One of the toughest teams in Nationwide North visit Wetherby Road tomorrow in a bid to further ruin Harrogate Town's home record, writes Claire Hughes.

Droylsden, currently two places behind Town in fifth, are the second best team in the division on the road and will be hungry to further dent Town's proud record after losing to Stafford Rangers at home two weeks ago.

Richard Dunning could be the latest to miss out due to injury after getting an ankle-injury souvenir from a nasty tackle in the West Riding Cup match against Armthorpe Welfare.

Fellow midfielder James Turley is also a doubt having been withdrawn early in the last two league matches.

Both will undergo late fitness checks.

On the upside, both left winger Colin Hunter and centre-half Mark Haran came through 90 minutes on Tuesday unscathed after several weeks out, and both should figure tomorrow.

Caretaker boss Neil Aspin is wary of the threat posed by fifth-placed Droylsden.

He said: "It will be a very difficult game. I rate Droylsden very highly. They have got Jody Banim up front who has been a prolific scorer in the league for many years.

"He scored three against Harrogate a few years ago and is bang on-form at the moment. They have got other talented players as well and they are on a good run at the moment so that will be a good test for our team."

Updated: 11:04 Friday, January 28, 2005