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# Chasetown FC midfielder hoping to win back starting spot
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/chasetown-fc-midfielder-hoping-to-win-back-starting-spot/
- Published: 2009-11-13T11:30:19.000Z
- Updated: 2009-11-12T11:50:04.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Sport, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 21:52

![Richard Batchelor. Pic: Dave Birt](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/richard-batchelor-chasetown.jpg "richard-batchelor-chasetown")

Richard Batchelor. Pic: Dave Birt

Richard Batchelor is hoping he did enough as a substitute against Carlton Town to but himself back in contention for a starting spot at Chasetown FC.

The midfielder has found himself on the bench in recent weeks, but he put in an all-action half-an-hour in the 1-1 midweek draw.

And Batchelor is keeping his fingers crossed ahead of the Scholars’ trip to Kidsgrove Athletic tomorrow (November 14).

He said:

> “Obviously the gaffer has not played me for a reason, but all I could do was show him when I came on.  
>  
> “I thought I did that on Tuesday for the half-hour I was on. Fingers crossed I’ll get a start against Kidsgrove.”

But whichever 11 start against Kidsgrove, Batchelor acknowledges they’ll need to cut out the mistakes which have cost them points in the last two games.

He said:

> “I thought we’d get a win against Carlton. We started with some good football, but again conceded a sloppy goal.  
>  
> “We bounced back well with another goal from Reece Styche who is on good form. But we are just struggling to find goals from elsewere at the moment.”