Saturday: Harriers v Leamington

Luke Maxwell looks ahead to the game against Leamington at Aggborough….

By Matty Paddock - 06/11/2020

Posted 5 years ago

LUKE Maxwell says work-rate will be at the maximum on Saturday as Harriers host Leamington at Aggborough.

Russ Penn’s men managed their first home league win last time out by downing Blyth Spartans 2-0.

They’re now tasked with building on that when they face Paul Holleran’s men.

The Brakes got back to League action on Tuesday with a deserved point at Farsley Celtic that might well have ended with all three.

The impressive performance was their first outing for a number of weeks after a spell in isolation following positive COVID-19 cases in the camp.

They’ll come to Aggborough full of energy for their first Saturday clash since a trip to Chetser on October 10th.

Midfielder Maxwell is primed for the task ahead, knowing few teams in the League bost a greater work-rate than Saturday’s guests.

“We’re on a nice little run so heads and minds are on Lemaington on Saturday,” he told our YouTube channel.

“They’re a hard-working team – Paul Holleran always has them hard working and they work hard for him.

“They’re a direct team and there are no easy games in this league – we’ll have to be 100% at it [and] on our ‘A’ game.”

Maxwell is himself just a handful of minutes into his season.

The former Gateshead man returned to Aggborough in the summer but saw his preparations curtailed due to an injury sustained in pre-season.

Now he has the difficult task of breaking into the starting line-up with the team in reasonably good form.

He added: “It’s good to be back – I had an injury for a few weeks but I’m back to normal now in training and I feel fit and ready.

“It’s [now] about getting back up to speed because when you’re out, you can’t really do much.

“I’m getting back into training and into a routine, and back to the levels everyone else is at.

“You can see how well they are performing as a unit – you can’t fault any of the lads.”

Harriers will welcome Amari Morgan-Smith back for this fixture following his two-match suspension.

Kick-off at Aggborough is at 3:00pm

Your official match day programme for the Leamington game is available to purchase now – for more details visit harriers.co.uk/programme.

Fans can purchase their live match stream tickets now, while Season Ticket holders can again access the stream using their code from the Blyth game.

We urge all fans to log in and check their access before Saturday to enable the club to assist in the event of any issues.

Saturday’s match features former Harrier Danny Jackman as part of the commentary team.

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