Enfield Town embark on the second of three successive away games tomorrow Saturday with a visit to the uniquely named Dripping Pan to face Lewes, one of our bogey teams.
Sam Youngs misses out due to a one-match suspension but Wednesday’s win at Kingstonian will certainly have boosted morale for what should be a highly entertaining fixture in front of a big crowd at one of the most popular away fixtures despite it being among our less happy hunting grounds.
Lewes have had a mixed start to the season and lie 13th in the table but like us have only played eight games because of cup commitments.
Significantly, they have only lost once at home in the league and ran Hornchurch close in a 2-2 draw earlier in the campaign.
Goalscoring has indeed been their forte on home soil, running in 10 in the last three games — two in the various cups and one in the league.
With so many games to come in such a short space of time, Gavin Macpherson and the management team need as many fit players as possible
With Sam missing tomorrow and Ollie Knight for three games after Billericay, Gavin is still cautiously optimistic.
“Of course you don’t want to be without either but it gives others a chance to go and stake their claim for a place but I suppose the proof will be in performances and results without them,” he said.
“I’d urge the players coming in to take the chance and really give me problems with selection as we move forward. As a manager, it makes your job harder, but in truth it’s what you want because it tells you everyone is hitting the correct levels.
“There hasn’t been a lot of rotation so far. However that now needs to be a consideration based around keeping people fresh. Non-league football is different to it was 20 years ago and players get through an awful lot of work now so it’s important as manager I keep my options open and make adjustments accordingly.”
Just a reminder that the club will be running a coach that will be setting off from the QEII at 10am, with a door-to-door service to the Dripping Pan and back costing £20. Tickets are available below:
https://enfieldtownfc.ktckts.com/event/coach4/coach-travel-to-lewes-fc-