It's the final home game of the season for Airdrie tomorrow with Livingston the visitors to New Broomfield. 

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And manager Jimmy Boyle is preparing to field a youthful line-up due to a late-season injury crisis.

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On-loan Celtic keeper Robbie Thomson, defender Gavin Griffin, midfielders Nathan Blockley and Sean Lynch and strikers John Boyle and Jordan Kirkpatrick are all out.

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Club captain David Lilley is also missing although Boyle hopes Ricki Lamie and Grant Evans will be available for selection.

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He said: "We're looking towards next season so there will be more chances for the likes of Grant Drummond and Liam Coogans.

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"I'm also hoping to give young Jamie Barclay some game time as he's been doing well and is one for the future.

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"We're going out to try and win these last two matches. We want to end the season on some sort of a high.

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"This has been a terrible season for us but the young players coming through is a positive we can build on."

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Boyle is deeply unhappy with how Airdrie's campaign has gone with relegation to the Irn-Bru Second Division confirmed earlier this month.

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The manager accepts the criticism being pushed in his direction but believes some players have produced too many below-par displays.

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"I feel that I've let the club down but all I can do is put the team on the park that I think will get us a result," he added.

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"The players have to have pride in themselves and pride in the club that is paying them to do a job. That's maybe been a problem for us."

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Looking to next season is already the order of the day for Boyle who is determined to make next season a successful one.

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He said: "We will be working hard from now right through the summer to get the right people into this football club; bring in the right experience in the right areas.

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"We know which players we want to keep and which ones we're not. The team needs to progress and this season has been too much for us.

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"We weren't ready for going up to the First Division. But I cannot excuse some of the performances that have been produced this season."