Ford expects very tough test ahead for Puritans

Having beaten Tiverton in last month’s Emirates FA Cup, the Puritans travel to the West Country side for Saturday’s Buildbase FA Trophy tie.

The Puritans head to Devon for Saturday’s first qualifying round tie on the back of a three-match unbeaten run following their first draw of the season in midweek while Tiverton are one place above them. Tiverton showed enough in last month’s FA Cup tie to suggest Saturday’s clash will be a difficult for one for Mike Ford’s side. And the Puritans boss will have an eye on one player in particular – Levi Landricombe – who bagged a brace and could have had more goals in the FA Cup tie. Ford said: “Tiverton went top after that cup tie but have been knocked back recently. Martyn Rogers knows how to get results in this division but so do we. “Levi Landricombe caused us problems in the FA Cup tie. We went in at halftime behind but then had a purple patch in the second half and scored some great goals.

“That was a rip-roaring cup tie but I can’t imagine Saturday’s game will be a repeat of that.”

Source Banbury Guardian