SKIPPER Gavin O'Toole will be missing when Evesham United bid to extend their unbeaten home record in the Southern League to nine matches.

The influential midfielder serves a one-match ban for totting up five cautions but manager Dave Busst has the luxury of calling on either Simon Fitter or Marc Burrow as a ready-made replacement against Swindon Supermarine.

However, both men could play a part should Steve Duncan fail to recover from an ankle injury he picked u at Thame last weekend.

One certain starter, though, is Matty Hall, who Busst snapped up on a permanent basis from Moor Green last week.

"Matty will bring us that bit of extra quality," said the Common Road chief. "He's got lots of experience at a higher level and he showed his value with the goals he got at Thame."

Having surveyed a series of strange results last Saturday, Busst won't be taking the Division One West strugglers lightly in the chase to overhaul Mangotsfield at the top of the table.

"We are taking nothing for granted," he warned. "There are no easy games, you just have to look at some of the recent results to see that and it's up to us to make sure that we aren't on the wrong end of a surprise."

Mangotsfield were held to a goalless draw by lowly Bracknell and now lead the Robins, who have played a match fewer, by three points.

Saturday's match is being sponsored by Force 3 Security (Redditch) and the ball by London Metals.