Purfleet and Grays, can compare largely disappointing seasons when they clash at the Hotel on Monday.

While Fleet are set to become the borough's top club for an eighth consecutive year, Blues at least have a record of two wins out of two against them this season.

Just five victories since then means Purfleet will do well to finish in the top six.

Injury-hit Purfleet will probably again be without the inspirational presence of veteran defender Jimmy McFarlane at Harrow because of a knee injury.

Midfielder Paul Linger sits out the game because of a ban, but is available for the derby.

When Harrow succumbed so tamely at Grays last month they appeared ripe for the drop, yet ever since have hardly put a foot wrong with five wins out of six.

Such consistency is something that has completely eluded Mark Stimson's Blues in 2003.

However, they did produce the upset result of last weekend with their success at St Albans and you'd fancy Grays to be good enough to beat Hitchin at the Rec, who are two places below them in 17th position.

Stimson is likely to field the team that won at Clarence Park, but top-scorer Wayne Vaughan is on the mend after ligament damage and could start against his old club on Monday.

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Published Friday, April 18, 2003

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