Bath City manager Adie Britton says his side must focus on league matters despite the euphoria of their FA Cup first round victory at Grimsby.

Bath currently lie in 13th spot and travel to fellow cup giant-killers Staines in the Blue Square South.

"We must concentrate on it as we are already a third of the way through the season," he told BBC Radio Bristol.

"And obviously one of the major goals was to be competitive and get into one of the play-off spots."

He continued: "No question, we will be focused and we must get something out of the game."

The Twerton Park outfit have been badly affected by injuries in the first half of the season and their FA Cup win on Saturday was the first time Britton had had a full squad to select from.

We do think we should perform better in the second-half of the season and it's just a question of hanging in there Adie Britton

"We said all along if we can be in a position where, approaching Christmas, we are in the top 10 in the table it should be sufficient to push on in the second half of the season," he said.

"We do think we should perform better in the second half of the season and it's just a question of hanging in there."

Both sides have second round FA cup ties coming up with Staines at home to Millwall and Bath hosting either Forest Green Rovers or Mansfield.

And Britton echoed the words of lifelong Bath fan, film-maker Ken Loach, who has urged fans to get behind the team.

"We need all the interest we can in the club and we must take the FA Cup opportunity to really build the support base," he said.

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