Cadbury Heath pull off Harvey coup from Chippenham Town
Richard Fey has described the temporary arrival of Iain Harvey as a "major coup" for Cadbury Heath.
The Chippenham Town club captain was drafted in on loan when Heath centre-backs Tarik Whitcliffe and Neil Ward were handed suspensions.
Assistant boss Fey aims to make the most of Harvey's presence over the remaining three weeks that the ex-Bath City and Clevedon Town utility star, who has turned out three times for Heath so far, is with them.
Fey explained: "Iain is on the road back from an ankle injury and his manager at Chippenham (Adie Mings) insisted he went out on loan to get in some games.
"We're without two main centre-halves so we're looking to do one another a favour."
While Heath are at Shrewton United tomorrow, fit-again Addy Cutts returns to ease a defensive crisis as Roman Glass St George go to Devizes Town keen to atone for back-to-back defeats by Bradford Town.
Saints supremo Roger Hudd remains without defensive trio Matt Baird, Dave Greaves and Steve Moore, leaving the manager to admit: "Having them and so many other players out has affected confidence levels."
Almondsbury UWE also remain without a clutch of personnel for their home fixture with Odd Down but at least they take on the second-placed Bath outfit with a win behind them, last weekend's 3-1 victory over Minehead ending a sequence of eight straight league defeats.
"It's taking a big team effort to see us through and that spirit is heartening to me," said manager Danny Phillips.
Oldland Abbotonians travel to Bridport in buoyant mood as they strive to stretch their unbeaten run to nine games, while inconsistent Portishead Town head for Chard eager to repeat their recent 2-1 victory over the Somerset side.
Striker Danny Benn should return for Portishead after missing last weekend's 1-1 draw with Westbury, while goalkeeper Ian Ganfield has won an appeal against a lengthy suspension and returns after serving a two-game ban.
Keynsham Town, with three straight wins to draw strength from, take on leaders Wells City in an intriguing clash at the Crown Fields.
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