Hello everybody and welcome back to Champion Hill. I’d like to start by welcoming the players, management, supporters and directors of Hastings United to Champion Hill and wish them a safe journey back to the Sussex coast later this afternoon.

I’d be lying if I didn’t say the last couple of weeks haven't been difficult. 3 away games on the bounce were always going to be a challenge but I’m pleased with how the squad has faced the varying challenges away from home.

The away defeat to Bowers & Pitsea was obviously our lowest point of the season so far. We’ll be working our hardest to ensure we don’t have any more of those low points between now and the end of April.

The reaction following that game was incredible. To go to Chichester on a Tuesday night and keep a clean sheet was important. I felt we did enough to win that game, and, on another night, we would have come back to south London with 3 points.

Our FA Trophy campaign started with an important win against Dartford something I know a number of our fans would have enjoyed seeing. I felt the game was very scrappy, but we did enough to win the game especially with our 2nd half performance. Jameson has come in and done incredibly well for us between the sticks and kept us in the game with a number of important saves.

Our focus now though turns to this afternoon and an incredible run of home games here at Champion Hill. Six out of the next seven Saturdays are home games and we will need you all here at Champion Hill.

A run of fixtures like this is unheard of. We know that we have to hit the ground running from today and with you behind us in your thousands anything is possible.

Thank you for your continued support.

Hak.

You can read more from Hak on Saturday in our matchday programme when we host Billericay Town. You can get your tickets here.