Duo want top 10 finish and a trophy

Assistant manager Dave Frecklington (pictured) told the Guardian after Wednesday’s quarter-final win over Staveley Miners Welfare that he had tasted cup success before and wanted more of it with the Sandy Lane outfit.

“We won the Lincs Senior last year with Stamford, away at Boston United in the Conference North, and it’s always nice to finish with a final,” he said.

“If we can finish top 10 - when we came into the club we were third bottom - so if we finish top 10 and at Hillsborough for a cup final, that would make it a decent season for us.”

Frecklington was pleased for winger Lee Beeson who finally found the net for Tigers, and Jamie Jackson who ended his goal drought.

He also conceded that another attacker, Massiah McDonald, was suffering from a dip in form.

“We take a bit of confidence from the win, and it was nice to see Lee Beeson on the scoresheet for the first time at the club, and Jamie Jackson back scoring. It was a pleasing night.”

“Massiah is going through one of those spells at the minute. He’s got undoubted quality, I played with him and against him a few years ago when he was a young boy, and we’ve tied him down to a contract because we know the potential he’s got - but he needs that goal.”

He vowed that, although the play-offs are now unobtainable for the club, no one would be allowed to coast until the end of the season, he and manager Simon Clark expect performances to improve.

“We’re going to keep on (McDonald’s) case, we’ve told Jamie that and we’ve told all the players that, we’ll keep on at them all the time until they’re doing it every week.”

“Whether players are on contract or not, we will get people in to replace the players who aren’t doing it because we want to be successful, the club wants to be successful and we can’t carry any passengers.”

“We try to instill in the players before every game, you turn up and work hard and more often that not if you match the opponents’ workrate you win the game.”