Hammy: We can't afford to drop our standards

LICHTIES legend Colin Hamilton admits returning to the pitch after 483 days only dawned on him in the motor on the way home.

- Alan Robertson

But Hamilton-co-gaffer with fellow player David Gold-says third-placed Arbroath can't take their foot off the gas in an unpredictable league.

Hammy came on for the final few minutes of last week's draw with Ayr, his 372nd run-out for the club, after his ACL injury.

The defender, 33, said: "It probably wasn't until I was driving home, I thought: 'Do you know what?'