KEIGHLEY chairman Gary Fawcett believes last Sunday’s last-gasp 23-22 win at home to North Wales Crusaders was one of the best he’s seen at Cougar Park.

And the club’s winning start to their league campaign has reinforced his belief that an immediate return to the Championship is within their grasp.

Paul March’s side boast a 100 per cent league record after four matches and will aim to extend that winning sequence at London Skolars on Sunday.

Fawcett has been encouraged with the way the team has responded to being bundled out of the Challenge Cup and iPro Sport League One Cup.

He said: “We know better than to get carried away so early in the season, but the signs that what we had hoped for are beginning to shine through.

“Our head coach has assembled a squad that seems to have the right blend of experience and youth and last Sunday’s game was the opportunity to prove it. It was an outstanding game – one of the best I’ve seen at Cougar Park.”

Meanwhile, Matt Bailey will miss the next four to six weeks after rolling his ankle and suffering ligament damage in the warm-up last weekend, although he does not require surgery.

Centre Danny Lawton is waiting to hear back from the fracture clinic after skin ripped off his elbow against North Wales and he will also miss out this weekend.

Bailey and Lawton will be replaced by Rikki Sheriffe, who has signed a permanent deal until the end of the season, and Ryan Patchett against London Skolars and Josh Lynam has been given the all-clear to play despite being poked in the eye against North Wales.