AS a busy period of fixtures gets closer, Warrington Town remain in the thick of the action at the top of the Evo-Stik Premier Division.

They are preparing to welcome Hyde United to Cantilever Park today, kick-off 3pm, as they look to prevent the sides above them from pulling away.

After a downturn in form in recent times, Yellows are sixth in the table as a victory for Gainsborough Trinity on Tuesday night dropped them out of the play-off places.

Leaders Scarborough Athletic are beginning to open up a gap to the chasing pack, but behind them things are as tight as ever.

“There’s very little between teams in this league,” Yellows boss Paul Carden said.

“You could swap a player from a team at the bottom and put him in Scarborough’s team, and there would not be that much difference.

“It is just about consistency and doing the right thing over and over again.

“Every game is tough. Hyde will be tough.

“We were convincing victors at their place earlier in the season, and they will want to come and avenge that.”

Warrington Town won 2-0 at Hyde United in September. Picture by John Hopkins

Yellows go into the game on the back of a 1-1 draw with play-off rivals Basford United on Saturday.

Carden believes his side could perhaps consider themselves unfortunate not to take all three points.

“We couldn’t really have done any more than what we tried to do,” he said.

“We just missed that little bit of composure and quality with our final pass.

“We’ve hit the woodwork a couple of times and we’ve put them under a lot of pressure.

“I thought we looked a bit more like a team on Saturday and a lot more like ourselves.”

The Basford game was watched by Cantilever Park’s highest league attendance of the campaign as a crowd of 638 was boosted by the offer of free entry with vouchers from last week’s Warrington Guardian.

Saturday's 1-1 draw with Basford United was watched by Town's highest league attendance of the season. Picture by John Hopkins

Carden now feels the real test of how big an impact the offer made comes today and beyond as they search for higher attendances consistently.

“We don’t want people to be coming just because it’s free. We want bigger gates for every game,” he said.

“It was good to see a few extra people in. We want the community to support the lads and the club.

“Obviously, as a club we want to go places but we need the town behind us.

“While we’ve got the hardcore who are there through thick and thin, but we want the numbers to grow.”

“If it takes those sort of creative initiatives to kickstart it, great.”