New Stirling Albion boss calls for cool heads as summer rebuild kicks into gear

Alan Maybury is hoping cooler heads can prevail in a busy summer as Stirling Albion ramp up their preparations for the upcoming season.

The Irishman has been out on the training pitch putting his charges through their paces as the Binos prepare for their first public pre-season outing at Lowland League new boys Broxburn Athletic on Saturday.

To say it has been a tumultuous start for Maybury would be an understatement, with the new boss walking into a club with a decimated squad from last season’s League One disappointment as well as facing a rebuild in the coaching and conditioning staff.

But the 45-year-old is taking it all in his stride - and believes his side won’t be disadvantaged from Stirling being the last club in Scotland to fill their managerial vacancy.

The Observer spoke to the new boss as the squad faced a hard training session on a stifling Saturday morning.

Maybury said: “It’s been good and just trying to bed the guys back in and give them a feel for how we’re going to work and what I’m looking for, lots of work with the ball.

“We went a week later with the play-off, so it’s actually another two weeks until the League Cup and another five weeks or so until the start of the season so there’s plenty of time - we just need to keep calm and not panic about things.

“We’re doing a lot of work in the background trying to get players in and trying to build the squad back up again.

“It’s a positive and a negative. You would like to have more of a starting point, but it’s a chance to rebuild and shape to get the right players in after last season.

“I know that other teams might be starting from a different base but it’s not all a negative for us.

“The full-time teams are only just starting back and they’ll keep