For almost 10 years now, the promised land of the SPFL has eluded East Kilbride.
In amongst two title wins, there's been penalty heartache in a play-off final, a humbling semi-final defeat in the play-offs, three runners-up spots in the title race (possibly soon to be four) and a couple of disasters thrown in for good measure.
The quest to escape the Lowland League they entered in 2013/14, with grand designs on scaling the newly implemented pyramid system, has not gone according to plan.