WITH a growing list of injuries which includes Steve McKimm, Chris Moore and Justin Skinner, Fleet manager Andy Ford had been tempted to recall Lee Shearer from his loan spell at Dover, but he has since discovered there is no clause in the contract to facilitate an early return.

Ford was equally unsuccessful in his attempts to dip into the transfer market, as he explained after Saturday's game against Carlisle: "I know the areas we have to improve in, and this week I tried to sign eight players, but nothing came of it."