ORMISTON Primrose manager Guy Kerr is hoping Lady Luck starts smiling on his side soon.

The county club fought back from two goals down against league leaders Lochgelly Albert on Saturday before ultimately losing 3-2.

The defeat leaves them in mid-table – five points off second spot but only one point clear of three clubs at the bottom – in the East of Scotland Football League (EoSFL) Third Division.

Kerr, who took the helm of the side at the beginning of the season, said: “I think it is through that little bit of luck.

“We have maybe played previous games where they have had one shot on goal and they have scored. We have had 25-30 shots and only scored one.

“When it is like that, it is sometimes like you are fighting against it and, when you are looking for three points, it is harder to find.

“Once you get that bit of momentum and get three points, it is easier to go on and get further momentum.”

Lochgelly Albert sit nine points clear of Fauldhouse United and Hawick Royal Albert at the top of the table.

Ormiston, who drew with Fauldhouse seven days earlier, have already played the Fife opposition twice but lost out by the odd goal on both occasions.

Kerr said: “Results have not went for us latterly.

“It was another on Saturday where we got beat 3-2 but the amount of chances we had, we could have won four games.

“We cannot seem to buy a goal.

“It is just madness and crazy but I have been in football long enough now to know when your luck is in, it is in.”

When Kerr succeeded Richie Weir at the beginning of the campaign, he was hopeful of helping the club bounce back to the Second Division.

The New Recreation Park side pulled off a great escape in 2022/23 but were unable to repeat the trick last season, finishing 14th out of 16 teams.

Kerr, whose playing career saw him line up for a host of clubs including Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Elgin City and East Fife, had a turnover of the squad in the close season.

And he admitted that life in management had proven “difficult”.

He told Courier Sport that he still hoped to challenge for the top three spots come the end of the season.

He said: “We had a big squad of players, which myself and the coaching staff brought in.

“For one thing or another, it has not really worked out the way we wanted it to.

"Players have not adapted to us or we have not adapted to the players, and we have had to move on a lot of players.

“Also, at this level, a big thing is commitment.

“A lot of players did not have the commitment and would turn up once a week and then did not turn up and expect to play on a Saturday.”