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Steve Burr wary of Fleetwood threat

Kidderminster Harriers manager Steve Burr has warned his players of the threat to their four-game unbeaten run at high-flying Fleetwood.

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Kidderminster Harriers manager Steve Burr has warned his players of the threat to their four-game unbeaten run at high-flying Fleetwood.

Harriers go to the Highbury Stadium tonight with two wins from their last four games, although their promoted hosts are in even finer fettle.

Fleetwood won at Grimsby on Saturday and hammered Kettering 4-1 in their last home game, also taking a point at big-spending Crawley and beating last season's play-off finalists York over the last four games.

But Harriers have some idea of how hard it will be after they were dumped out of the FA Cup at Fleetwood after a replay last season, when the Cod Army were still a Blue Square North club.

Manager Steve Burr was not in charge at Aggborough then but has long pointed to that game as an example of a banana skin, although they present an even sterner test now after what has so far been a seamless transition to the Blue Square Premier.

Burr had his scouts watching tonight's opponents at Grimsby and is well aware of the firepower the home side have at their disposal.

He said: "They are flying high at the minute and they are a good side.

"They have a lot of players with quality in their team and obviously the report we have had on their game at Grimsby is that they are dangerous.

"It is a fantastic stadium there and a very good surface, the chairman has done a tremendous job in building things up and his ambition is to get them up as high as he can.

"We're going to be in for a really tough game, we know that but, taking away the Newport game, our performances away from home have been quite good."

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