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Following discussions between Leamington Football Club and Southport Football Club and the Police, any individual that is the subject of a current stadium ban from either club will not be permitted entry to Your Co-op Community Stadium for the league fixture between the two clubs on Saturday 29 April 2023.

Both clubs strongly advise any such individuals not to travel to the ground.

We caught up with Paul Holleran at training last night, and here's what he had to say.

“It turns into a mini league really, a one month league. We’ve had time to recover from the schedule, we’ve had a bit of a breather this week - a couple of one on one training sessions on Tuesday and a light one tonight (Thursday) just because the players needed that. You could see they were physically and mentally really tired after Saturday. It’s a gruelling schedule and we’ve had time to reflect and we know the targets - they haven’t changed. We know the points tally that we need to stop in this division, we all 100% believe we will get there. There’s a lot of positivity around the place.

"We know we’ve got to do better at certain times in games. We know we’ve got to cut out these individual errors that keep popping up, and in amongst that there’s been some really good periods in games. A lot of spirit and fight. Against Boston we did really well for an hour, at Spennymoor we showed a lot of character but when you dissect the goals and you look at mistakes, the set play at Spenny. Two or three weeks ago we tightened up and had a little run and we need a little run now - it’s as simple as that.  

"I’m convinced there’s enough quality and spirit in the group, I’ve just had to remind them of that tonight, remind them of what we need to do, it’s not mission impossible. We’re in an area of the league where there’s a reason there’s 8 or so teams down here, no one’s going to win six games on the spin but if we can keep the scoreboard ticking over, the three home games are massive for us and then the away games are all different games.

"Alfreton, we know all about Alfreton. The battles we’ve had over the years, we’ve come off the wrong side the last few games against them, they’re very experienced, knowledgeable and effective but if we can defend our box well and play with a bit more aggression and be a bit more positive then we’ll ask questions. Kettering’s the local derby and then Fylde is Fylde. Last year you looked at Gateshead and they were the outstanding team, I haven’t really seen an outstanding team this year and I know that on their day they can get the results and that’s something we’ll have to do.

"There’s lots and lots of quality in the changing room and we were showing that in our performances. Darlington, Chester, Curzon, Brackley. And we need to finish strong, we know what the season entails - yeah there’s always a hint of disappointment because we can look at 7,8,9,10 points we should’ve picked up but it hasn’t happened and we are where we are. We’ve got to deal with it and be mentally better than we have been in recent games.” 

“I think the thing that is one of the most pleasing things is the numbers we’ve had - especially away from home. I think relegation battles are the way forward! It’s been great, that probably wounded me the most on Saturday. The atmosphere was electric. We’ve been good at home the last three or four games and the atmosphere’s been great, but we pressed the self destruct button. But Boston are a good side, some good players.

"We all want those afternoons where there’s over 1000 people on Non-League Day and we’ve had decent performances and we want to keep it going and reward the fans. I don’t think anyone would have had a weekend like I had but listen, you dust yourself down and reset on Monday morning and go again. But just touching on the away support, down at Brackley, up at Spennymoor, over at Peterborough. You can’t ask for any more, you cannot ask for any more.

"It was one thing, I don’t point too much at the players but I said to them ‘we can’t be letting these people down'. Fans can forgive a lot of things but fans want to see their team doing the right things, working extremely hard and trying to outwork, outrun and outthink their opposite number and it’s something we’re not guilty of very often. 

"There’s one thing we’re going to be in the next six games - and that’s really positive and aggressive. I’ve taken stock of it, had a think about it and something that we’ll be looking to do is playing on the front foot from minute one, we’ll have a real go to make sure we get the points we need.”

“One of the things we have done is brought in players that haven’t played much football. The schedule has been a stretch. I think this week’s been a blessing for us, it’s nice to have seen everyone bubbly and bouncy tonight and we have to move on quickly, try and not make these mistakes again. The reality is we have, but we just need a few real positive weeks now like we had in February and the start of March.

I’m convinced we can do that, I know it’s going to be tough. As much as how Alfreton will cause any team problems with the ball going into the box non stop and Matt Rhead as good as any target man, we feel we’ve got enough energy and pace to cause them problems and we’ll be going there to do that.”

Read more: Former Players Day 2023