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Welling boss Andy Ford will be forced into changes at Basingstoke
Welling boss Andy Ford will be forced into changes at Basingstoke

Basingstoke v Welling

Welling boss Andy Ford looks set to shuffle his pack again ahead of Tuesday's Blue Square South trip to Basingstoke.

The Wings have won just one of their last eight league games to fall away from play-off contention. Injuries and suspensions have not helped their cause and Ford will be missing two key players at Basingstoke.

Sonny Cobbs (ankle) has been ruled out for two weeks while forward James Baker is suspended.

Ford had been hoping to rest leading scorer Charlie Sheringham but says that his hand could yet be forced.

"I was desperate to rest Charlie," said Ford. "If you look at what he has done this season, he has played more games in a year than before in his career.

"He is working from half six in the morning to half five at night and it has been a long season. A sensible manager would be trying to rest him but with James Baker suspended that might not be possible."

The Wings wasted enough chances at Braintree last weekend in the 1-1 draw to have won the game four times over. But it's Welling's defensive concerns that are causing Ford as many headaches.

"It's not flowing at either end of the pitch," he admitted. "We've not kept a clean sheet in 14 games so I'm not happy with the defensive side of things."

Jack Parkinson (thigh) could return at Basingstoke while Sam Hurrell is likely to be included in the squad.

Meanwhile, the Wings have been thrown out of the London Senior Cup after Loui Fazackerley played for Welling having previously turned out for Bromley in the same competition.

The error only came to light after Welling's 1-0 win at Croydon Athletic last month. Ironically, Fazackerley had also played in the 2-1 second round win over Mauritius Sports - just three days after he featured for Bromley in the London Senior Cup - but the London FA failed to pick up on it at the time.

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