Bring on the big boys

GARY JOHNSON has perhaps the most unusual curriculum vitae in the depths of Division Three.

In two-and-a-half years as Latvia's national coach and technical director, Johnson mixed it in World Cup and European Championship qualifiers with the likes of Norway, Georgia and Belgium, experienced the intimidation of a match in front of 50,000 in war-torn Croatia and lost 1-0 to Scotland in Riga after a goal in the 89th minute.

He knows all about squeezing the most out of limited resources against superior opposition. Which is why Liverpool's under-achievers could be in for the fright of their lives against the Nationwide League's newest side in Sunday's intriguing tie at Huish Park.