SLOUGH Town face their hardest test of the season yet when they travel to Chelmsford City tomorrow (3pm ko).

That is the warning of joint-manager Neil Baker after a miserable Bank Holiday for the Rebels.

Slough slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat at National League South basement boys East Thurrock last Saturday.

And more frustration followed on Monday when they were beaten 2-1 by Dulwich Hamlet at Arbour Park having had what appeared a legitimate goal ruled out for offside when Rebels were leading the game.

Yet Baker insists his players must shake off that disappointment ahead of the clash at fourth-placed Chemlsford.

He told the Observer: “We didn’t pick up any points over the Bank Holiday so we’re disappointed, but it could have been a very different story.

“We can’t dwell on that, we move on and look ahead to Chelmsford now.

“It will be a very tough game, our toughest yet. They’re a big, strong side and they’re scoring a lot of goals.

“We’re under no illusion that we will have to work hard to get anything out of it.

“Two defeats in a row hurts, but we remain positive and go there with confidence.”

A combination of bad luck and missed opportunities meant Slough failed to pick up a point over the Bank Holiday.

Baker, whose side have not won in three league games now, explained: “We were poor against East Thurrock by our standards.

“We created plenty of chances and should have won the game in the first half. There is a problem at the moment with taking our opportunities when we are on top.

“The longer the game went on the more they looked to hit us on the break. But we were not good at all and we were very disappointed.”

Yet Baker admitted Rebels the defeat to Dulwich could easily have gone the other way.

“It was a completely different game on Monday,” he suggested. “We lost the game but we played very well. We had a lot of the game and again we created a lot of chances.

“We had a goal disallowed at 1-1 for offside. I’ve seen a replay and it was the wrong decision. If we score we go 2-0 up after an hour gone and there’s no way we lose from that position.

“We were very unlucky but we played some excellent football and on another day we win that game.”

He continued: “We missed a late penalty to beat Torquay which would have given us two more points, we could should have won at East Thurrock if we’d taken our chances and the Dulwich result could have been different.

“But it’s time to put all that behind us and concentrate on Chelmsford.”