Home comforts lifting Scholars
Rushall Olympic head to Nantwich Town tomorrow (3pm) determined to move into the top half of the Evo-Stik League Premier Division.
The Pics recorded a sixth victory in seven games on Tuesday evening with a 2-0 win against Buxton.
They now face a Nantwich side that has also recovered from a slow start to the campaign and now sit in 10th spot, two places and two points above Rushall.
“We’ve set some high standards recently and I want to see us maintain these,” said manager Liam McDonald. “It will be another tough test for us on Saturday, but we’ll go into it with confidence following Tuesday’s win.
“The lads responded superbly to the setback in our previous game and showed tremendous character to get the victory.
“It wasn’t pretty but we dug in and worked hard for each other to get our reward. Now the aim is to break into that top half of the table.
“We’ve given ourselves a foundation on which to build.”
Nantwich hosts played out a goalless draw at high-flying Warrington Town on Tuesday evening.
They have won seven of their 20 home league games this term and beat the Pics 4-1 at Dales Lane in the reverse league fixture in September, although Rushall gained revenge with a 2-0 FA Trophy victory over them at the end of October.
Elsewhere tomorrow, Halesowen Town host Ashton United (3pm) having confirmed their survival with a goalless draw at Stafford Rangers last week.
Stafford’s trip to Stourbridge was postponed last night, meaning their next game is away to Witton Albion tomorrow (3pm).
The Glassboys will be hoping the Amblecote pitch has recovered in time for them to face Stalybridge Celtic tomorrow (3pm).
