GUISELEY boss Mark Bower is hoping his side’s rotten luck will finally turn when they make the long trek to Torquay this weekend.

The Lions head to the Devon seaside resort on the back of a four-match winless streak which Bower partly attributes to the decision-making of the officials.

He was left fuming by a hotly-disputed penalty at Chester on Bank Holiday before Adam Boyes grabbed a richly-deserved equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw.

Now Bower is looking forward to the trip to the English Riviera with optimism following his side’s impressive display at Chester.

He said: “Going to Torquay is a new one for us as a club but we’ll go down there tomorrow and prepare properly – and we should go there with confidence.

“We’ve taken one point from the two games over the Bank Holiday weekend but the performances against two full-time, established Conference sides in Gateshead and Chester are something we can take a lot of heart from.

“We’ll look forward to Torquay and if we play like we have done in the last two games then there’s no reason why we won’t finally get that win again.

“They say these decisions turn, so we’re going to get a lot of good decisions over the next few weeks, it would seem.”

The trip to Torquay will necessitate an overnight stay but Bower says it does not faze his part-time squad in the slightest.

He explained: “The majority of our players have played full-time professional football and staying over in a hotel is often better preparation than a home game where lads are driving themselves an hour or so to get to the ground.

“Hopefully the fans will enjoy going down to Torquay this weekend and the best way of them doing that would be for us to come away with the three points.”

Striker Liam Dickinson and defender Ben Parker made their first starts of the season at Chester and Bower said: “Liam has showed a good attitude when he has came on and caused a few problems because we’ve not scored too many goals so far this season, so we just thought we’d try him from the start.

“Dicko is probably short of match fitness but we got a good hour out of him and Ben Parker was tackling their quickest player in the 93rd minute to stop him getting a cross in.

“I was bitterly, bitterly disappointed at what is going against us but immensely proud of the players for the way they kept going because we had chances to win it at Chester.”