STEVE MILDENHALL is expecting a painful reminder of a 'delicate' injury from the Town End tomorrow but Notts County's Swindonian goalkeeper is hoping his tormentors will be the ones in agony at full time.

The 24-year-old returns 'home' on a mission to thwart striker Sam Parkin and help the Magpies to leapfrog the Robins.

Mildenhall is earning rave reviews for his current displays and he is in no mood to be unsettled by sentiment tomorrow.

He said: "I have some very happy memories of my time at Swindon but I am not looking beyond a win for Notts County.

"We need the points and a win would pull us further away from the bottom four and see us go ahead of Swindon.

"No doubt the Town End will be singing songs about when I suffered a very painful injury to a delicate area against Portsmouth.

"But as well as the crowd, I'm also expecting a fair bit of stick from some of the Swindon lads.

"No doubt Alan Reeves and Matty Heywood will have a few things to say when they come up for corners.

"I actually met up with the lads a few weeks ago to celebrate the birth of Alan's new baby.

"That's the first time I'd met Sam Parkin. He was a bigger lad than I'd thought but hopefully we'll be able to keep him quiet tomorrow. I can't stress how much I'm looking forward to it."

Mildenhall, who picked up the Evening Advertiser Player of the Year trophy in 2001, is approaching the end of his second season with the Magpies.

He said: "It's hard to believe it's nearly two years since I left.

"I can still remember listening to the radio, hearing that Bristol Rovers had lost and that Swindon were staying up."

Mildenhall has had his fair share of ups and downs in Nottingham and although he is happy with life, admits he may not be the 'perfect' signing.

He joked: "I think I must be a jinx. Swindon were in administration when I was there

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and the same thing has happened at Notts County."

Mildenhall revealed that Town's recent slump had made King's men particularly unpopular at Meadow Lane.

He said: "Swindon losing to the bottom three teams did us no favours. Rather than opening a gap up, it allowed Cheltenham, Mansfield and Huddersfield to gain some ground."

Tomorrow's match will be one of the few remaining chances for Town fans to watch their heroes in the current home strip.

The club yesterday announced a new two-year kit deal with Strikeforce.

But fans themselves will have the chance to decide on the design for the home and away strips for 2003-4.

Town chief executive Mark Devlin said: "We received several complaints from supporters last year following the late arrival of replica kit and by appointing Strikeforce we have entered a relationship with a company who fully understand our requirements and can demonstrate several successful agreements with other clubs.

"It is only fair to inform the fans that, in order to maximise the value of our kit deal, there will be a new home and away kit launched in both of the next two seasons.

"However, we do fully understand the financial strain that this can place on our supporters and therefore the prices of the new replica shirts has been dramatically reduced to £29.99 (adults) and £24.99 (children).

"I hope our fans will understand our need to maximise the revenue we can generate from our merchandise and will recognise our efforts to make it as affordable as possible.

"The club is looking for the supporters to choose the design of both home and away kits, through an online vote.

Supporters will have a week to vote for their choice of away shirt and then next week will be asked to vote on the new home shirt design."

The plan is to launch the away kit in late May and the home kit in June.