Preview by Richard Edmondson

Kendal will be looking for a third straight win this weekend as they travel to Cheshire to play newly promoted Nantwich Town in This Unibond Premier Division encounter. The last 2 matches have gone really well for Kendal, winning 2-0 at home to Eastwood last Saturday followed by a hard fought 3-2 win at Whitby on Bank Holiday Monday. The manner of the performances have also been very impressive and at this early stage of the season Kendal look on their game and will be looking to keep that momentum going this weekend. As far as I’m aware Town will be playing a similar team to the one that won the last 2 games. Michael Cole and Neil Murphy returned for The Whitby game, and both may start at Nantwich. Craig Hobson will also be looking to start his 2nd game in a row and his hat trick against Whitby will help his cause for a starting place. The opposition: Nantwich are on the crest of a wave at the moment, they won the FA Vase in 2005-2006 , followed by gaining promotion to Unibond Division 1 South from the North West Counties league in 2006-2007. And they followed that up by gaining promotion to The Unibond Premier Division in 2007-2008. They are also playing at a brand new stadium after playing their final game at Jackson Avenue at the end of last season. The Weaver Stadium is a £4 million stadium and has a capacity of 3,500 and this will be Kendal’s 1st visit to the ground. There manager is Steve Davis who used to play for Crewe Alexandra, Burnley and Barnsley. He is also the former manager of Northwhich Victoria. So Far this season: Considering this is their 1st taste of The Unibond Premier Division, they haven’t got off to a bad start winning 2 and losing 1 of their 1st 3 games. They have played a game less than everyone else as their opening day match with Boston was postponed. They are currently on a 2 game winning streak just like Kendal winning 4-0 at Worksop followed by a narrow 3-2 home win over Prescot Cables. Players to watch out for: There 2 forwards in Michael Lennon and Liam Shotton are a handful. Lennon is a young striker who scored a hat trick away at Worksop Town whilst Shotton scored 2 in their 3-2 win over Prescot Cables. Both will have to be watched closely as they are in confident form at the moment. Overall thoughts: This should be a good match, both sides are in confident form and both like to play football. The opposition have high expectations just like Kendal, so theirs a lot of similarities between the 2 sides. Kendal need to be professional and show the same courage and determination that they showed up at Whitby on Bank Holiday to get a result.