Cumbernauld Colts gaffer James Orr reckons they finally got their just rewards for dominating games this season after a 3-0 win over Edinburgh University.
The Broadwood side claimed their first win of the new Lowland League season on Saturday after 2-1 defeats to Bo'ness and Stirling University in their opening games.
First half strikes from Billy Mortimer and Scott Davidson had Colts in control at half-time, before skipper Stephen O'Neill sealed the points three minutes from time.
And Orr said: "We are relieved to get off the mark, but in our first two games I didn't think the lads did anything wrong to deserve two defeats.
"We could have been a bit more composed in the last third and taken our chances when they came along.
"I honestly think we were the better team against Bo'ness, but they got a deflection and their guy scored a worldy.
"And with Stirling we started at a pace that they couldn't live with and we just couldn't take our chance - then we got sucker punched with a penalty.
"So when you speak to the lads I don't think they could have done too much else.
"This is the first time in the time I've been here we've lost the first two games and on Saturday we created so many chances again and we didn't put them away so I was starting to wonder.
"But we managed to get the goals we needed and got our reward."
Colts are 11th in the table and now head to third-place BSC Glasgow on Wednesday night, hoping to build on Saturday's success.
Orr men's beat BSC 2-1 at home and lost 3-1 away last season, so he's expecting an even contest under the lights at the Indodrill.
He added: "BSC are a top three side for the past few years and I hope we give them a good game and take our chances when they come to us.
"I think it will be evenly matched and it will come down to who works the hardest and who takes their chances.
"Every team is fit, their work rate is great so there is no easy game in this league against any team - and I hope people think that when they come to play us.
"Even although we've lost four goals in our first two games, nobody has cut us open. It's been a penalty, a deflection or a worldy.
"The encouraging part is that we are creating chance after chance and you know when you do that you will start to tuck them away."
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