CIRENCESTER travel to Banbury tomorrow but the game is merely an appetiser to Monday's main course a mouthwatering home clash with Bath City.

The meeting with the fallen non-League giants will hold no fears for the Centurions though.

Brian Hughes' men are unbeaten in their first four Premier Division fixtures, including creditable draws with title favourites Hednesford and Tiverton.

They also struck a physcological blow in a pre-season friendly 12 months ago, crushing the Romans 4-1 at the Corinium.

Bath later levelled the balance in the League Cup with a 3-0 win at Twerton albeit against a largely second-string Ciren side.

"You can't take anything from those games," said Hughes. "This will be completely different.

"If we continue what we've been doing so far I'll be happy.

"We've only played four games but it's been as hard a start as you could have had and we're still unbeaten.

"If we are still unbeaten come Monday night it would have been as good a start as we could have wished for.

"Bath is the type of game we want to be playing.

"We had to go and scrap for results at places like Stourport and Shepshed last season to get to this position.

"But the players aren't thinking about Bath until after the Banbury game I won't let them."

Gareth Hopkins should be in contention for a return after shaking off a back problem that he picked up in the opening day win over Histon, leaving only Andy McCabe and Andy Minturn sidelined.

CHIPPENHAM'S fine start to the new Premier Division campaign sees them topping the table but boss Steve White is still feeling the pressure ahead of tomorrow's trip to Hitchin and the visit of Gloucester on Monday.

"People are starting to expect from us all of a sudden," he said.

"Now we've got to continue to live up to these expectations."

White travels with a fully-fit squad tomorrow.