North Leigh boss Mark Gee has hailed the capture of Jamie Cook from Oxford City.
Gee moved swiftly for the former U’s striker, 34, following his release by the Vanarama Conference North side.
However, Cook who has been training with Gee’s Southern League Division 1 South & West outfit, will have to wait for his bow as he misses tomorrow’s trip to Evesham United to be at his sister’s wedding.
“We’ve been creating plenty of chances, but not putting them away and hopefully Jamie can help us at the top end of the field,” said Gee.
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“As well as composure, Jamie also has a lot to offer outside the area. He’s a clever footballer and has scored at every level he has played at.”
North Leigh will also be without Andy Gunn (work) and Kieran Sanders (unavailable), though George Seacole and Andy Caton return.
Wantage Town could give a debut to Xapi Casana at home to Fleet Town.
Tha Spanish defender, who joins on loan from Oxford City is added to a squad looking to bounce back from their 2-1 midweek FA Cup replay exit to Flackwell Heath.
Boss Gary Ackling said: “It was a very disappointing result. We should have won it on Saturday (it ended 3-3) as we were 3-1 up with minutes to go.
“That was our big chance and we didn’t take it, so we have to dust ourselves down and get on with it.”
Lee Henderson returns, though Jon Steedman (knee injury) is a doubt.
Didcot Town joint manager Ian Concannon says they won’t rush Ryan Brooks back from injury.
The striker is struggling with a hamstring injury, but Concannon said they would stay patient and he misses the trip to Clevedon Town.
“We want to make sure he is bang-on,” he added. “It needs sorting out because we don’t want him having a stop-start season.”
Matt Clark (knee), Josh Dutton-Black (ankle) and Lance Williams (hamstring) are also likely to miss out.
Tomorrow’s squads North Leigh (v Evesham Utd, away): from Bulman, Else, Hopkins, Turk, Gunn, Hole, Caton, McNish, Ingram, Williams, A Woodley, Sanders, Osborne-Ricketts, Westlake, Bowles, M Woodley, Seacole, Hughes, Gee, Eadle.
Wantage Tn (v Fleet Tn, home): from Tucker, Sadler, Smith, Henderson, Steedman, Johns, Lachacz, Barder, Shaw, Melledew, Pearce, Reid, Deabill, Casana.
Didcot Tn (v Clevedon Tn, away): from Foster, Elkins, Carnell, Learoyd, Organ, Baines, McKirnan, Self, Haysham, Longford, Mills, Bernoscoli, Heapy, Whitehead, Clark.
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