Chippenham Town host Swindon Supermarine tomorrow and young midfielder James Martin, who will play in the derby for the first time, is looking forward to an aggressive encounter.

The former Brighton trainee joined the Bluebirds in October and is more known for his passing skills than his crunching challenges.

However the 20-year-old says he has heard stories of previous tense meetings between the teams, including last year's encounter when three Supermarine players were sent off, and says he will throw himself into every tackle to help Chippenham emerge with the victory.

“Some of the boys have mentioned it around the changing room. They've dropped in here and there about hows it's a derby and I know from my own area how much that means to people,” said Martin.

“So there will be a bit extra on it and hopefully that will be enough to get the Tuesday issue out of the way as we've lost in our past two midweek games.

“I definitely think it will be third time lucky for us, absolutely. It's got everything going for it.

“Any battle on any day is a good battle but getting it down will be just as important thing for us. Get the ball down and play our game and if they want to get in a battle they can.

“There's a lot of clubs in close proximity around the play-off places at the moment so every game is huge and the fact it's a derby adds a little bit extra.”

Meanwhile former Chippenham striker Alan Griffin says he will be going all out to put a dent in his old club's play-off hopes tomorrow.

The experienced striker played for the Bluebirds under former boss Darren Perrin and current manager Adie Mings but joined their local rivals at the start of this season following a brief stint at Mangotsfield United.

Griffin says while he has fond memories of his spell at Hardenhuish Park he will leave his emotions at the door on Tuesday evening and says he will not hesitate to celebrate should he score against his old side.

“It will be good to go back and it should be a good game,” he said.

“These are the sort of fixtures you look for at the start of the season, when you play Chippenham home and away along with the other big teams.

“I loved it when I was there, the fans were always good to me, and I was going for years to watch my brother play for them so it was good to have the chance to do so myself. Unfortunately though it didn't quite work out for me and I was moved on.

“I haven't played against them for Swindon but I scored against them for Mangotsfield last season and celebrated as normal, you've got to really.

“I'm sure I'll get a bit of stick from the fans and some ribbing but if I score then I will be celebrating. That's just the way it is, that's football.

“Chippenham are in a position where they need to win nearly every game now to get in the play-offs but I'm a Supermarine player now and my focus is on us getting into them."