Yeovil Town goalkeeper Grant Smith will be back between the posts for the visit of Aldershot Town to Huish Park on Good Friday.
The first-choice stopper has been missing with a groin injury in recent weeks and his place has been filled by West Bromwich Albion loanee Ted Cann, who has returned to his parent club today (Thursday).
However, caretaker manager Charlie Lee confirmed that midfielder Matt Worthington will miss the next four matches through suspension with the club not planning to appeal his red card against King’s Lynn Town last weekend.
Speaking ahead of the start of the Easter period, Lee said: “Ted came in at a perfect time for us because Grant was struggling with his groin.
“He’s strong now and he’s been training, he was probably ready for the last game but it would have been unfair to take Ted out.
“But Grant is a top goalkeeper and he’ll be ready for the game on Friday.”
The boss admitted that he still felt the dismissal of Worthington, a straight red card for a full-blooded tackle on Linnets’ midfielder, Theo Widdrington, was questionable – but did not think the video evidence was strong enough for an appeal.
He said: “There just isn’t enough angles. I still feel that watching back that it is a very harsh red, but to get an appeal going and overturn the red card is not that easy.
“Unfortunately, he will be missing for four games which is a massive loss for us. He’s in good form, he’s a good player and he will be missed, but we have some players ready to step in.
“We are in a position where we have a bigger squad than we have for the last few months.”
Both Lawson D’Ath and Alex Bradley could step in to the void left by the absence of Worthington. Both stayed on the bench for the 2-2 draw in Norfolk last weekend.
The interim boss confirmed defenders Max Hunt and loanee Jack Robinson were back in full training having been missing through injury.
The visit of Aldershot seems certain to be too soon for either player to be in contention for a start, but they could be in contention in the coming weeks.
Of injured midfielder Josh Staunton, Lee added: “We are waiting to find out a bit more, he has another specialist to see and there will probably be more news on him next week.”
Asked about any discussions around the future of the club’s players, Lee said that he was not involved in any discussions around their futures.
Going off the public statements made by the club at the time of player’s arrivals, we believe that only defender Morgan Williams has a deal beyond the end of this season.
Lee said: “That’s something I’m not involved with. The club is progressing well, the owner knows what he wants next season, but for me it is about preparing the games on Friday and Monday.”
However, he did say that the players had shown no sign of slowing down despite being set in mid-table in the National League with little prospect of either troubling the relegation or promotion picture.
He said: “When I took over, I said to them ‘if we win games, that is not going to effect anyone negatively’, it will only help the club, the fans, the players.
They have bought in to that brilliantly and they have proven since I have taken over that they have bought in to that.
“We played a little 11v11 game in training yesterday and there was no player who was not interested in winning on Friday.”