Ebbsfleet v Stevenage

Ebbsfleet manager Liam Daish has called on his players to overcome Stevenage in this Saturday’s FA Trophy semi-final second leg at Stonebridge Road for the sake of midfielder Neil Barrett.

The 27-year-old sustained a double fracture in his jaw and a double fracture of a cheekbone as he scored for Fleet in the first leg of the tie, which Stevenage won 3-2.

Daish said: “I know all the lads will have Neil in their thoughts when they face Stevenage and I know they will be fired up for his sake and that of Craig Stone, who broke a leg in the quarter-final at Wrexham.

“The Trophy has not been kind to us this season and maybe it owes us something because we’ve suffered terrible injuries along the way.

At stake for Fleet is a £300,000 pay day for reaching Wembley and Daish confessing: “It might be just petty cash at Premier League level but at our level it might be the difference between our club surviving or not, or at least keeping our status as a full-time club.”

Striker Luis Cumbers, signed on loan from Gillingham, could start the tie. The Fleet have also signed defender Jamie Stevens from Northwich.