Chris Lumsdon recently racked up his 150th game for United, and that milestone coincides with his sparkling return to form.

Instrumental in the build up to Saturday's winner at Southend we caught up with Lummy afterwards to inform him on his latest milestone.

He said: "I didn't actually know about it to be honest. I was aware of it when I got to 100, but I didn't know that 150 had crept up, so it's a nice surprise."

"When I sit down," he continued, "I sometimes think about what it was like when I first arrived and what the atmosphere was like then, compared to what it is now. It has been brilliant to be a part of that, and I'm very proud to have been part of it too. I think we've always tried to be professional on the pitch, but you look at how far the club has come off it, from the training facilities to the business and the changing rooms, and even down to the playing surface, it's fantastic. I mean, if we'd have had this pitch in the Conference we might not have got out of it, because the other teams would have loved it and raised their games even more! So, yeah, it's going perfect on the pitch at the minute and cracking off it as well."

On Saturday's win at Southend he said: "I think it's a big result. I'm sure people would have been hearing good things about us anyway, but if you go down to Southend and win then people will sit up and take notice. Like the Gaffer said, if we'd have gone down there and got a point it would have been a decent result, so to get three is brilliant, and the lads were really buzzing afterwards."

"John said to us at half time that he was pleased with our defending," he told us, "and that he was looking for us to play that important pass, the killer ball, and just to try and make something happen. Danny made a great run, so I just tried to chip it up to him. In fairness to him it was a great knock down, and then Joe shanked it in. As for Danny, I'd just like to say that it is the worst miss that I've ever seen in my life. He's laughing about it now, but deep down inside he should be crying, and I think he is."

"We're right up for Saturday," he said. "I don't think there's any point in us fearing them or whatever. They're a team who are doing really well and they have some players who shouldn't really be in this league, and should be higher up, but these are the games you should want to play in. If you're frightened then you shouldn't bother playing, and I can't wait. I can't wait for the crowd, the game, and hopefully it'll be a good one."

"From a players point of view," he concluded, "this is a taste of where we want to go. We want to be playing the big teams in front of the big crowds. The Gaffer said on Saturday that he was looking forward to seeing how me and Bridgey were going to get on against their two midfielders, because they've played in the Championship and they have good reputations. People like the lad Bayley who was in the Conference, and who we've played against before, are moving up in the leagues, and the other one McCormack has been a Championship player for years, so that's what we want to do, test ourselves against the best ... and come out on top."