Beadle isn't feeling bullish!

Despite the Bulls winning the Midland League last season after a fantastic first campaign for the newly-reformed club and reports that they have sold nearly a thousand season tickets already, Beadle insists it'll still be a very open division.

Backing the league's more established clubs to retain the upper hand, the Bulls boss, pictured, said: "I think people see that the club took 20,000 fans to Wembley in May for the FA Vase final and think we should be favourites on that back of it. The truth is different, it puts extra pressure on us as the crowd, quite rightly, want to see winning football.

"Every side who comes to Edgar Street has that extra ten per cent. We noticed that every week last year and that’s something we have to contend with. Most will know the league inside out, we don’t yet. There are some strong teams in the league next season and we’ll be treating every club with massive respect."

The manager, who was in charge when the old Bulls were in the Conference in 2014, also believes he still needs more new players.

The 44-year-old added: "We’re always looking. Our business so far has been good and we’re delighted but you never stop looking to improve. We want to do well next year, we know we need to keep pushing forward as a club and that’s our aim without question - but we won’t be making bold predictions."