CHAIRMAN Toby Macormac says he wants to meet “plenty of new faces” at Warrington Town’s game against Basford United on Saturday, kick off 3pm.

Warrington Guardian readers have the chance to watch Saturday’s game at Cantilever Park for free in an offer exclusive to the paper.

With an average league attendance of 322 so far this season, Yellows are far behind many of their Evo-Stik Premier Division rivals in terms of fans through the gates.

However, Macormac hopes Saturday will be the start of a new trend of Warrington’s football fans watching their games in greater numbers.

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“It’s creating an opportunity for people in the town to come down and see where we’re up to with things,” he said.

“We’ve had some great coverage recently and we’ve been doing some good things both last season and this.

“It’s a good chance for people to see what it’s all about.

“I hope to be able to walk round the ground on Saturday and see faces that I’ve not seen before.

“Basford are third in the league. It’s not a must-win game for us but we need to get something out of it to stay in those play-off places.

“Hopefully, all those things combined will get us a decent gate.

“You always get people who say they know we’re here but haven’t been in, or they didn’t know where the ground was.

“There’s no local Premier League games, so football fans will I’m sure be wondering what to do on Saturday.

“We’ve got another home game against Hyde next Saturday, so for anyone we do pick up, there isn’t a massive gap between fixtures.”

Despite a run of form that has seen them win only one of their past seven games in all competitions, Yellows remain well-placed in fifth after 15 league games.

They boast the division’s best defensive record having conceded just seven goals, but Saturday sees them come up against a Basford side who have struck a league-high 44 times this season.

Macormac says plenty of the town’s football followers still associated the club with perennial struggle, but has urged them to come and see for themselves that this is no longer the case.

“When people come down who haven’t been down for a while, the first thing they say is that they didn’t expect the standard of football to be so high,” he said.

“In years gone by, Warrington Town were synonymous with habitual relegation battles.

“I used to look in the tables in the Guardian and they were always in the bottom four or five in the North West Counties League.

“For people who haven’t been for a while, that’s the lasting memory they have.

“It is good, open non-league football. You hear people leaving saying they have had a great day and that’s what brings them back.

“We’re expecting a good game and hopefully some good weather.

“People can have a good pie and a pint and a good laugh. It’s an opportunity for a good sporting day out.”

The voucher for free entry to Warrington Town v Basford United is on page 95 of this week's Warrington Guardian