Hamilton Accies owe fans a promotion and we must deal with pressure, says striker

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Andy Winter says Hamilton Accies owe their fans a promotion – and they have to deal with that pressure.The New Douglas Park club have invested heavily in their squad this summer, bringing in 10 new players and re-signing two to bolster the squad following an exodus after they were relegated from the Championship via a play-off defeat against Airdrie.Winter, who scored in a 3-1 defeat against Lowland League Cumbernauld Colts at Broadwood on Saturday, says they have to hit the ground running this season.The striker hopes to use the Viaplay Cup – which kicks off ‘away’ to ground-sharing Clyde at New Douglas Park on Saturday – to get off he mark, with games to follow at home to Brechin on Tuesday, at Livingston next Saturday, with Cove Rangers visiting on July 29.“I think every single season is a massive season – you’ll be saying that at the start of every year – but particularly this year it feels very big,” said Winter.“I think we’ve got to give one back to our fans, we let them down last year and let ourselves down as well.“We’ve got to get ourselves back into the Championship – that’s the aim for this season.

It’s going to be a tough league, every single season is, but we know what we’re up against.“It will be different for us, but we’ve got to take the front foot this season and get ourselves back up there, shooting up the league.“Expectation outside of the club is going to be on us getting promotion, at least, and that’s the same for us.“We’ve got to deal with that pressure, you’ve got to love that as a player and work up to that.

We feel that’s the aim, and that everyone thinks that’s the aim, so we’ve got to go out and do it.”Winter bagged his first 90 minutes of pre-season in the defeat in Cumbernauld – he,