MIDWEEK ACTION: Doughboys, Diamonds and Steelmen all previewed
Wellingborough Town will be aiming to make it six wins out of six when they return to Pitching-In Northern Premier League Midlands Division action with a trip to newly-promoted Nuneaton Town on Tuesday night (ko 7.45pm).
The Doughboys have enjoyed a brilliant start to the new season, winning five out of five in the league, and losing just one of 11 competitive matches this season.
And that came at the hands of higher-level Kettering Town in their FA Cup replay last midweek.
Borough go into the game off a 3-2 FA Trophy win at Nantwich Town on Saturday, with Jake Stone's side winning despite missing the likes of Lloyd Buckby, Dean Snedker, Ethan Johnston and Will Jones.
The Doughboys boss was asked if any of those players will be back to face Nuneaton, and he told Doughboys TV: "I don't think we'll have everyone back, but we will have a couple back.
"Nuneaten are a side that plays on a 3G pitch so they probably like to move the ball, and they are a strong side.
"They will have momentum, because teams who come up do have that, so we have got to be better than them over the 90 minutes."
The Doughboys have dropped to second after they were overtaken by Rugby Borough on Saturday, although Stone's side do have three games in hand and are just a point adrift.
AFC Rushden & Diamonds are also in action on Tuesday night, and they will be delighted to be back on home soil as they look to maintain their own unbeaten start to the Midlands Division season.
It is a first home game in six for the Diamonds as they entertain Shepshed Dynamo (ko 7.45pm), and boss Elliot Sandy is looking forward to it.
"Shepshed are a young team with lots of energy and their manager has done a great job," the Diamonds boss told @AFCRD after Saturday's 3-2 win at Grantham Town.
"They work so hard and we know it is going to be really tough.
"But we just have to be positive, we are unbeaten in the league and we just have to keep taking that forward game by game."
The Diamonds, who signed former Northampton Town defender Freddie Findlay at the weekend, have also added Desborough Town midfielder Domini Allen-Ledgeway to their squad on a dual registration.
The central midfielder played against Diamonds in the recent FA Cup tie between the sides at the Waterworks Field, and was sent-off for a late challenge.
Corby Town boss Leon Mettam is warning his team they had better be up for the fight as they face a 'horrible' Tuesday night trip to Grantham (ko 7.45pm), who were beaten at home by Diamonds at the weekend.
The Steelmen, who claimed a first win of the season against Bedworth last midweek, were brought back down to earth on Saturday as they were beaten 2-1 at home by Coventry United.
That was a huge disappointment for Mettam, and he is under no illusions that his players are going to have to have the right attitude for the midweek trip to Lincolnshire.
"Grantham is a horrible place to go," Mettam told @chuckmiddleton. "We have all been there, and I have played there numerous times.
"It will be blowing a gale down the middle of the pitch, it's freezing, it's tight, it's small, and it is going to be a case of who has got the biggest hearts to perform and get the result.
"If we perform like we did on Saturday where we sort of half performed and half haven't, then we will get beat again."
Corby go into the game having dropped back into the Midlands Division relegation zone thanks to Barwell’s 3-0 win over Sutton Coldfield Town on Monday.