Notes on the League Two clubs

I have been penciled in for three more games this season; Swindon on Saturday, Bristol City on Monday and Bristol Rovers the following weekend. I then miss the final weekend’s fixtures as I’m away in the USA and so I started to give some thought as to how I could fill the blog in the summer.

I’ve decided to try and put together a daily round up from the clubs on my patch and expect them to look a little like this ….

It would appear that Wycombe are desperate for promotion in more ways than one. The club apparently made a £1.17m loss last season and so will be hoping that promotion this season and an increase in revenues in League One next term will keep the bank manager and shareholders happy.

And skipper Gareth Ainsworth will be hoping to play his part in the run in having missed the last two outings with a hamstring problem. He told me after the draw at Oxford that he was on the mend and the backroom staff were trying to make sure he was fit and ready for the Easter fixtures. Boss Gary Waddock has now said the 37 year old has a realistic chance of being involved which will come as a relief to the Chairboys given Ainsworth’s influence on the team.

Oxford full back Damien Batt has joined Ainsworth in the PFA’s League Two team of the year, so congratulations to them both. Batt is an attacking defender and has done well to make the step up from Grays in 2009.

Meanwhile Oxford loanee Ryan Burge, 22, has been recalled by his parent club Doncaster.

Northampton striker Shaun Harrad has dismissed concerns over the side’s run of 16 games without a win that has left them three points from the relegation zone and he said:

"I honestly believe we can beat anybody in this league. We were 5 to 1 to get a win on Saturday but we were fired up and ready to go.

"There's a good togetherness in the squad, we're communicating with each other well, and I think that showed in our performance on Saturday."

Hereford have now not lost in four games, but boss Jamie Pitman isn’t getting carried away until the team are mathematically safe from relegation and said:

"I`m not going to let the players think that (they are out of the woods) and we`re not going to think that as a group of staff because if we do that then it could come and bite us on the backside."

Cheltenham are already looking forward to next season and have announced their season ticket packages for 2011/12. They are also hosting a family fun day at Whaddon Road this Saturday when they host Macclesfield and having seen something similar at the club earlier in the campaign, I can vouch for the atmosphere.

N.B. If you have any information about your club that you’d like to share, feel free to e-mail it to me.