Dorchester looking to learn

DORCHESTER Town manager Steve Thompson is looking to learn when the Magpies travel to Hitchin Town tomorrow in the Evo-Stik Southern Premier Division (3pm).

He concedes that they are now looking to next season with the Magpies realistically unable to get relegated or get into the play-offs, but says they are looking forward to the match.

Thompson told Echosport: “Every match we look forward to and hope that we can learn a little bit more, obviously all our thoughts are on next season now.

“We cannot get in the play-offs, we cannot get relegated, so it is another football match, it is an opportunity to look at players.”

Tom Blair got minutes in the Dorchester Reserves’ 3-1 win over Bashley Reserves on Wednesday night as he looks to get back to first-team action after 10 days out with illness.

The Magpies are on a winless away run of form that stretches back 16 games to a 1-0 win at Dunstable Town in September and, factoring in home matches, Dorchester are without a win in their last four games.

Thompson said: “It is a chance to put right some of the away form which has been poor really, in terms of results anyway.

“We are not in a great run of form at the moment, we got beat at Stratford and we drew with Dunstable at home and lost the game at home against Merthyr so we want to get back on winning ways.

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