says it’s become a habit over the years.

He added: “Before when I stand on the pitch I always do three chest jumps with that, I don’t know why.”

“And I always tie my left boot before my right before I go out.

“I’ve obviously picked it up from someone when I was younger and it’s stuck with me.

After the game against Irvine Victoria, Frizzell competed in the Edinburgh Half Marathon, and raised money for the Ardgowan Hospice in Greenock.

Frizzell: “I ended up raising about £1,400, which is great, and I was aiming to finish in an hour-and-a-half, but I managed to just beat it and finish in a time of one hour, 27 minutes.”

Not content with simply playing for Clydebank and raising money for charity, Frizzell also coaches the Morton youth teams in his spare time He explained: “I coach one of the Morton youth teams, and football is probably the main thing in my life, I eat sleep and breathe it, I can’t get enough of it.

“I love coaching kids. I obviously want to play and fulfil my own potential for as long as I can, I want to keep myself fit and play for as long as I possibly can, but coaching is so rewarding.

“That’s something I would never give up as well. Obviously I want to do as well as I can with coaching, and I don’t know how I’d feel about coaching adults, but coaching kids is brilliant, I love it.”