There’s a thin line between success and failure. A line so thin, that it’s nigh-on impossible for me to decide what category Newhaven’s 2022/23 season falls into. Firstly, let’s be clear from the outset. I thought we’d win the league last season. As did many people involved at the club. And probably a fair few from outside it, too. There’s no hiding the fact that this was the aim. The target. Ultimately, it was a target we didn’t hit. We failed to achieve our goal. However, does finishing third really constitute a failure? Let’s have this right, it’s not like Newhaven are among the SCFL’s big spenders. Far from it. This is no Wrexham-type situation whereby a failure to win the league clearly would have been a disappointment. A failure. Newhaven’s 2022/23 squad was one that had been gradually put together over a number of seasons. The players were – and still are – here through a mixture of loyalty and a belief that it’s a club that’s going places. Not to enhance their bank