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Back to basics for Chasetown

Chasetown boss Charlie Blakemore has warned his FA Cup heroes they are playing for their replay places when they return to the bread and butter of league action tonight.

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chasetown2.jpgChasetown boss Charlie Blakemore has warned his FA Cup heroes they are playing for their replay places when they return to the bread and butter of league action tonight.

The club have slashed ticket prices to just £3 for the game against Evesham tonight and are expecting a bumper crowd of over 1,000 at Church Street as a result.

The Scholars will also be handing out priority vouchers for the replay at the gate tonight – and Blakemore doesn't want to let the supporters down.

"Everything since Sunday has been a complete dream for us but both myself and the lads have got to be focused on Evesham tonight. It's been a great couple of days but we've got a really tough game against the division's form side.

"I'll be telling the players in no uncertain terms that they will be wanting to knock us off our perch. Their players won't be needing a team talk – they'll see us as a scalp."

Blakemore has signed Todd Perry from Willenhall and Scott Clamp from Atherstone, and both will go into the squad for tonight's game. But the Scholars chief will not ring the changes to the side that pulled off the shock of the second round on Sunday.

"I'm keeping the same team because I don't want us to be disjointed or to lose that rhythm that we had on Sunday. Most of the lads have been back at work for a couple of days so I know it is a big ask – but I'm confident the players can do it," he said.

"We can't afford any let up now. They know they're playing for their shirts for the replay."

"The club thinks there will be around 1,000 people in the ground tonight and we can't let them down.

"We're seven or eight games behind everyone else in the league and we need to win those games and get ourselves back in the promotion picture."

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