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Key men missing from Gate line-up

KINNEAR: "Things are not going for us at the moment."
KINNEAR: "Things are not going for us at the moment."
CHE STADHART: ruled out for personal reasons
CHE STADHART: ruled out for personal reasons

Bishop's Stortford v Margate

CHRIS KINNEAR'S selection options will be extremely limited tonight when Margate travel to Bishop's Stortford in Nationwide South.

Top scorer Che Stadhart is missing for personal reasons, John Keister is suspended, and skipper Darren Annon and Peter Benevides both picked up knocks in Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Hayes.

Annon picked up an achilles tendon problem early on while Benevides was forced off after a clash of heads. Darren Watson could retain his place in Stadhart's absence.

Long-serving defender Billy Edwards is set to replace Annon, while Adrian Clarke could replace Benevides if he fails to recover. Ian Pullman is also unavailable as he is on loan at Southern League side Erith and Belvedere.

Margate travel looking for their first away win since a 4-2 success at Maidenhead in September and hope to end a run of five games without a win.

Stortford are five places above Margate in the table but have only won one of their last six Conference games.

After last Saturday's game Kinnear said: "Things are not going for us at the moment, losing by the odd goal again. We have just to got to hang on in there."

*Kinnear spoke to KM-fm Sports Editor Simon Watts about the match and the club's proposals for the redevelopment of Hartsdown Park...

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