CHIPPENHAM TOWN manager Steve White is set to trim his squad as the Bluebirds look to cut costs at Hardenhuish Park.

The Premier Division's bottom club have terminated the contract of commercial manager Sue Evans this week and two members of the playing staff have also been transfer listed.

Former Swindon Town youngster Nathan Edwards and ex-Newport keeper Pat Mountain have been made available as White looks to reduce his expenditure.

Chippenham travel to Eastbourne tomorrow and White believes the trip begins a sequence of crucial games for his men.

Said White: "The next six matches, starting with Eastbourne, are all against clubs around us in the table.

"We must be looking to win three or four of them if we want to make the top 13 and the play-offs."

Mountain and Wayne Thorne remain sidelined through injury, while right-back Michael Green should shake off a calf strain to play his last game before his loan from Southampton ends.

RED-HOT Cirencester start as big favourites at home to mid-table Gresley Rovers, but Centurions boss Brian Hughes believes the Moatmen will provide a major threat to his side's 14-match unbeaten run in the Western Division.

Ciren have picked up an incredible 38 points out of a possible 42 since losing 3-2 to Bedworth at the start of September, propelling them into title contention.

But tomorrow's visitors are also bang in form, winning 10 of their last 14 league fixtures to take them from the bottom of the table into the top 10.

Ciren boss Hughes said: "I've seen every team in the Western Division this season and Gresley are as good a side as I have seen.

"It will be a tough game."

The task has been made tougher by the loss of two key players through suspension.

Darren Robison and Scott Griffin are banned, but Michael Jackson has completed his transfer from Weston and Jody Bevan is likely to partner Gareth Hopkins at the sharp end.

Academy youngsters Tom Cole, a defender, and Nick Stanley, a forward, have been drafted in to pad out the bench.

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Premier Division: Cambridge City v Newport Co; Chelmsford v Hinckley; Crawley v Moor Green; Dorchester v Grantham; Eastbourne v Chippenham; Havant & W v Welling; Merthyr Tydfil v Tiverton; Nuneaton Boro v Stafford Rngs;Weston-super-Mare v Bath City; Weymouth v Hednesford.

Western Division: Bedworth Utd v Clevedon Tn; Cirencester Tn v Gresley Rvrs; Evesham Utd v Redditch Utd; Gloucester City v Bromsgrove Rvrs; Halesowen Tn v Swindon Supermarine; Mangotsfield Utd v Stourport Swifts; Rugby Utd v Ilkeston Tn; Shepshed Dynamo v Team Bath; Solihull Borough v Yate Tn; Sutton Coldfield Tn v Cinderford Tn.