needing to build on the second half performance to get the season into gear.
Manager Danny Gordon was without Ty Deacon, Jordan Jenkins, Lee Stobbs and Mark Lambert which meant a re shuffle in defence. JJ Lofthouse-Smith partnered Ben Stevens at the centre of the defence and Georges Ehui moved from midfield to the right back birth. Jonny Montgomery returned to the midfield and Alan Musoke replaced Ty Deacon up front.