NEIL Baker is confident Slough Town have found their stride this season after an impressive string of results this October.

Rebels have recorded five wins from their last seven matches in the Southern Premier Division, marching up the table into ninth place.

A 3-1 win over Cambridge City last weekend was followed by a 3-3 draw at Chippenham Town on Tuesday, Slough’s eighth game in just 24 days.

“We’ve taken 16 points from a possible 21, which is play-off form if we’re honest,” Baker told the Observer.

“We’re always in the game and not being out-played. We’ve found our stride and are starting to create problems for teams, which is the main thing.

“I don’t think scoring goals will be a problem for us this season, and we are tightening up at the back. We just have to make sure we keep on going now in a tough league.”

Baker continued: “We had a real balance all over the pitch against Cambridge and it was a very good performance.

“It was a very tight first-half between two quality sides giving it everything. It was one of those games where whoever scored the first goal was probably going to win.

“We scored a couple of minutes into the second-half and looked pretty comfortable from then on, and I felt we would win the game.

“We pushed on more in the second-half and created a lot more than them, but they’re still a very good side.”

Looking back at the tie with Chippenham, Baker said: “It was probably one of the best games I’ve been involved with in a long time. It was entertaining, end-to-end, with lots of chances and mistakes.

“Chippenham scored an early goal and for 10 minutes after they controlled the match. But for the last 25-30 minutes of the first-half we absolutely dominated and played some fantastic stuff.

“We only scored one goal for our efforts, but it was a tremendous performance from the lads.

“The conditions played their part, and we could’ve defended the first two goals better, but we came back with two of our own and got back into it.”

Slough put their march up the table on hold to turn their attention toward the FA Trophy and a first qualifying round tie at Romford on Sunday (1.30pm).

Baker admits Rebels will have to deal with a “strange Sunday atmosphere” but he is confident they can progress in the competition.

He said: “It’s an important FA competition with prize money and the chance to play a Conference side, so clearly we all want a good run.

“Playing on a Sunday will be different and I will be another tough game. There’s never an easy one, especially these days.

“I’ve been to watch Romford so we know what we’re going to get from them, and they had a good result on Tuesday.

“Romford are a young side and hard-working, and we’re going to have to find space to break them down.

“We must be on our metal and, if we do that right, I’m confident we can come through the tie. If we go there and work hard, then we should have took much quality for them.”