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WORCESTER City manager Richard Dryden is relishing the chance to prove Tamworth were wrong to discard him.

Dryden parted company with the then Conference club after 138 games as he, as assistant, and manager Mark Cooper left in January 2007.

It was his last job in football before he was appointed as Andy Preece's successor at St George's Lane in December.

City take on Tamworth in a Blue Square North clash at the Lane on Saturday and Dryden admits he is looking forward to the match.

He said: "It's another game, we can only get three points out of it, but it's one I want to win because it's my old club.

"I would be a liar if I said it wasn't one of the first fixtures I looked for when I got the job at Worcester. I want to win every game but it's got a little bit of extra bite to it.

"I left because the people in charge at Tamworth thought the results weren't good enough. We were a lot of league games behind because of the FA Cup run.

"It wasn't a total shock when it happened but we were a little bit upset. But I have been in football long enough to know it kicks you in the teeth and it's very, very cut-throat."

He added: "I still get on with a lot of people at Tamworth and that will continue."

There could also be a new face in the City squad in time for Saturday's match.

Matt Dinsmore missed last Saturday's 3-0 defeat at Kettering with a back complaint and Dryden may have to draft in a replacement if the striker continues to struggle.

"I am waiting to hear about Matt," said the City boss. "If he isn't fit I might have to get somebody in between now and the end of the season."

10:05am Thursday 13th March 2008

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