Brett Agnew is expecting Bridlington Town to be pushing to win the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division title.
Agnew’s Brid were sitting in a good position in fifth last season when it was expunged and the Queensgate manager feels his summer recruitment makes them a sound bet for glory.
“I’ve openly said that I want to win the league,” Agnew told Non League Yorkshire.
“I don’t want to finish second or third. Obviously if do and get promoted, great, but I want to win the league.
“I’m confident with the squad we have got. It is a very good squad. Last season we lacked some pace all over the pitch and at centre-half.
“I suppose not many teams have to be fair. We needed to fill a gap in the midfield and that’s why we brought in Pete Davidson.
“We’ve lucky to have Pete because he could have gone to any team. We needed someone like Danny Earl an Jaime Ture who has got pace. Will Annan has got pace and we’ve brought Leon Dawson in and is very good on the left-hand-side.
“The main positions we needed to fill were attackers and a winger. It is great that we have kept the nucleus of the side and I think we have only lost two or three from last year.”
Bridlington Town’s First Five Fixtures
September 19th – Grimsby Borough (H)
September 22nd – Knaresborough Town (A)
September 26th – Thackley (H)
September 29th – Yorkshire Amateur (H)
October 3rd – Handsworth (A)
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