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Speaking to Keith Hall, John Trewick spoke about the Alfreton matches, and the coming games:
"We're obviously very, very pleased to have won. Over the two ties we thoroughly deserved it. We should've won the game on Saturday in ninety minutes, and we should've won the game tonight inside ninety minutes. But sometimes it's not as easy as that and you've got to give enormous credit to the players as I thought we just kept playing the ball, trying to create opportunities and sometimes you don't get the break - and also Alfreton were making it very, very hard - and they were working their socks off to try and stay in the tie. But we deserved it and we're through which is fantastic."
"It was always part of the game plan to get the ball into flank areas - the same as we did on Saturday - and deliver decent crosses into the box. And we did that. Sometimes you get on the end of them, and sometimes you don't. I thought their goalkeeper played very, very well and made some important saves at important times. On another day we might've won by two, three or four. But it wasn't to be and in the end it was very close. But we're pleased to be in the next round which is only just over a week away, and it's something really to look forward to. I was fairly confident stood there before the penalties. But you never know because on the day you can have an inspired goalkeeping performance - somebody could slip as the run up to take the penalty in these conditions - there's all sorts of unknown factors that could come into play, but I was fairly confident with the penalties, and we got through which is fantastic, as I say. I pleased for Craig who made a couple of saves in the shoot-out. He guessed the right way on a couple of occasions, and he obviously does his homework. He studies the body language of the taker's run up and all goalkeepers have a little bit of a psychological battle with the taker and on this occasion Craig did enough to come out on top, and I'm delighted for him."
"The derby on Saturday is fantastic to look towards. The important thing now is we've had 120 minutes on a sticky pitch in a tough game and obviously Kidderminster haven't had a match during the midweek, so what we must do now is to recover. That's our priority - making sure the players get the right fluids and the right fuel into their systems now. We've obviously got to look at the content of the training on Thursday and Friday, so we leave a lot in the tank for Saturday. But the derby is a great thing to look forward to. It should be a big crowd, and we're looking forward to it. The Cambridge City tie is another tricky one. But it's a tie - as the higher league club - that we've got to look to win, and there is no reason why we shouldn't go there and win. They did quite well last year in their division. I'm not quite sure exactly what they're doing this season, but we'll have them watched this weekend and we'll do a little bit of homework on them. But as ever, it's always about what we do, and our performance - so we'll be concentrating very much on that."
"Ryan Green has had this niggling little knee injury now for maybe, two or three weeks. He had to ease out of training yesterday and he was always going to be doubtful for this replay. Having said that I thought Rob Purdie stepped into the right back area and performed very, very well. It's yet another string to Rob's bow - as he's played in a few positions - which is fantastic. We are going to talk about a loan extension with Crewe for Matt Bailey in the next day or two. Matt gives us an extra dimension in our play with his height and his presence, and a decision will be made very, very shortly."
