DK: How do you feel the season has gone from both a personal and team view point?
LI: I think it’s been a mixed bag, yet again, another incredible season in the cups, first round proper and winning the Suffolk cup, not many can say they can achieve this, but the league season has been very underwhelming, away from home costing us dearly.
DK: Do you take any pride in topping the club's top scorer charts for another season, creeping ever closer to the club's all time record?
LI: I would be lying if I didn’t say it’s a nice feeling to be top scorer, everyone likes accolades but I’d swap it for a better league campaign in a heartbeat.
DK: Is the most pleasing thing for you personally the fact that you were one goal away from matching your total last season, despite playing less games this time round through injury?
LI: Yeah I’d say I don’t very well to get within a goal, after missing 10/15 games, a full season could have been amazing but it is what it is, injuries are part of football.
DK: What was it like being involved in the FA Cup run and did it make it more special having been with the club for a decade?
LI: It was special, I missed the first couple rounds injured, but after that, reaching 1st round and burton, seeing how much it meant to the club, I was very very proud.
DK: How do you reflect on the league season overall?
LI: Again, I’d say it was very disappoint from a league point of view, with some additions I don’t want to have another one like this next year.
DK: Do you find it pleasing, or more so frustrating, that we had a good record against the teams towards the top of the table?
LI: Pleasing from a character point of view to do so well, but you have to say equally disappointing to not beat the teams towards the bottom.
DK: Can you describe how it felt to have retained the Suffolk Premier Cup for the third season in a row and did it feel the more sweeter having missed last season's final through injury?
LI: It felt very sweet, we’re in a unique club of teams winning it three times in a row, I was gutted to miss last years so enjoyed this one twice as much. 4 in a row and we will make more history for the club.
DK: What did you make of the Premier Cup Final (game itself)?
LI: I thought it was a great game, we didn’t show our best at all but stow played well and it made for an enjoyable game for people to watch. Long as we got over the line that’s all that matters
DK: Do you remember much of what was going through your mind during the Premier Cup Final, especially the penalty shootout?
LI: I was mostly thinking we cannot lose to Stowmarket, we would never hear the end of it, and how can I claim we’re the best non league side in Suffolk again if we lost? I had no doubts about the shoot out, we have serious stones in the takers.
DK: What are your 3 standout moments from this season?
LI: standouts would be obviously playing burton Albion! Getting the winner against Maidstone, and tucking leiston up in the semi final, AGAIN!
DK: Would you say it makes the season look better that we had a good home record this season?
LI: Always great to have a good home record, but you play the same amount of games away, so it’s irrelevant, we didn’t get enough points.
DK: Congrats on also signing a new deal with the club, can you put into words how pleased you are to be staying with the club?
LI: Thank you, you know me, I’m loyal to the club and the clubs been loyal to me with another 2 years, let’s hope it’s a successful couple, who knows how long I have left.
DK: What targets do you have for next season?
LI: I’d say hopefully we can have a good league campaign, try and get one of them play off spots would be perfect! Maybe another good fa cup run again, but we don’t want the Tuesday nights clogging up again!
DK: Could you pick your top 3 goals you've scored this season?
LI: Number 3 would probably be the goal against Maidstone, wasn’t a great goal but was big one, got us to the first round and was the winner. Number 2 would be the penalty against leiston in the semi final, big goal, put them away. And the best would have to be the second one against basford at home, touch set up hitting it and flew in over the goalie, was due a goal from further than 12 yards tbf.
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