Anything less than three points, and the end of season competition will be out of reach, but if Sutton can win for the first time at the Envirovent Stadium then U’s will feature in the play-offs if just one of the following happens – Mansfield lose at home to Forest Green, Port Vale lose at Exeter or Swindon fail to win at Walsall. If none of those events occur then U’s would miss out regardless of tomorrow’s result at Harrogate, despite victory taking U’s points total to 76.
While there will naturally be interest in what is happening elsewhere, unless U’s win anything else is irrelevant and it will not be easy against a side who are ending the season in form after a poor run of four defeats in a row was ended with two successive wins, the second of which was at promoted Forest Green last Saturday while the first, at home to Carlisle, was their first home win in eight games. Victory tomorrow could see them finish as high as 14th in the table. They will also be wanting to give a good send-off to long serving midfielder Lloyd Kerry, who is ending his playing career after the game but staying with the club in a recruitment capacity.
The sides have met twice already this season, both tight affairs which saw Sutton score the only goal, first through Donovan Wilson (above) in the league in December, then with Craig Eastmond memorably marking his 300th appearance with the winner in the Papa Johns Trophy quarter final a month later, and neither side has yet won on the other’s ground.
Manager Matt Gray reports that Craig Eastmond and Joe Kizzi, who both missed last week’s defeat to Bradford with injury, have trained this week and come in to contention for a place in the squad.
Tomorrow’s referee is Oliver Langford, whose only previous match in charge of U’s was this season’s 3-2 defeat at Newport.
Over 400 supporters look set to make the trip north, with supporters reminded that there are no tickets available at the ground on the day – they are available from the Club Shop at Sutton until 1pm on Friday.
Access for all Sutton supporters is via the South Turnstiles in Wetherby Road. A detailed away fans guide for the ground can be found here.
The Supporters’ Club coach is now fully booked.
Supporters who can’t make the trip can listen to an audio commentary on the game through our iFollow service. Anyone who doesn’t have a valid monthly or seasonal pass can buy a match pass for £2.50 here.
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