Rangers duo return from suspension
Stafford Rangers will get their first batch of suspended players back as Jermaine Johnson and Luke George return for the first home game of the season.
Stafford Rangers will get their first batch of suspended players back as Jermaine Johnson and Luke George return for the first home game of the season.
The defenders will be named in the squad for the visit of promoted Grantham to Marston Road in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League.
Rangers opened with a 2-2 draw at Kendal on Saturday, conceding an equaliser in stoppage time, and are now the hosts tomorrow night.
Manager Greg Clowes knows the threat Grantham pose after they dumped his Newcastle Town side out of the Division One South play-offs last year.
It was Clowes' last game in charge of the club as Rangers came calling and he expects there will be stronger personnel on both sides of the fence.
He said: "I think we are going to be coming up against a better side tonight and I sparred with Grantham in my days at Newcastle Town.
"They have still got some of the players from then and have, obviously, gained experience to come up into this league.
"They have made some very good additions and I am expecting a tough game, but we have got to start producing at home.
"Too many teams came here last season and took too many points home, but it's difficult at this level to make it a fortress.
"There's 62 points on offer at Marston Road and we took a third of them last season, that's not good enough."