RYMAN PREMIER: Canvey Island’s Harrison Chatting is hoping he can repeat his heroics against former club Billericay Town when they come to visit tomorrow.

The 23-year-old was at Town for four years, having come through their youth ranks and winning the Essex Senior Cup and promotion to the Conference South.

But he left at the start of the 2012/13 season to join rivals Canvey and has since enjoyed a prosperous time against his former employers. In both matches he has played against them he has ended up on the winning side and also scored.

He netted the only goal in September’s 1-0 win against Billericay, and he is hoping he can repeat the feat in one of the most important matches of Canvey’s season.

The Gulls are only four points above the relegation zone after a run of nine games without a win, and four points from a possible 27.

“It is a really big game for us,” he said. “We are in a relegation battle but we are confident that a couple of wins should get us to safety.

“I had a really good time at Billericay. I came through the youth ranks and had four good years there. Saying that I always do well against them! I have scored twice in two games and Canvey have won them both and if something similar was to happen tomorrow that would be massive boost for everyone.”

Chatting, who has played 29 times this term, admits it has been hard to get continuity in the side this term after serious injuries to key players, and that may be a reason why the team is struggling.

And he says the team needs to channel the pressure of being in a relegation scrap into a positive performance and result against Billericay.

“We do feel the pressure,” he admitted. “Canvey aren’t a club that should be down the bottom. Clubs like VCD Athletic and Witham Town who only came up last year have one aim and that is to stay up whereas we wanted minimum play-offs and that chance went many games ago.

“People expect us to stay up and as such there is added pressure to do so. But we are all very confident we will get out of this.

“We had some big players leave and others get bad injuries and that can affect a team. The club doesn’t have the finances to bring in replacements and has had to go into the loan market for young players who haven’t played men’s football before. It is a big step-up.”

“Everyone at Billericay has always been really good to me and although I always look out for their result I am a Canvey player and there is only one result I want tomorrow.”