Falkirk striker Barney Stewart says he finally believes he belongs at the top level of Scottish football.
The 21-year-old netted an 89th minute equaliser in the Bairns’ 1-1 Premiership draw at Aberdeen on Saturday.
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Stewart, who spent the first half of the campaign on loan at Championship Dunfermline, has now scored a total of 16 goals this season.
It has been a remarkable rise for a player who arrived at Falkirk last term from East of Scotland League First Division side Heriot-Watt University.
“I think last season I wasn’t really sure of myself if I deserved or belonged to be in the SPFL,” he said.
“With the right people around you, the right leadership in the changing room, right managerial staff and obviously the right people around you outside of football I think it really spurred me on and let me really believe that I do deserve to be here.
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“I think there are still a lot of areas in my game that I need to touch up on a little bit.
“But that will come especially with the right people around me, like I have got Brian [Graham] to learn off. He is always talking to me on the pitch when he came on, that was our first time on the pitch together.
“I am always trying to look to pick up little things that I can add to my game and hopefully it is starting to all come together.”
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