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Thursday, November 20, 2008, 12:30
The only defeat suffered by Gary Marks' high-riding team this season was away to Hayle in September, so a full-strength Port have a score to settle.
And Marks said: "We won't be taking them lightly. They are the only team to have beaten us so far, so they have our respect.
"But at least the game is at our place and we are in good spirits at the moment."
Indeed Port went top of the table at the weekend after beating previous leaders St Austell at Poltair Park thanks to an 89th minute goal from Jamie Thirkle.
Marks said: "That was the most disciplined performance we have produced this season. It may not have been the best we have played, but it was the most disciplined and the best game we have featured in.
"We thoroughly deserved the three points, even though we had to wait a long time to get the goal. On another day we could have been two or three up inside the opening 15 minutes.
"We're not getting carried away. It's only one game and there is a long way to go this season and we are still gelling as a team, but we showed against St Austell that we are moving in the right direction."
Marks also thinks St Austell will continue to be title rivals, but he added: "A measure of how well we handled their threat was that our goalkeeper, Danny Burrows, had only one save to make all match.
"We protected him well and the contributions of players in front of him, such as Darren Burchell, was excellent."
● Match report, Page 56.
Porthleven celebrate Jamie Thirkle's 89th minute winner against St Austell at Poltair Park on Saturday. Picture by www.kasstzam.com
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