Preview by Richard Edmondson

After an away defeat at Nantwich and Tuesday nights home match with Guiesley abandoned, Town will be looking for 3 points this weekend as they travel to play North Ferriby United in this latest Unibond Premier Division encounter. Last Saturday’s performance by the team was surprisingly poor considering the performances that they have put on in recent weeks. Whilst Tuesday nights home match with Guiesley was just a mud bath with players slipping and sliding all over the place in the 36 minutes of action that we did get. So a positive result is essential in this fixture as Town will be looking to get some consistency going in this early part of the season. Bar any fresh injuries between now and Saturday Kendal should line up with the same team as Tuesday night. This means Dan Wordsworth on loan from Carlisle is likely to partner George Melling at the back. Meanwhile Lee Ashcroft may start up front with Alex Taylor as he did on Tuesday night. The opposition: North Ferriby United have had a mixed start to this seasons campaign, and had lost 4 straight matches before claiming a moral boosting 4-1 home win over Frickley Athletic on Tuesday night. From looking at various reports and information North Ferriby haven’t actually been playing that bad, they just lose concentration for a spell and that’s when opposing sides tend to punish them. Looking at the scores from their games, over than the Eastwood match where they lost for 5, there hasn’t been that much in it. Last season we had a mixed set of results with this weekend’s opponents, having narrowly lost 1-0 at home to them earlier on in 2008, however we did win 3-1 down at their place later on in the season. Players to watch out for: The teams mixed with youth and a bit of experience, I would say the main threats for them will come through: Gary Bradshaw: a 24 year old striker who is always a prolific goal scorer at Unibond Premier level, and has already scored 2 goals this season. He has had spells with Newcastle United,Hull City,Harrogate,Scarborough,and Cheltenham Town. Chris Bolder: He is 24, the captain of the side, and a midfielder who’s very tenacious and talented, scores goals and leads by example. Russell Fry: A 22 year old midfielder, who is a former Welsh under 16 and England under 20 international. Scored 2 in Tuesday nights 4-1 home win over Frickley Athletic. Overall: A winnable match for Kendal, and winning their last season will give the team extra confidence too go there again and get another positive result. It will be a tough game as North Ferriby are coming off a good win on Tuesday night, but if Kendal play like they have been doing other than the Nantwich game we should get something from this encounter.