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Tonbridge Angels boss Steve McKimm looks ahead to his side's big match against National League South basement boys Billericay Town

Boss Steve McKimm says Tonbridge will not be under-estimating basement boys Billericay this weekend.

Managed by Jody Brown, Billericay are at the foot of National League South, six points behind 18th-placed Angels, who have a game in hand on them, ahead of Saturday’s meeting.

Tonbridge manager Steve McKimm. Picture: Dave Couldridge
Tonbridge manager Steve McKimm. Picture: Dave Couldridge

But Billericay do have ex-Gillingham and Charlton midfielder Josh Wright in their ranks, while on-loan Charlton striker Dylan Gavin’s spell with the club was extended for another month this week.

Billericay beat Dulwich in their last competitive fixture, too, and McKimm said: “They are all big. I have said that before - whether it’s Ebbsfleet, Hemel or Billericay, they are all big games for us.

“Billericay have made some great signings and picked up some good results recently.

"They are on the front-foot and they have a manager working incredibly hard to get them out of the situation they are in.

“It’s going to be as hard a game as any for us. Our season is not defined on Saturday, we have another 14 league games after that. But we will do our best and see where we are, come 5pm.

“It (the league) is the toughest it’s been for a long time.”

Tonbridge were due to play at Hampton last weekend but the match was subject to a late postponement. The game has been re-arranged for Tuesday, April 5.

“Both managers were asked how we felt about the pitch by the ref. We said we were happy to play,” explained McKimm.

“But when we went to do our warm-up, it got a lot worse. It was an understandable decision.

“Could it (the decision) have been made earlier? Possibly.

"But it was the right decision in the end.”

McKimm is hoping another good home crowd turn out at Longmead for their match against Billericay.

He stated: “We have had some great support recently. The Trophy run, obviously, helped but even before that, our support was good.

“We got 863 for the Hemel game which was great because that was not a Kent derby or anything like that. If we can get great support again on Saturday, that’ll be great to have behind us.

“To be fair, the fans have been with us the whole way through this season.”

McKimm also didn’t rule out adding to his squad, saying: “We are still looking for players, as I always do. The squad is okay at the minute.

“We would love to add to it but it needs to be the right person.”

Defender Harry Hudson starts his three-match ban following his sending-off in Tonbridge’s shoot-out FA Trophy defeat to Bromley.

Angels will visit league rivals Welling in their Kent Senior Cup quarter-final tie after the Wings beat Herne Bay 5-4 on penalties following a 2-2 draw on Tuesday.

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