KELTY HEARTS player / manager Michael Tidser has admitted it would be "sweet" if his team could become the first to defeat this season's League One champions this weekend.

But he has acknowledged that his former club Falkirk "can turn anybody over on their day" and is "under no illusion it'll be a very difficult test" for his team on Saturday.

Having guaranteed survival in the third tier after beating Stirling Albion on Saturday, the New Central Park squad will travel to the Falkirk Stadium with some of the pressure off ahead of their fourth and final meeting with John McGlynn's runaway league winners.

The Bairns, for whom have enjoyed an outstanding campaign to seal a return to the Championship five years after relegation, and are the only team across the top four divisions in both Scotland and England to remain unbeaten in league football.

Kelty have lost all three encounters between the teams so far, with 5-1 and 1-0 home losses coming either side of a 2-1 away defeat in December.

"It would be sweet, but everybody's wanting to beat them because they've got that tag, but, listen, they can turn anybody over on their day," Tidser replied when asked if it would be nice to be the first to beat the Bairns.

"They're a good side as I say, and I've got a lot of respect for them, but we'll certainly be going to try and win the game. It's as simple as that.

"They're champions for a reason. They're a really good side, they've got loads of quality and strength in depth, but, as I said to the lads on Saturday after the game, we focus on ourselves. We can go and play, do what we do, and, on the day, we'll see where it takes us, but we're under no illusion it'll be a very difficult test.

"That's football. This is what you want, to test yourself against the best team in the league, and see how far we've came throughout the season."

Kelty cross the Kincardine Bridge in good form, having won three games on the spin, and four from their last five, to pull themselves away from potentially becoming embroiled in a battle to avoid in second bottom spot and the relegation play-off place "We put down the challenge to them maybe five, six weeks ago, and said it's time now, this is the business end of the season, you need to win games," Tidser said.

"Other than Annan away, in which we were 3-0 down and, arguably, should've drawn the game, if not won the game, I knew we had enough character in the squad. The last four games that we've won has proven that.

"We've gone to Queen of the South and beat them, we've played an Alloa side who are flying, beat them. Edinburgh, again, there's always pressure as you're expected to beat them, but you still need to do the business, and then obviously Stirling there, who were I think six points behind us. We had to take care of them, which we did, so, as I said, I'm really pleased for the lads.

"It's now about just refocusing on the next three games and see where we finish in the league."