Sheppey United travel to Herne Bay on Saturday in Isthmian South East following back-to-back home games against Margate and Littlehampton Town

A trip to Herne Bay is a match the Sheppey management team are relishing.

The Ites are looking to get their league form back on track after successive weekend defeats, losing to Ramsgate and Margate inbetween a midweek draw at Merstham.

Those losses ended Sheppey’s six-game winning streak at the start of the Isthmian South East season.

They picked up three points against Littlehampton Town last night (Tuesday) with an impressive 2-0 win, playing most of the match with 10 men, and head down the coast this Saturday, hoping for a repeat of last season’s 2-1 win at Winch’s Field.

Assistant boss Geoff Record, speaking ahead of their midweek match, said: “We had a couple of magnificent games with Herne Bay last year, especially down there when we won. It was a brilliant end to end game.

“It is one of my former clubs, I have played for them and managed them and I always look forward to going back there.

“Myself and Ernie had time down there at the tail end of our playing careers and I went on to manage them for a few seasons. There are still people connected with Herne Bay that were connected with them 20 or so years ago.”

The two teams met at Holm Park a month ago in the Velocity Cup when Sheppey clinched a spot in round three after a penalty shoot-out win.

Tuesday’s home win over Littlehampton came courtesy of an own-goal midway through the first half and a Jacob Lambert effort on 71 minutes.

Eitel Goueth was shown a red card for a second bookable offence just 21 minutes into the game.

Sheppey were beaten 3-2 at home to Margate last Saturday, a defeat that stemmed from some defensive errors.

Record said: “We could and should have won against Merstham, we played reasonably well against them. But we’ve no complaints about the