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Chairman Alan Savage told BBC Scotland: “It feels fantastic. You could argue with being deducted five points when we were already deducted 15 [last season], but we were determined to do our best.<\/p>\n
“Kel [head coach Scott Kellacher] put a great squad together and everybody worked really hard from top to bottom and it shows what you can achieve.<\/p>\n
“We are driving the club forward and want it to be sustainable without Alan Savages. That will take a long time, but if a couple of American film stars want to come in, we will see.”<\/p>\n
Defeat leaves Hamilton, who were themselves deducted 21 points this season for breaking various SPFL rules, facing the play-offs to avoid a second successive relegation. Accies, who finished two points behind East Fife, play Forfar Athletic in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n
Without the points penalties, Hamilton would have instead be facing second-top Stenhousemuir in the promotion play-off semi-final.<\/p>\n
The part-time Warriors finished two points behind Inverness after a final-day 2-0 win at Montrose.<\/p>\n
Stenhousemuir will instead face Queen of the South, who finished 13 points behind, after a 4-1 win over Alloa Athletic that lifted the Dumfries side above their hosts.<\/p>\n
Alloa will take on Airdrieonians, who finished second bottom in the Championship.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, East Kilbride made it two promotions in a row with an emphatic 5-0 win at home to Clyde and will replace Kelty Hearts, who had already been relegated, in the third tier next season.<\/p>\n
The South Lanarkshire side finish five points clear of Spartans, who drew 2-2 away to Stirling Albion.<\/p>\n
Spartans will face Clyde, who had rested a number of players against East Kilbride in preparation for the promotion play-offs, in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n
Forfar warmed up for their meeting with Hamilton by drawing 1-1 away to Annan Athletic and finish fourth, three points clear of Stranraer.<\/p>\n
Bottom side Edinburgh City prepared for their Pyramid Play-off final against Highland League champions Brora Rangers with a 5-0 thumping of second-bottom Dumbarton.<\/p>\n
Brora received a bye into the final after Lowland League champions Linlithgow Rose were denied a place in the play-off semi-final because they do not possess an appropriate Scottish FA licence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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