Tomorrow, Saturday, we entertain draw specialists Hashtag United (3pm kickoff), hoping to mark our return to home soil with three points following a positive display in midweek at Billericay.
Isthmian North champions last season, Tag were promoted to Step 3 and are currently 12th in the table, three places below Town
Hashtag’s 11 league games this season have produced no fewer than seven draws including last Monday against high-flying Chatham
The fact that they have only lost once in the league, at runaway leaders Hornchurch, suggests they will be a highly competitive unit.
Unfortunately Ollie Knight starts a three-game suspension against Hashtag but after six straight away games in all competitions, Gavin Macpherson is delighted to get back to familiar surroundings.
“It’ll be difficult without Ollie obviously but we have scope in wide areas and are not short of options,” said Gavin. “It gives someone else a chance to come in and stake a claim.”
“It’ll be great to be at home again, it seems ages. But again, good opposition. We have to reach our levels every game no matter who we are playing.”
Andrew Warshaw