Sittingbourne have extra motivation to progress in the FA Trophy this weekend. The Brickies host Ashford Town (Middx) at Woodstock in the First Qualifying Round on Saturday (3pm).
They still feel aggrieved at the manner of their FA Cup exit at the hands of Jersey Bulls, when refereeing decisions went against them in a 2-0 Extra Preliminary Round replay defeat.
Boss Ryan Maxwell has called on his side to channel that frustration in a positive way by launching an FA Trophy run. “I’ve never had such bad luck, may it be injuries or refereeing decisions at major moments, as we had in the FA Cup,” said Maxwell. “I still feel aggrieved by what happened. “I felt gutted for the players but we’ve got another opportunity now to put our energies and frustrations into this game and right a couple of wrongs. “It’s a game we’ll take very, very seriously.
I want to get on a run in the FA Trophy. A cup game always has an added spice to it and we want to try and start going a number of games unbeaten. “That’s important to me and that’s why I see this as a game with a win-at-all-costs-type mentality.