Scott Bartlett: Eastleigh have ‘great chance’ of beating Walsall in FA Cup says manager

Bartlett was previously boss of Weston-super-Mare and before that he coached across the age levels at Forest Green Rovers, taking over as caretaker boss on two separate occasions.
This season is Eastleigh’s 12th campaign in the fifth tier of English football, with their highest finish in that time fourth place in 2015.
Bartlett is determined to push the Hampshire side one step further than they have ever been before and into League Two.
“When I came in I was told that the club want to get promoted,” he added.
“There’s absolutely no doubt about that, but so do 20 others in our division and there’s some really big boys above us at the league.
“We’ve got everything here to do well but for me, having a look at what we’ve got, we need to push now to get in that next little bracket of clubs and see where that takes us.
“If we got to the end of the season and we’ve started to build a squad for the following year that can push with some exciting players and play the way I want to play, then that would be a good place to be.
“But we’re all selfish, I want to finish as high as we can and I’d love to be in that top little bracket – we’re not quite there yet but I do feel with a fair win we could get there.”




