Neil Mackenzie hopes his first goal for Kidderminster Harriers in last Saturday's match at Halifax Town will be just the start of many more to come.

And he'll be aiming to pull the trigger again tomorrow night when Harriers take on Nationwide League Second Division Bury in a tough LDV Vans Trophy second round clash at Gigg Lane (7.45).

"Hopefully, there's more to come from me. I could do with more goals," said the talented 24-year-old midfielder who arrived at Aggborough last November from Cambridge United.

"I know Saturday's goal was deflected, but I have been getting close lately. I've been catching them right but they've just been going wide of the post or over the bar. So it was good to get one at Halifax and hopefully I'll get a few more now."

Birmingham-born Mackenzie, who began his Football League career with Stoke City after being spotted playing for Redditch United, would dearly love to find the target again tomorrow and help Kidderminster make further progress in the Trophy.

"It's an important game in as much as it's a good competition, but it's in the league where we need to get wins really. But if we can get past Bury who knows? You start getting some bigger teams, like Stoke maybe, and places like that."

Mackenzie, who made his debut for Stoke in October 1996 before moving to Cambridge for £30,000 in the summer of 1999, believes that despite Saturday's 3-2 setback at Halifax, Kidderminster can still challenge strongly for a place in the Nationwide League Division Three play-offs.

"We've still got some games in hand over teams above us so it's not all over bar the shouting, but we have got to start turning away games into wins. We've just had three away matches now and we've only got two points."

But by the time Saturday's big test against title-chasing Brighton and Hove Albion at Aggborough comes around, however, Mackenzie and his team-mates hope they will have buried Bury who are in the lower half of the Second Division table.

It's also a challenge Harriers manager Jan Molby is relishing.

He said: "We have got ability in our team and if we get it right on the night we'll cause some problems. It's just whether we can deal with them.

"They are having an indifferent time in the league after having got out of the starting blocks really well and led the Second Division for a while.

"So we are under no illusion we know it's going to be difficult.

"With us being out of the Worthington Cup and FA Cup it's a big competition for us and we would like to progress in it.

"We'd have had a really good chance if it had been at Aggborough. Bury are normally a very strong home team and a big physical side, so it will be difficult."

The Shakers, who are managed by former Worcester City striker Andy Preece, beat Mansfield 2-1 at home in the first round while Harriers accounted for Carlisle United thanks to an extra time 'golden' goal from striker Tony Bird.