Rangers visit Vanarama North side Gainsborough Trinity this Saturday looking to progress to the Buildbase FA Trophy, first round proper. After wins against St Ives of the Evostik South Premier League and FA Vase holders South Shields, in the previous two rounds, hopes are high for an extended run in this competition.
Neil Kitching’s squad head north in the knowledge that they must improve on the last two league outings which saw us concede 6 times without reply. However the performances in those games were arguably better than the scorelines suggest.
Rangers were boosted this week by the news that Massiah McDonald has extended his loan stay with us until 7th January. This is particularly relevant for this match as he has scored 5 times in our 2 FA Trophy games.
Rangers are likely to be without Adam Whitehouse as he continues to recover from a hamstring problem. However Captain Mat Bailey may well be fit to return after missing last Saturdays game.
This is a difficult match against a side from one step above us, but we can draw confidence from both our away form this season and our performances against Tamworth and AFC Telford this season, both of which occupy a higher league position than Gainsborough Trinity.
