Town are in a good position at the right time, says Millington

Halifax are in the top seven heading into the weekend, but the play-off picture could change quickly, with four teams on 40 points and just four points separating the teams from 11th to 5th.

"I think it's very exciting for us at the minute because the fact is, we've played an awful lot of the difficult teams and come the end of January, we'll have played a significant number of the top ten, both home and away,” said Millington. "So we're putting ourselves in a good position to hit a good run of form at the right time. We've got lots to be positive about but it can quickly be undone if we don't maintain it against Southend and beyond."

When asked how he rated his team’s promotion chances at the moment, Millington said: "As good as anyone really. Chesterfield are the best in the division, Bromley aren't far off them at the moment and then, as the table suggests, it's up for grabs who makes that typical National League run in the secondhalf of the season.

"I think the fact that we've endured some really difficult times with injuries, we've built up and integrated some new players and a lot of young players and we're starting to show signs of being able to be effective both without the ball and with it, it bodes well for the second-half of the season.

"We've got to make sure that's our objective but the short-term is making sure we approach every game with a really professional attitude and try and win it."

On whether he hoped to add to his squad with a new signing, Millington said: "I'm very positive about the fact we're getting bodies back, so having Flo, Ange, Rob and not being a million miles off with Jack Evans and hopefully Luke Summerfield is really positive.

"One thing we do do here is rely on every member of the squad, so we don't sign people and then not use them. We look at our squad and we know we can rely on every single one of the lads, when they get the opportunity, to come in and play.

"That situation remains, however, sometimes you need a bit of freshening up, you need a little bit of fresh blood and if the opportunity comes to sign somebody who can freshen us up and make us better then we won't turn it down at this stage of the season."