"I want to top the group," says McGrath ahead of final National League Cup group game

Town are first in group A, having won all three of their games so far, against Derby, Wolves and Stoke, and can guarantee themselves top spot, and a home draw in the quarter-finals, with a win at home to Nottingham Forest under 21s.

"I want to win it because I want to top the group," McGrath said.

"It's a really important competition for us, it's a chance for silverware, which we want to do.

"But we've also got one eye on Saturday at Cheltenham - I'd rather win the FA Cup than the National League Cup!

"So if we're going to in the FA Cup, we've got to beat Cheltenham.

"We'll assess the boys accordingly. There's rules that you have to start a certain number of players from the last game or the next game."

Halifax are battling it out for first place in the group with Scunthorpe, who who are at home to Wolves tomorrow night.

On whether he thinks only a win will do to finish first, McGrath said: "It depends on who does what behind us but we've got a good young, energetic squad who want to win games of football.

"Forest will be no mugs, they'll be a good side but we'll give everything we can on Tuesday night to win the game."