THERE may be no place like home but it will be December before Brent Peters' team takes to the field at West View.

"The light at the end of the tunnel is that by then we will have the best playing surface in the League and floodlights on a par with Rossendale and Accrington Stanley," he said.

"But for several months we are playing away and that is not ideal. We will lose out on money from sponsorship and the bar but it will not alter the way we play.

"I firmly believe that I coach my team to play the same way no matter where we play and some of our best results last year were away.

"But it is frustrating because I am not just the manager here, I am fully involved with the football club.

"At a club like ours it is important to blood young players, make them better and then see them move on to a higher level.

"That is the nature of the game and we have got some promising players."

BACUP BOROUGH

INS: Tommy Allen (Stand); Micky Bartholomew (Nelson); John Ogden (local league); Gavin Richards (local league); Duncan Edwards.

OUT: Jason Lanns

Last season: 12th in North West Counties Division Two

Man to watch: Paul Fildes impressed after his deadline day move from Colne and will hope to continue a strike rate of ten goals in 14 games.