Heywood wants Hebburn to 'go right at it' in Stocksbridge test
Hebburn Town are looking to return to winning ways when they face Stocksbridge Park Steels on Tuesday.
Captain Aidan Heywood has warned Hebburn Town they must move on from a rare defeat at Ilkeston Town as they look to continue their bid for a historic promotion.
The Hornets fell to a defeat by the odd goal in five at their Northern Premier League Premier Division rivals on Saturday in what will go down as only their second loss in the last 19 games. Despite the understandable disappointment in the aftermath of that reverse at the New Manor Ground, Daniel Moore’s men are still sitting within a point of league leaders Hednesford Town.
Hebburn will make a long-awaited return home on Tuesday night after embarking on five away days in their last six league fixtures. Struggling Stocksbridge Park Steels are the visitors to the Trustmark Group Stadium - and skipper Heywood has warned his team-mates they can take nothing for granted against a side currently sitting in the Premier Division relegation zone after winning just one of their last five games.
“We have done great this season, there’s no denying it,” he explained. “I didn’t even know that, two in 19 is cracking but I just think standards-wise, I always try and say we need to keep setting them higher. We’ve got a chance of doing something, play-offs, we finished 16th last season, we are ahead of our points total last season.
“But I want to win games, I want to win football matches. The lads know we weren’t good enough. We’ve got to go back home, at home we’ve been really strong this season but no game is going to be easy now. Stocksbridge, they’re fighting for their lives, they won last week so it’s one of those where we need to go right at it, go again and try and get the three points.”
Hornets boss Moore could consider handing starts to Joe Oliver, Dan Savage and Joao Gomes after the trio came off the bench during the second half of Saturday’s defeat to Ilkeston. Meanwhile, Hebburn have confirmed they will celebrate International Women’s Day by allowing all females to gain free entry to Tuesday night’s game against the Steels.