FORMER Gillingham striker Jason Lillis insists that the Kent League's worst team are not in the competition to make up the numbers.

Lillis has taken charge of bottom club Lordswood who have yet to win a single league game all season.

The former Carlisle and Walsall striker has no budget so cannot pay the players wages or travelling expenses.

He told BBC Radio Kent: "I'm a local boy who wants to put something into this club."

Asked why he had accepted the challenge, having been out of management since leaving former club Herne Bay two seasons ago, he said: "I was getting itchy feet and felt the time was right to make a return.

"If I didn't like a challenge I wouldn't have taken the job but I'm here for the long haul. Because there is no budget we're out looking at park footballers.

"There are a lot of good players in the Medway junior leagues so I'm making sure no stone is left unturned. My first job is to get the club off the bottom of the table.

"If we can finish the season off the bottom rung that will be an achievement."

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