Bath City welcome back Badman for East Thurrock

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Bath City welcome back midfielder Mark Badman after suspension for their FA Trophy third-round qualifying tie at home to East Thurrock United.

Lewis Hogg is suspended, however, while fellow midfield men Adam Connolly and Scott Rogers are doubtful. Skipper Jim Rollo may continue in a more advanced role.

Bath won at Conference South leaders Chelmsford City last weekend but need only recall their FA Cup exit at home to Aylesbury United, another Ryman League side, to keep their focus.

Goalkeeper Paul Evans plays his last game before beginning a three-match ban after being sent off in the Chelmsford game.

Bath City (from): P Evans, G Jones, Coupe, Holland, Slocombe, Simpson, Rollo, Rogers, S Jones, Badman, Connolly, R Evans, Gilroy, Douglas, Edwards, Paul, Caldwell.

Team Bath will be looking to end a run of three straight defeats when they play host to Windsor and Eton at Twerton Park tomorrow.

Coach Andy Tillson will check on the fitness of two of his key men, midfielder Steve Abbott and defender Gary Warren, before naming his side.

Team Bath (from): McCarthy, Chitty, Locke, Warren, Lamb, El-Abd, Caton, Bell, Thomson, Perrott, Ake, Canham, Abbott, Llewellyn, Cooper, Benison, Hobbs, Thorne, Arnold, Hines.

Weston-super-Mare manager Tony Ricketts will be looking for his side to bounce back in tomorrow's FA Trophy third qualifying round home clash against AFC Sudbury after their shock defeat in midweek.

The Seagulls were beaten 3-1 by Toolstation League Premier Division side Brislington in the Somerset Premier Cup on Tuesday.

"The defeat by Brislington was embarrassing and we think we are better than what we are and just have to turn up to win the game," Ricketts said.

Today's game is worth £3,000 from the FA prize fund to the winners, and Weston should on paper see off the Suffolk side, who are eighth in the Southern League Division One Midlands.

Weston defender Cedric Abraham has been suspended for three games by the FA after he was sent off late in the game at Basingstoke for violent conduct against a spectator who had attacked him and Mike Green.

Weston-super-Mare(home to AFC Sudbury)from: Northmore, Green, Quistin, Comyn-Platt, Mullins, Abraham, Paddock, Wells, Palmer, McGregor, Brown, Holgate, Gurney, Armstrong, Havard, Willshire.

Swindon Supermarine face a difficult home game against Blue Square South side Bromley.

Manager Mark Collier, who has watched today's opponents play Team Bath and Bath City in recent games, knows his side will have to be at their best to progress.

Supermarine are without Chris Thompson (knee ligaments) and Enoch Boateng ( twisted knee), while there will be a late fitness test for Justin McKay, who has an ankle injury.

Swindon Supermarine(from):Allen, Bullman, Cook, Draycott, Edenbrough, Griffin, Harris, Henry, Horgan, Hopper, Howell, Lapham, McKay, Stanley, Taylor, Wood.

Dorchester Town travel to BGB Division One South and West Uxbridge in the third qualifying round of the FA Trophy (kick-off 3pm).

The Magpies will be hoping that central defender Gary Bowles and midfielder Mitch Nicholson recover from flu in time, but they will definitely be without the services of Wes Fogden, who punctured a lung at Hampton and Richmond last Saturday.

Dorchester had never met Uxbridge before, but they will be wary of becoming the victims of a giant-killing.

Dorchester (from): Stewart, Jermyn, Marsh-Brown, Bowles, Hill, Clay, Crittenden, Nicholson, Gleeson, Mudge, Moss, Liburd, Peprah-Annan, Mitchell, Watts, Coward.

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