CWMBRAN utility-man Jamie Edwards is backing the Crows to get their season back on track against his former club Newtown tomorrow.

The Crows entertain Newtown (kick-off 2.30pm) whose form is inferior having lost every game since the turn of the year.

They are six points above Cwmbran in the Welsh Premier Division, despite losing six consecutive league games, giving the Crows the chance to make some ground on them.

It has been a horrendous week for Cwmbran, their game with Haverfordwest last Friday postponed after a motorway smash involving two cars of Cwmbran players (Edwards was driving one of them) and they've been hit with a £2000 FAW fine following disciplinary breaches in a cup game with Merthyr.

However, Edwards, 22, is upbeat - and thinks tomorrow's clash is a perfect opportunity for the Crows to get a much needed three points - two successive postponements mean they have no played since they lost 7-1 at home to Rhyl on January 7.

"I think we can get back on track against my old club and I fancy us to get the win, everyone is very upbeat at the moment in the dressing room," he said.

"It has been hard for us this winter because we have played very few games and that is making it difficult for us because we have a lot of new players signed by Sean (Wharton, manager) that haven't really been able to gel into the squad yet.

"The financial troubles at the club also bring the players closer together, there is a very strong sense of us standing together for the club."

Edwards remains philosophical about last week's motorway smash when the players were heading for Haverfordwest. He managed to stop when a car pulled out in front of him but the vehicle behind, also heading from Cwmbran, smashed into the back of him.

He joked: "I think that was punishment for saying earlier in the day that nothing bad had ever happened to me on Friday the 13th, I won't make that mistake again!

"In all seriousness, while it was a scary experience, at the end of the day it is just a piece of metal that got damaged, the most important thing is that everyone was fine, no-one was hurt.

"We spent a long-time on the hard-shoulder chatting while we waited for the recovery vehicles, you could even call it a team-bonding exercise!"