Bashley boss John Robson has returned from a working/scouting trip to Cambridgeshire with two new signings in the pipeline.

He has used his extensive contacts in the game to line up two 19-year-olds for the Recreation Ground - Matthew Graves from Wealdstone and James Wilson from Cambridge City.

Graves, a left-sided midfielder, is moving south to study at Southamp-ton University and was due to train with the Bash boys last night.

"He's a very good player who's been in Wealdstone's first team, " said Robson. "We'll give him a run in the reserves to start with and take it from there."

Wilson, the son of one of Robson's old footballing friends, Billy, is primarily a centre-half, but can do a job anywhere across the back.

"He played in the Eastern Counties League with Diss Town before graduating from the Cambridge City Academy.

"I went to see him play for Cambridge reserves and he was outstanding," said Robson.

"His dad's told me he needs to move to fresh pastures and he was due to talk to Cambridge's directors about it this week.

"If everything's OK, he'll wander down this way and I'll put him up at my place for two or three weeks so that he can have a go with us."

Robson has already signed frontman Martin Whiddett from AFC Totton, but stressed: "There's not a lot of rebuilding to do at Bashley and we'll be fine once we get quality players like Mark Lisk, Stuart Hussey and Dave Wakefield back from injury."

Bashley and FA Cup heroes Salisbury are both without a fixture tomorrow because of FA Trophy matches.

The only Eastern Division game involves ninth-placed Newport IoW, who will be hoping to flush the Sittingbourne defeat out of their systems on a trip to Hastings United.

"It's a must-win game for us," said manager Steve Tate. "We don't want to lose any more ground after the disappointment of dropping two points at Fleet and then tamely surrendering our unbeaten home record to Sittingbourne."

Port have a full squad available, barring defender Pete Tagg ( broken foot bone).