Bridgwater Town hope to stay in the hunt
Bridgwater Town, who have forced their way into the battle for a place in the end of season play-offs, face a big game to maintain this position at home to third-in-the-table Windsor & Eton.
"We still have games in hand on the clubs above us and providing we keep playing like we have done recently we have a very good chance of making the play-offs", manager Craig Laird said.
They are without Dan Forward (rib injury), striker Marcus Duharty (hamstring) and Bard Middleton who is serving the second game of a two-match suspension.
Jamie Price and Steve Orchard both face late fitness tests on ankle injuries while the experienced Steve Thompson returns after recovering from a calf injury to add his experience to the midfield..
Bridgwater Town (from): Manley, Price, Taylor, J. Laird, Monks, Orchard, Trowbridge, O'Donnell, Pepperall, Young, Mesica, King, Kirk, C Laird(jun), Thompson, Howsen, Lawrence, Govier, Pitcher..
Taunton Town, who are battling to avoid relegation, are without John Harris, who is unavailable as he is running in a half marathon on Sunday for charity but apart from this manager Ian Jones has a full-strength squad to pick from.
Taunton Town (from): L Irish, Thomas, Bailey, O Irish, Welsh, Lane, McCootie, Cole, Pound, Simpson,. Plummer, L Irish, Newby, Piper,D Anthony, S Anthony.
Paulton Rovers should get back to winning ways against struggling Andover, who are involved in a battle to avoid relegation.
Playmaker Ben Cleverley, who has missed the last couple of games through injury, trained on Thursday and should be fit to return to the starting line up along with Jon French, Jason Hughes and Mike Trought but Chris Lane is a doubt.
Paulton Rovers (from): Phillips, Tovey, Cousins, Trought, Price, Ball, Beswetherick, Lane, B Cleverley, French, Claridge, Hulbert, Jefferies, D Cleverley, Pendry.
Cinderford Town, who paid the penalty for poor finishing and a poor defensive play in their midweek 3-2 defeat at bottom-of-the-table Winchester City, face a more daunting game at play off hopefuls Beaconsfield Sycob.
They are without defender Dan Heath and goalkeeper Matt Bath, so manager Mike Davis calls up Paul Tassell.
Cinderford Town (from): Tassell, Whitcombe, Harrison, Griffiths, Thompson, Truman, Cowe, Tate, Evans, Bevan, Sommers, Hartland B Davis, T Davis, Parker, Mason.
Bishops Cleeve also have a goalkeeping problem for their home game against Uxbridge with Sam Gilder and Steve Benbow both unavailable and Martin Pearce on holiday so manager Paul Collicutt has called up John Skeen.
Striker Andy Keveren is out for the rest of the season with an ankle injury while James Vercesi (back injury) and Gareth Hopkins (achiles tendon) both face late fitness tests.
Bishops Cleeve (from): Skeen, S Avery, Paddock, Routledge, Tompkins, Hopkins,Mansell, Buttery, M Davis, Mayo, Jackson, Gascoyne, L Davis, Alsop.
Cirencester Town, who have slipped in the last couple of weeks, also face a difficult game at second-in-the-table AFC Totton .
Cirencester Town (from): King, Groom,M Etheridge, Courtney, Reid, Minturn, Dean, T Etheridge, Williams, Griffin, Wimble, Knight, Digby, Guthrie, S Davis, Spalding, Welsh.











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