Preview by Richard Edmondson

Kendal will be looking for maximum league point’s this weekend as they make the long trip down to Nottinghamshire to play Worksop Town. Town are fresh off a shock FA Cup home exit at the hand’s of Mossley AFC and will be in a very determined mood to get back on track this weekend. The team just never really got going against Mossley, but in fairness they did still create chances and if they converted those opportunities they may have sneaked through into the next round. But let’s not forget despite the early FA Cup exit, Town are on a good run of form in the league currently sitting in the 5th play off position and with the league so tight at the moment it’s important for Kendal to forget about last weekend and crack on in their quest for a play off spot. In a funny sort of way the disappointment of last weekend may be a good thing in the long run as they can now put their main efforts on The Unibond League. As regard’s to team news, all I am aware of at the moment is the absence of Lee Ashcroft who will be serving his 2nd of a 3 game suspension. Ian Kilford has also been absent recently, and I am unsure how long it will be before he make’s a return to the 1st team. And with Tony Hallam back in the team and coming off the bench, it will be interesting too see if the manager start’s him this weekend. Meanwhile David Standley could also be pushing for a 1st team place after recovering from his broken rib injury. The last time we played each other: We played them twice last season in the Unibond League drawing on both occasions 1-1. I remember Ian Kilford opened the scoring for Town at Worksop before they struck with a late equaliser. The opposition: Worksop Town are playing their home game's at Hucknall Town's Watnall ground. Their season so far has been quite inconsistent, currently sitting one place above the drop zone after 9 games, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 4. Looking at their result’s they have done pretty well against the fancied team’s in the league drawing with both Eastwood Town and Bradford Park Avenue, whilst winning 1-0 away at Boston United and winning 2-1 at home to Leigh Genesis. They also won 5-1 down at Marine in The early stages of the FA Cup. So results like that leave me wondering why they are struggling at the moment in truth as they have proven that they can compete against the tough sides in the division. They are going into this match off the back of 2 straight defeat’s a 1-0 home defeat by Ilkeston and a disappointing 2-1 FA Cup exit at King’s Lynn which had a staggering 1080 people in attendance! Player’s to watch out for: For me they have two main threat’s in their side, both can cause problem’s, Kevin Sanasy: A very prolific goalscorer, always find’s the back of the net, currently with 4 goals in 9 games. Kirk Jackson, his 2nd spell with Worksop, in his first time at the club he got 57 goals in 80 starts before moving to Darlington. In his 2nd coming he’s grabbed 4 goals so far this season. Overall: A difficult match but with Worksop’s inconsistencies and Kendal’s good form despite last weekend’s blip the team will believe that they have a chance in this match. Craig Hobson interestingly has entered the Unibond League top goal scoring charts with 7 goal’s to his name. Hopefully he can keep his form going for Kendal this weekend.