Folkestone Invicta boss Neil Cugley eyes unbeaten finish to Isthmian Premier season as his team try to make the play-offs

Folkestone manager Neil Cugley is eyeing an unbeaten finish to the league season as his side look to make the play-offs.

Sixth-placed Invicta were on a five-match losing run and had not won in six in all competitions, a run which has seen them drop out of the top five in the Isthmian Premier, before Tuesday's 3-1 win over Ebbsfleet in their Kent Senior Cup quarter-final tie.

Cugley said: “I think (we need) a minimum of 10 points from the last four games - although we might need to win all four!

“Luke Wanadio didn’t play on Saturday but hopefully he will be back this weekend. We are getting back to having a full-strength squad.

“It’s up to us now.

"The league table will not lie at the end of the season. We will give everything we can.”

Cugley’s men were beaten 3-0 last Saturday at second-placed Bishop’s Stortford, who have not lost since January, and the Invicta boss rated their opponents highly.

He reflected: “It was tough. I thought there was nothing much between the sides in the first half, but they have got a quality side.

“They are very good. They are one of the best teams we have played, maybe not necessarily football-wise like (leaders) Worthing, but they have gone 10 games without conceding a goal.

“That’s a heck of an achievement at this level. We felt we were always in the game and I don’t think it was a 3-0 scoreline sort of game.”

On his team’s poor run, Cugley added: “Everyone goes through a bad spell, it’s just a shame it’s come when it has for us.

“The injuries and the travelling and the fixture congestion have caught up with us. We have almost been punished for having cup runs.

“I thought we had enough players, we had 17 players. But, looking back, we probably needed a squad of 20-plus to cope with the