Enfield Town are at home for the first time in 2025 on Saturday (weather permitting) aiming to end a run of three straight defeats and in the process narrow the gap to safety.
While we slumped to the bottom of the league over the holiday period, tomorrow’s visitors Chelmsford City, by contrast, pulled off back-to-back victories on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, pushing the Clarets up to 13th place.
Whilst much has been made of us having the worst defensive record in the league, that ironically is the one area of the pitch where we have looked more solid in recent outings and whilst Dan Cox has returned to Derby, we could be boosted by the return of the highly influential Adam Thompson whilst Chelmsford represents Alfie Tuck’s last game – if selected – before his loan spell also ends.
It’s in front of goal where everyone knows we have struggled but we have a great chance to put that right in front of our own fans.
It should be noted that three Chelmsford loan players – goalkeeper Woody Williamson, 12-goal Osman Foyo (his last two being match winners) and Alfie Bendle — have all returned to their parent clubs.
Whether that gives us a lift remains to be seen but Gavin Macpherson admits it’s time we turned decent performances into much-needed wins.
“No-one felt the defeat at St Albans harder than me,” said Gav. “I realise how disappointed people were and Chelmsford gives us another chance.”
“For us at the moment there are some positive signs in respect of how we are playing but ultimately it’s all about results and we are not getting them anywhere near often enough. We need to try and put a string of form together which we haven’t managed to do so far.”
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