‘I’d be surprised if we played all nine matches’

concerns about coming back),' added Doswell.

‘I’d say everyone was desperate to come back.

‘Footballers want to play football and this has almost taken one or two years out of their careers.

‘I think we had eight cleaners in yesterday massively deep cleaning the club before we came back.

‘The club are doing everything they can. None of us know how we’re catching it, it’s not being caught at the football club.'

Doswell is eagerly anticipating a return to league action tomorrow against a Hungerford side they play again next Tuesday.

‘It’s going to be a good game.

From our point of view, if we can get the win, it’ll be 20 points from 10 games - that’ll be a great start with a quarter of the season gone,’ he stated.

Hawks’ forthcoming games

January

Sat, 2 - Hungerford (H)

Tues, 5 - Hungerford (A)

Sat, 9 - Chippenham (A) Tues, 12 - Hampton (A)

Sat, 16 - Altrincham (H, FAT) Tues, 19 - Bath City (A)

Sat, 23 - Concord (A)

Wed, 27 - Dorking (H)

Sat, 30 - Braintree (H)

February

Tues, 2 - Welling (A)

Hawks’ home clash with Hungerford tomorrow is one of two rearranged games in the National League South.

Tonbridge and Dulwich have agreed to play each other after their respective opponents - Maidstone and Welling - called the games off due to their self-isolation following positive Covid test results.

Slough’s home game with Oxford City is off for the same reason, but there are no postponements at all in the National League North this weekend.

There are three game off in the National League due to Covid cases at Kings Lynn, Sutton and Wealdstone.

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FIXTURES/TABLE National League South