Ashford United play Steyning Town at home this Saturday in Isthmian South East after a midweek loss to Herne Bay

Ashford United face a big run of home games - and will hope to make them count.

Six of their next eight matches are at The Green Box Stadium, including the next two.

Craig Stone’s team take on Steyning Town at home in Isthmian South East on Saturday and welcome Broadbridge Heath on Tuesday.

Margate, South Park, Crowborough and Sheppey are also all heading to Ashford before the end of November.

Stone said: “We don’t travel too badly on the whole, but it’s still better to be at home. It’s better to be in front of our fans and try and build on what we’ve currently done, which is looking to make it a fortress, a really tough place to come. I think we’ve done that now.

“Apart from obviously Hastings (a 3-1 defeat) when we ended up with a man sent off and a little bit of a mad moment, we’ve done really well at home.

“We like our pitch, we like our home ground and it suits the way we play. It’s a tough place to come to.

“It’s a massive pitch and teams can find it really difficult in terms of the size of it.

“It’s always good to have your home fans, and hopefully we can look at sort of building the size of the crowd coming along as well - that obviously comes from results.

“It’s six out of the next eight games at home and if we can keep making it a fortress then we’ll be in a really good position once we’ve finished all the home games because you should be looking to win your home games.”

The Nuts & Bolts were away against Herne Bay on Tuesday night, losing 1-0.

That followed last Saturday’s 4-1 win at Peacehaven & Telscombe.

Gary Lockyer scored the first of two goals early in the second half and Oli Bate also netted before the home side got one back at a blustery Window Workshop Stadium. Kareem Isaka came off the bench and