Birmingham League Previews 10/07

West Bromwich Dartmouth will be looking to erase the memory of their opening day nightmare when they face Knowle & Dorridge.

Dartmouth were rolled out for just 28 when the Premier Division swung into during what was a testing start to the campaign.

Yet Harshad Patel's men have shown encouraging signs of improvement in recent weeks, culminating in a victory over Wolverhampton and a dominant display in last week's rain affected clash with Moseley.

"What happened on the first day of season will be in the back of our minds on Saturday," admitted Patel, whose side reduced Moseley 99-5 chasing 242 before the weather brought an early end to proceedings.

"We are not a 28 all out side and we will be out to prove that tomorrow.

"Man for man we shouldn't be where we are in the table. But we had a bad start and it takes time to get over that. We have started to do that and played better in recent weeks.

"On a positive note sides are now looking at us and thinking we face a challenge here."

Himley will be banking on home advantage to help them end their barren run against Walmley tomorrow.

Greg Wright's have suffered two defeats and a washout against Walmley since they gained promotion to the Premier Division and will be keen to get back to winning ways, after the rain halted their victory push against Kenilworth last weekend.

He said: "I think we owe ourselves a good performance against Walmley. We haven't beaten them since they gained promotion.

"Hopefully we can end that run tomorrow. I think we can steal a bit of a march on most sides playing at home.

"Our record at home has been very good since we gained promotion to the top flight and we have been playing well here this season.