Holroyd keen to impress U's fans

Holroyd has made 11 league starts for the U's this season

Cambridge United striker Chris Holroyd feels the club's fans are warming to him after a slow start to his career at the Abbey.

The 22-year-old scored on his U's debut at Eastbourne but went 16 matches before next finding the net.

But Holroyd has become a first-team regular over recent weeks.

He told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "It's good to feel wanted at a club. When the fans sing your name before a game there's no better feeling."

The former Crewe and Chester man has struck up an impressive partnership with Scott Rendell since his return from loan at Peterborough.

The pair have scored nine goals in five games when starting up front together.

"We've formed a good partnership, I like playing with Scotty, but whatever the gaffer decides to do, all the strikers here compliment each other well," Holroyd said.

Gary Brabin's side go to struggling Lewes on Saturday with Holroyd anxious to hold onto his place in the side and make it three wins back to back in the league for the first time since August.

"On a personal level I want to keep playing, and from a team point of view we've picked up our form at the right time," Holroyd said.