DORCHESTER Town are on a mission to improve their away form ahead of a trip to Plymouth Parkway this evening (7.45pm).
Winning only three of 13 league matches on the road, the Magpies have relied on ten wins at the Avenue Stadium to maintain their push for the play-offs in seventh.
However, in Parkway they face the Pitching In Southern League Premier South’s fourth-most in-form team and a Bolitho Park ground at which the Magpies have struggled in past fixtures.
Speaking to Dorchester’s media team after Saturday’s 3-0 win over Hanwell, assistant James Wood spoke of the need to pick up points on their travels.
Asked how much of a boost the Hanwell win was going into the Parkway game, he said: “It’s huge.
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“First and foremost it was about (Saturday). We had to address the recent dip in form but we addressed it in a positive manner.
“Every team in this league will have a blip at some point. If you can isolate those bad performances and losses, you’ll be OK.
“It’s important we build on it but it will be a very hard test, Plymouth are a good side. It’ll be a difficult game.
“We need to start trying to pick up our points away from home, that’s very important if we want to maintain this league position where we are.”
Matty Neale will be available despite his red card against Hanwell, while Harvey Bradbury sits out the final game of a four-match suspension.
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