Folkestone Invicta boss Andy Drury expects to be able to assess club’s start to Isthmian Premier season after away league matches at Chichester City and Horsham

Andy Drury expects his Folkestone side to be in a good position to take stock of the start to their Isthmian Premier season after the next two league matches.

Promotion-chasing Invicta returned to competitive action after a two-week break as they secured their first home win of the campaign, beating Hendon 2-0 last weekend.

Folkestone hit the road for their next two league fixtures. They are at newly-promoted Chichester on Saturday and visit Horsham on Tuesday as Invicta sit on the fringes of the play-off spots.

Folkestone manager Drury said: “From Saturday and Tuesday, if we can come out with some good points, we will be in and around the top five or six.

“Then, we can take stock from there.

“We’ve had a tough start - fixture-wise and with suspensions and injuries, as well - but we will be at nine league games after Tuesday and getting towards the quarter-season mark.

“So, hopefully, we’ll have a good idea of where we will be.”

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Another good crowd of 918 watched Folkestone see off Hendon at Cheriton Road thanks to two goals in quick succession from midfielder Amadou Kassarate and striker Dan Smith shortly before the hour mark.

“It was a decent, professional performance,” reflected Drury.

“We pretty much dominated, really, from start to finish.

“First half, we dominated without creating too many chances. As I said at half-time, we had to increase the tempo, which we did.

“Unfortunately, we picked up a couple of knocks around the 70-minute and 75-minute mark and we didn’t have too many attacking options on the bench.

“That’s something we need to address this week but it was nice to get Jack Jebb some minutes.

“It was our first clean sheet of the season, as well.

“That’s been