By Andrew Gidley

Dover manager Nicky Forster will have to check on the fitness of Donovan Simmonds and Billy Bricknell before Saturday's FA Cup fourth qualifying round tie against Bath City at Crabble.

Simmonds, pictured, limped off with an ankle injury after scoring the winner at Bromley on Tuesday night, while Bricknell is nursing a hip problem.

Forster said: "I will have to look at both of them at training but we are a bit light on strikers at the moment."

George Purcell, who replaced Simmonds at Hayes Lane, could start, while on-loan Brentford youngster Kyle Vassell is also available for the tie against the Blue Square Bet Premier basement side.

Forster, like any other manager at this stage, is eyeing a place in Sunday’s draw for the first round proper but admitted: "We are still the underdogs in the tie and will respect Bath as they are a team from the league above."

Dover’s midweek win stretched their unbeaten run under Forster’s charge to six games and hoisted them back into play-off contention in Blue Square Bet South. The only downside was the sending-off of captain Shane Huke, for the alleged use of an elbow, but Forster suggested the club could appeal against it after looking at the video.

Forster added: "It’s been a good start and the response of the players has been magnificent. It’s only a start, though. It’s no good if we don’t keep it up."