Shropshire Star

Steve Kittrick: It's a bigger test for Telford

Manager Steve Kittrick believes his AFC Telford United side will face a better Wrexham team tomorrow than the one they demolished 4-0 back in January.

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The already-relegated Bucks recorded their biggest league victory of a disappointing campaign just five games into Kittrick's managerial reign thanks to goals from Tony Gray (2), Sam Smith and Neill Byrne.

Neither have enjoyed great fortunes since as the Bucks suffered the drop earlier this month while Wrexham have fallen well short of their pre-season promotion dream.

Both sides go into the match in good form though and Kittrick said: "The last time we played Wrexham I had only been there a short while and I got a reaction from the players.

"They were just finding their feet with me and I was finding my feet with them, and I just gave them the freedom to go and play.

"It was my fifth game, we played well and we caught Wrexham on an off day.

"But I don't expect anything from Wrexham but 100 per cent professionalism tomorrow.

"They are a good side with some good players, they have just been to Wembley in the final of the FA Trophy which is a hard competition to get to the final of.

"I respect what they have done there and they have picked up one or two decent results in the last few weeks to cement a position just above mid-table.

"It will be an interesting game because we are going into it with a bit of form too."

Wrexham will arrive at the New Bucks Head having lost just one of their last seven games, while Telford will be targeting a fourth straight win.

With most of the squad out of contract in the summer tomorrow's match represents the last chance to stake a claim for a new deal for next season.