2025 PREVIEWS: Horton happy for Sefton Park to fly under the radar
Paul Horton says he doesn’t mind his Sefton Park side being seen as underdogs in Division One.
Last year’s sixth place was their highest since dropping back down from the Premier Division in 2021.
Former Lancashire star Horton believes his side have what it takes to climb higher – but he is quite happy to fly under the radar too.
And with a bit of better luck with the weather, he thinks anything is possible.
Horton said: “We had five games rained off or cancelled, which is more than anyone else; if it weren’t for that, who knows where we’d have finished.”
The biggest disappointment is the departure of young off-spinner Tom Spilsbury, for Rainford, but the skipper reckons an attack led by Jimmy Dixon and Abishek Jagan will still cause plenty of problems.
Sefton may not have the spending power of some of their rivals, but Horton believes the club can still be an attractive destination.
He added: “We are where we are as a local cricket club, and we do our best.
“We want the local talent to come through and play, and hopefully they can do well and we can build a team around them.
“That’s what the idea is, to try to get some younger players into the side and build a team for the future.”
With the weather set fair, Horton is looking forward to testing his side against the division’s best – and seeing where it takes Sefton.
“I think we are strong enough to push for promotion but it depends on the other teams around us,” he said.
“Will the teams coming down be as strong as the ones that came down last year?
“There are a lot of good sides but we don’t mind being the underdogs.”
