TOOLSTATION LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION: Cup-final spirit for Melksham (From This Is Wiltshire)

TOOLSTATION LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION: Cup-final spirit for Melksham

9:20am Thursday 11th March 2010 in

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MELKSHAM boss Wayne Thorne admits his side are playing “cup finals’’ between now and the end of the season.

Saturday’s defeat at highflying Welton Rovers left the Conigre outfit still in the thick of the relegtion battle, with Wiltshire rivals Calne and Corsham for company in the bottom three.

And there is the small matter of a Wiltshire Senior Cup semi final clash against Laverstock & Ford next Tuesday evening at Warminster Town’s Weymouth Street ground to consider.

Thorne said: “We’ve got a busy period coming up next week with two league games and the cup semi final in between.

“But the players know that and will be prepared for it.’’ Thorne conceded his side got what they deserved at Welton, although he was unimpressed by some of the officiating on display.

“We hadn’t played for a couple of weeks and to have that break probably disrupted us a little,’’ he added.

“I’m not saying we would have won otherwise, because we got what we deserved, but in my opinion the refereeing was awful too.’’

Town host high-flying Bristol Manor Farm on Saturday, defending their Conigre base which has not been breached since before Christmas.