Winning is all that matters as red hot Hebburn Town prepare for Guiseley
Hebburn Town are looking for a ninth consecutive win when they host Northern Premier League rivals Guiseley on Saturday.
Daniel Moore is happy for Hebburn Town to ‘win ugly’ as they head into a challenging festive period.
The Hornets scrapped their way to a last-gasp 2-1 home win against North East rivals Morpeth Town last weekend as an injury-time own goal from Highwaymen goalkeeper Isaac Allen ensured Moore’s men secured maximum points for the eighth consecutive fixture. That run of form has taken Hebburn to within three points of Northern Premier League Premier Division leaders Hednesford Town as they now turn their attention towards another home clash with a Hyde United side currently sitting in mid-table.
The Lions will arrive on South Tyneside looking to extend their upturn in form to just one defeat in their last seven games and potentially close the gap to the play-off places. That is why Moore has stressed a positive result is all that matters for Hebburn as they look to continue their strongest run of form since securing promotion into step three of the non-league pyramid by racking up a ninth consecutive league win.
He told The Gazette: “I know Guiseley are in form and I thought they’d be there or thereabouts at the start of the season. There was a change in management and they’re a very good squad so it will be a tough game on Saturday. This is what we are in it for, the challenge, and we have some really tough games coming up.
“The lads know that, I don’t need to tell them how tough the games coming up are but my challenge to them is can they replicate November. There’s no reason why they can’t. It was nice to win ugly (against Morpeth), we went away to Rushall, didn’t play great and won. The conditions against Morpeth were awful, you could see that but winning ugly is a good habit to get into and against Hyde, we will try and win either way.”
Moore could hand a first start to on-loan Gateshead winger Lucas Lowery after he made his Hebburn debut as a substitute in the win against Morpeth and Olly Martin’s fitness will be assessed as he continues to work his way back towards full fitness.
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