MARK Robinson needs no reminding about Town's last visit to Boundary Park.

He and Steve Cowe are the only surviving members from the team dumped 5-1 by Oldham on a miserable March afternoon in 1997.

Town finished a lowly 19th in Division One that season and the defeat at the hands of The Latics provides Robinson with painful memories.

Town's skipper said: "I remember that game well. Neil Warnock had just taken over at Oldham and we had quite a few new faces in our team.

"It was Phil King's first game on his return to the club but that day we were absolutely dreadful. They hadn't long got rid of the plastic and the pitch was absolutely awful. It was not a nice experience."

Robinson is expecting another tough match tomorrow.

"They are having a bad time of it at the moment but that doesn't count for anything if we don't perform on the day," he said.

"We've got ourselves into a position where if we get two good results on Saturday and Tuesday we can be in the top half of the league.

"We've got to be consistent. There's no point doing it for 35 games, you've got to do it for 46."