Caldicot Town League Prog's edition

I'd like to welcome today’s match officials to the Marston’s Stadium for the MacWhirter Welsh League Division One match against Caldicot.  They are Adrian Wilson, David Powell and David Kennedy, enjoy the game and we’ll see you in the club afterwards.

I’d also like to welcome the officials, players and supporters of Caldicot Town Football Club.  Our opponents currently occupy a mid table position and they gained an excellent home win last Saturday against Bryntirion.  We need to be on top of our game and take nothing for granted to enable us to continue climbing the table.

Steve Davies comes back into the squad after missing our mid week draw against Caerleon whilst Karl Lewis is unavailable.  Promising centre back Shaun Morgan will undergo a late fitness test after the knee injury that occurred against Croesyceiliog sidelined him for the Caerleon game.

Against Caerleon I thought we just done enough to have won the game but had to settle for a point.  After a nervy start we came into the game after 20 minutes and dominated for the rest of the half with Michael Waters once again prominent.  Michael scored another goal from outside the 18 yard box and his probing runs caused the Caerleon defence problems all evening.  Dan McGrath had his best game for the club whilst Kieran Howells put in another solid display.  Karl Lewis worked tirelessly on the right hand side and young Corey Thomas showed some neat touches up front again.  Caerleon equalised from a free kick with a well taken header in the second half and late on we had a couple of chances to have won the game but it wasn't to be.  Nevertheless we remain unbeaten in our last 5 games and confidence seems to be growing with the players.

Today's game is another vital fixture because 4 of the top 5 teams are playing each other so something has to give, therefore if we can gain another 3 points it will put us just behind the leading pack.