FC HALIFAX Town assistant manager Andy Cooper is looking forward to testing himself against Neal Ardley and York City on Saturday, October 28 (5.30pm) at the LNER Community Stadium.

Cooper admitted that the Halifax management team have a lot of respect for Ardley’s sides, and expects York to be wounded after their 4-0 defeat to Chesterfield on Tuesday night.

Halifax also see City as an opportunity to build on their good run of form, after securing four consecutive victories in the Vanarama National League.

“We’ve got massive respect for his teams, we know the task he’s got at York and the development they’re making,” Cooper told the Halifax Courier.

“We know how he sets up and approaches games and we know he’s very well organised, especially without the ball.

“For us I think it’ll be more of the same, making sure we rest and recover well but try and build the momentum that’s been built at home on top of the away form and produce a performance that looks like us away from home, which is full of energy, really well organised and committed to a game-plan to go and get three points.

“I see no reason why, with momentum behind us, why we can’t look at York as an opportunity to keep building on previous results and especially the performance on Tuesday, and go again and back it up.

“We know there’s a break in the league fixtures after this game so it’s one big push to get through it for the lads who are carrying knocks and niggles and for us to get our prep right.

“They’ll be wounded after their result on Tuesday and they’ll be at us early and up against us with that organisation we’ve seen from Neal’s previous teams.

“I’m sure there’ll be a big following and it’s a televised game as well so we’ll relish the opportunity to put a performance in in-front of the fans and continue that great away form we’ve had that’s now included back-to-back home wins.”