So, another Saturday, another away day to look forward too albeit slightly less than the trek on Tuesday night. A nice little local derby of sorts so would be great to get as many of our fans there as possible, although somewhat hypocritically I am on "Daddy Duties" this weekend so will be unable to join you. 

Strange game this, Hungerford. They have always been a tricky side for us, playing with an immense amount of effort and enthusiasm, no more than you would expect from an Ian Herring side. He coaches like he played, hard, tough and scrappy. Getting anything from the game will require just that from our lads. We need to turn up. 

Should we be beating sides like this? Absolutely but we have no right to turn up there expecting it as often teams do and find them capable of doing some damage. These are the games that we truly need to be focusing on and I guarantee Mark and Gary will have the boys fired up to respond to a somewhat unfortunate defeat midweek (we may not have done enough to win the game, but certainly looked good value for a point on another night, we would have got it) 

Hungerford are packed full of familiar faces. Most notably the recent addition of James Constable to their forward line who we are all aware of his striking talents but that was 10 years ago ;) personally I think now as more the target man of the forward line we should have enough in Parselle and McDonald to contain him although write him off at our peril. Also Matt Jones of SPL league winning fame is a fairly solid choice at Left Back for the Crusaders. Technically a good left peg, strong in the challenge and will once again have a point to prove. Loves to get forward and put a dangerous cross but chance I feel will be limited with Pratt an absolutely defender from the front. Also Hungerford boast the scorer of one of my favourite ever Chippenham goals, Michael Jones who notched that 94th minute equaliser against National League Maidenhead to send us to a replay at York Road and send Hardenhuish Park into delirium (Please see the YouTube channel for more, truly my favourite reaction from home fans to a goal all season) and of course the gaffer Ian Herring who will be known to all of us for his solid contribution to the club in his time with us. 

A win here keeps us very comfortably flirting with the early pace setters, even at this early stage in the league season it's important to keep in touch. I have always played down our chances this season of being at the end of season extended party but truthfully this squad, under this manager who knows what we can expect. Dominant in our first two games and unlucky not to take all 3 points in both, a win against Billericay in a dominant performance and competitive until the last kick against Wealdstone. Can we keep this up? I guess only time will tell but as the gaffer always say.. The next game is the only focus, ON TO HUNGERFORD! #BLUEARMY