Presumably that means the back up goalie was already only on an amateur contract, which might say something about the budget this year now that there are no more parachute payments? Will be interesting to see what happens with the Shire over the next few seasons. Think they need to find a way (maybe means a sugar daddy in financial terms, basically) to keep being a promotion challenger to maintain the aura of being a former SPFL club fighting to get back or their natural habitat might eventually be more around the same level as Camelon and Dunipace because Bo'ness United and Lithgae have bigger supports and are likely to rise above them in pecking order terms now that they are senior clubs.
The big thing is that I think we can be confident that there will still be a Shire 10 or 20 years from now with the pyramid very much in place on the east coast and that's a good thing. The example of Edinburgh City shows what a well run wee club with no ground of their own can do in that environment, if they get things right on and off the park. Don't think many people would have selected them to be the club most likely to blaze the trail where upwards progression is concerned.