Saturday's Game set to go ahead

Cheltenham Town are hopeful that Saturday's match with Hereford United will go ahead.

This is the latest from Whaddon Road:

Saturday's game looks set to go ahead following the recent bout of cold weather. Temperatures are expected to remain above freezing until Saturday, the frost has slowly been coming out of the pitch and a lot of water has been pumped away.

The Robins are hoping to have all their players available for the game

"We've had one or two little knocks this week but today (Thursday) everybody is out training," said manager Martin Allen.

"Just about everybody is fit now. David Bird was injured last week and didn't do any training but he is ok now. Drissa Diallo and Alan Wright have been training, John Finnigan has had a rest as well and Shane Duff has taken a little break and come back fitter and stronger."

Howver Allen does admit there is a difference between being fit and match fit.

"If you are not match fit you can't always play 90 minutes and you can't always play two or three games a week as we've seen with our players. But we're starting to get what's looking like near to full strength and that will be important for the final 19games of the season," he said.

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