Town out to finish season on high note
Manager Chris Millington wants his FC Halifax Town side to end the season on a high when they host Eastleigh at The Shay on Saturday.
Halifax should ensure a top ten finish if they beat Eastleigh, who are one place above them in the National League table.
The Shaymen have won five of their last eight games and have taken 17 points from the last 21 available.
"It's a game we want to win," Millington said of Saturday's clash.
He continued: "We've got to be mindful of the Trophy final, but we still want to make sure we finish strongly and it being at home, the onus is on us to go out and try to put a show on for the fans and demonstrate how far we've come from earlier in the season.
"The focus is on that and we'll really make a serious, deep dive into Gateshead once the Eastleigh game's out of the way, and that'll play a big part in deciding what strategy and what team we play in the Trophy final."
Any questions over whether Town may ease off rather than risk injuries ahead of the FA Trophy final were answered with a committed, hardfought win at Woking on Tuesday night.
"It's not in my nature and I don't think it's in the nature of this group (to ease off )," Millington told the Courier.
"We've got to a place where we are now competitive in every game and we want to make sure we retain that type of character about us because it feels like it's the right type of character for the group of players, for us as a management team and for the club and the town.
"Willing to go toe-to-toe with anyone and take on anyone who's put infront of us.
"There's definitely aspects that I want to be better and we will work to make them better.
"The really positive thing is we've shown what we're capable of in the last couple of months and the type of runs we can go on.
"To some degree I don't want the season to end, but more so, I want next season to start so we can start the season properly like we failed to do this season, and hopefully mount more of a challenge at the right end of the table."