Histon have momentum heading into hectic schedule against the likes of Eastwood, St Neots Town, Daventry Town and Great Yarmouth Town

Histon boss Chris Nunn has encouraged his players to ‘embrace’ their upcoming hectic schedule.

At a time when some of the Premier League’s biggest names are speaking out against the increasing number of games that they are being made to play, the Stutes are heading into a busy period of their own.

On Saturday (5 October) Nunn’s men will play host to Eastwood CFC in the Knockout Cup, with that tie kickstarting a sequence of six matches in 18 days.

It is a demanding period, but having lengthened their unbeaten run in all competitions to four matches following last weekend’s 5-0 win at G.N.G Oadby Town, Nunn believes that his players have momentum on their side.

He said: “It’s going to be tough for the players. You see the Premier League players coming out and talking – mine have to go to work in the day before playing.

“The squad is going to be tested and when you look at the run on paper, we’re playing some top teams and we have a Vase tie in there as well.

“You can look at that and think it’s quite scary, but we’re getting better and we’re getting stronger.

“We’re on a good run, there’s some confidence building after a tough start to the season so hopefully we can go out there and enjoy these games and embrace them.

“We’ve got the likes of St Neots, Daventry and Yarmouth in the Vase – these are the games as players and managers that you want to be involved in. If we can pick up some positive results then it will put us in a good position heading into November and beyond.”

What has been particularly pleasing for Nunn of late has been the return of goals.

Throughout their ongoing run of unbeaten form, Histon have found the back of the net on 15 occasions.

And the manager has attributed the goal rush to being able to field a consistent side.

He added: “I won’t pretend that there is some magic formula behind it. I’ve been a manager for a long time and I know that you go through difficult times where things don’t go for you and then all of a sudden it changes.

“What has helped us recently is that we’ve had some consistency in terms of team selection.

“We’re still very much a work in progress but what we’ve got is a good set of lads that are working hard to improve.

“I like my sides to be on the front foot and sometimes that brings with it some criticism when we concede goals late on – like we did in the 4-4 draw with Yaxley.

“But I want my side to be entertaining and we’ve been that in recent weeks. Hopefully when a few of the injured lads come back we’ll kick on more.”

At the other end of the pitch, Nunn has also been impressed by goalkeeper George Whitehall.

The youngster came in to replace the long-serving Sam Roach last month and he kept his first clean sheet in last weekend’s big away victory, during which he saved a penalty.

“George has settled in really well and I’ve no doubt he’ll go on to have success at a higher level – and hopefully that’s with Histon,” said Nunn.

“At the weekend he saved a penalty when we were winning 2-0 and he also made a big save at 1-0. We all know goals change games and he’s pulled off two important saves in big moments.

“He’s a confident boy and while he’s not the finished article, he’s got a great attitude and he’ll keep getting better and better.”