Rangers will again miss three players

Stafford Rangers will continue to miss three key players when they aim to lay their demons at Droylsden to rest in the Blue Square North.

Strike duo Nick Wellecomme and Ben Mills have been ruled out of tomorrow's game through injury, while defender Jermaine Johnson is still not match-fit after a hamstring injury.

Wellecomme is awaiting the results of a second X-Ray on his ankle, after the first scan revealed no break but bad bruising has yet to subside.

No chances are being taken with Mills, who has already broken down returning to action from a pulled thigh muscle.

The same applies to Johnson, who has yet to play his season, but has been light training for the past couple of weeks.

Manager Chris Brindley has confirmed the trio will not be fit to make the trip to Greater Manchester.

He said: "Nick's injury has gotten worse than we thought, it's not healing as it should do and we need to get to the bottom of it.

"Ben's another one and it's frustrating, because we need at least one of the two of them to be back.

"Jermaine is back in light training, hopefully he will back next week but hamstring injuries are tricky things and we don't want him to do it again when he comes back."

Rangers have a score settle with their hosts, after the heaviest defeat of Brindley's 22-month reign in last season's corresponding fixture, a 7-1 hammering.

But the manager insists that Droylsden disaster will have no bearing on the game tomorrow.

He said: "We haven't mentioned it but we certainly don't want that to happen again.

"We are underdogs most games we go into and we accept that.

"It's always a tough place to go and they will still be in the top five at the end of the season, so we are in for a hard game."