FOR most clubs, a points return of 83 from a possible 276 in its two previous seasons would have seen the chairman’s finger not so much poised quivering on the trigger, he’d long been using his digits to reload the gun.
It’s August in the home dressing room at Shortwood United’s quaint Meadowbank ground, and Alex Sykes is borrowing from one of his old bosses as he sets out his Step 4 side’s targets for the season.