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Town see red over dismissals





Skipper Gareth Thomas became the latest dismissal at Tiverton on Saturday, where Town rallied to claim a point from a 1-1 draw.
"At least we know how to play with 10 men," said manager Gary Ackling, "but we would rather not have to."
Ackling confirmed that the club was now looking at taking steps to improve the worrying record. "The officers are worried, and rightly so," said Ackling.
"We are on the way to a big FA fine and we've got to take steps to improve our record."
Mark Hughes, Mark James, Matt Bowler and Thomas all have suspensions for red cards and Tom Melledew for collecting 10 yellow cards. And even on-loan midfielder Bradley Pegg is banned for a red card, although that was for a handball on the line while playing for Aldershot and he is on a one-game ban.
Thatcham head for second in the table Sholing on Saturday and, said Ackling: "It's tough enough going there at the best of times without wondering what your team is going to be.
Reserves Tom Browne and Gianluca Riccoio Reading youngster Andrew Jenkinson all did well last week, and Ackling may have some extra resources as Carl Self and Jemel Johnson are back in training following injury.



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