Arundel striker Miles Scerri believes he is still not guaranteed a starting place up front despite scoring ten goals in a game.

Scerri equalled a County League record after reaching double figures in last weekend's 15-1 Senior Cup win over Pease Pottage.

But despite his incredible feat, Scerri cannot take his place as a striker for granted.

He spent most of last season playing in defence and even left the club for a while after becoming frustrated because he could not play up front.

He said: "Hopefully that will be enough to mean I will stay up front because that is where I want to play. Last year I was playing mainly as a sweeper but in the end I was playing all over the place.

"I didn't really know which position I would be from one week to the next. I got a bit fed up with it but when manager Steve Johnson came in I told him that I preferred to play as a striker and since then that is where I have been."

Scerri scored five goals in each half to equal the record set last season by Horsham YMCA striker Nick Flint in a 22-1 win over Littlehampton.

It took his tally for the season to 21 and puts him top of the county's goalscorers' chart.

Scerri only became aware of Flint's record after the game when he was told by supporters.

He said: "When I got to ten, a few people on the sidelines kept shouting at me to score another one and I didn't know what they were going on about.

"I thought surely ten is enough, but then afterwards they told me I would have broken the record if I had got one more.

"I didn't mind because scoring ten in one game is not bad. The most I have got before is seven and that was when I was 16 so I pretty happy with it."

Scerri admits he was surprised at how easily the goals came against a side who have become the whipping boys of the County League all season. The division two strugglers have conceded 88 in 12 games including an 18-0 drubbing against Westfield.

Scerri added: "I scored two in the first five minutes and then just carried on from there.

"What really surprised me was that one of their players said they had actually improved compared to what they were like.

"To be honest it shouldn't have been that easy against another County League team but I know they are having a bad time at the moment."

Arundel manager Steve Johnson said: "Whatever the opposition, you still have to be in the right place to score ten goals. He did well."

Arundel boss Johnson has three six-footers unavailable for the visit of Rye and Iden United tomorrow. Stuart Hack (holiday), Jason Wimbleton (ban) and Danny McLaughlin (ban) are all missing for the Mullets.