BURY head for the West Country on Saturday hoping to kill-off Yeovil's diminishing promotion hopes.

After a promising start to the campaign, the Nationwide League new boys have slipped out of play-off contention recently, and Easter Monday's 3-2 defeat at Boston scuppered their chances even further.

Manager Gary Johnson reckons his side have all but blown their hopes of a second successive elevation, saying they'd need at least four wins from their final five matches to give themselves a sniff.

And that could spell danger for the Shakers who, it was widely accepted, were very fortunate to defeat the Glovers at Gigg Lane at the beginning of November.

Goals from Paul O'Shaugnessy and Lee Unsworth gave Graham Barrow's men a 2-1 win, but he's the first to concede that result was something of a travesty.

"They were certainly very unlucky when they came to us," he admitted.

"I still don't know how we won that game and it seems to have happened to them against other teams.

"On Monday against Boston I believe they were different class in the second, half only to lose late in the match. But they do play an open attacking game.

"It's a big game for them, probably the biggest since they came into the league and the atmosphere with about six or seven thousand on tomorrow should be great.

"It will be a good experience for our players and we're looking forward to it."

If the Shakers are to pull off an impressive double they may have to do it without in-form striker, Gareth Seddon.

The club's leading scorer, with 11 goals to his name, limped off with a thigh strain early in the 1-1 draw at York on Tuesday evening, but not before he fired his side into an early lead.

Seddon is due to travel down to Somerset with the rest of the squad tomorrow and Barrow will give him every chance to prove his fitness on the day.

"It would be a shame to lose him because he's been in good form recently," added Barrow.

"We may well have won the game if he'd have stayed on and York were delighted to see him go off.

"In recent games he's also been linking up a lot better with Dave Nugent."

Barrow hinted he might give a full start to striker Simon Whaley, who came on as a substitute at Bootham Crescent.

It would be a first full start for the 18-year-old Bolton-born midfielder.

The Bury boss has also to decide whether to give central defender Jon Cartledge another run out after the youngster was given a torrid time at York.

He was eventually substituted for his protection, but Barrow won't let one dodgy display ruin his first team aspirations.

"It's a dilemma but Jon deserves another start," he said.

"It's no use taking young players off and forgetting about them, it's all about learning the game and he has been honest with himself and appreciates what was happening.

"Jon Newby is a handful for anybody on his day but Yeovil is a different game.

"As far as Simon is concerned, he has been showing a bit since he came back from injury and has a lot of pace. He has to start a match sometime."

The reserves won 1-0 at Blackpool on Wednesday thanks to a late headed goal by Colin Kazim-Richards.