Preview by Richard Edmondson

Kendal are back in action on Monday night as they travel to play Ashton United in this latest Unibond Premier Division encounter. Town of course most recently played Ashton away in the FA Cup qualifiers and won 3-2 so they will be confident of a repeat performance and result in this latest encounter. Saturday saw Kendal claim a 1-1 draw at home to Frickley in a game which wasn’t one of Kendal’s better performances of the season, the team got drawn into a long ball type of game which they don’t like and Frickley time wasted making it a very ugly match to watch at times. However the late Town equaliser does mean our unbeaten run of form continues going into Monday night. This match is also a fantastic opportunity for the lads to get into a play off position, with all teams in the Unibond premier evenly matched it’s anybody’s league right now. Team news: I am constantly getting all the team news wrong, as I don’t fully know what’s what. Going off Saturday’s game, Michael Cole was suspended, Tony Hallam made a return to the bench and Alex Taylor was absent from the game. Ian Kilford also came off early due to Injury. So I think it will be pretty much the same as the weekend, however Alex Taylor could make a return whilst Ian Kilford is probably rated a 50/50 for this match. Dave Standley meanwhile is getting closer to a return after being out with broken ribs. The Opposition: Ashton United had a troubled weekend down at Prescot, as the game was held up for half an hour as 2 of their defenders both went down with serious injuries. Danny Coldicott went down with a serious eye injury whilst Craig Robinson fractured his ankle. And they only just managed to draw 1-1 way at a struggling side. However despite these blows they will be determined to put right the FA Cup defeat by Town a few weeks ago and will still be a threat. Town deserved to win that game, and I would imagine they will try and make life difficult for Kendal. Ben Deegan and Ian Fitzpatrick are the 2 players which Town will have to watch closely, Deegan scored against us in the cup whilst Fitzpatrick is always a thorn in any teams defence. Overall: This match has come pretty quickly for both teams really, so in a way it’s not ideal to be having this fixture so soon after a physical encounter with Frickley. Hopefully Town can go there and get a positive result and keep this good run of results going!