Salisbury City look to extend their unbeaten run

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Saturday, April 04, 2009
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Salisbury City will be looking to extend their 11-match unbeaten run in today's game at Rushden & Diamonds.

"A run of results like we have had obviously breeds confidence in the squad, but it will be a tough battle against a good side," player-coach Tommy Widdrington said.

Mike Fowler and Djoumin Sangare both returned to training this week and come back into contention for today's game, but Matt Tubbs and Robbie Sinclair are still on the injured list.

Salisbury City (from): Bittner, Clohessy, Ruddick, Pearce, Bass, Brough, Clarke, Dutton, Herring, Griffin, Webb, Ademeno, Davies, Fowler, Sangare, Porter, Martin, Cox.

Forest Green Rovers face a tough game at second-placed Cambridge United, who are unbeaten in their last six games, winning four and drawing two, but manager Jim Harvey is in upbeat mood.

Alex Lawless (stomach bug) and Jerry Gill (facial injuries) are missing and Les Afful has been ruled out for the season with a knee injury.

Curtis Macdonald (groin) is a doubt and will have a fitness test.

Forest Green Rovers (from): Burton, Ayres, Preece, Jones, Stonehouse, Fowler, Platt, Mohamed, Mangan, Brown, Ashford, Smith, Robinson, Rigoglioso, Macdonald.

Weymouth will be hoping to avoid defeat for the first time in 10 games when they travel to Eastbourne today.

The Terras' first team were all forced to find new clubs in mid-February, since when the side has suffered nine successive defeats and failed to find the net for a staggering 502 minutes.

With Weymouth now within two points of the relegation places, the return of player-coach Marcus Browning today will be a huge boost for boss Alan Lewer.

Club captain Stephen Reed is still out, but full-back Callum Hart and fellow defender Jordan Collins have both been declared fit.

Burly front-runner Cliff Akurang is likely to start, while fellow striker Pierre Joseph-Dubois, who has not featured since the home victory over Kidderminster on January 17, is likely to make a comeback within the next fortnight.

Weymouth: Legzdins, Hart, Mawer, Hoyte, Collins, Critchell, Merella, Crook, Gill, Cutler, Hyde, Coutts, Akurang, Cooke, Browning, Evans.

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