Goalkeeper Andy Little today admitted he may have to leave Crawley to play regular football.

Little was an ever-present for four years until he lost his place to Phil Smith at the start of this season.

He started the first four games but was dropped after the 4-0 drubbing against Accrington Stanley in August.

Since then he has been sitting on the bench and been confined to one-off cup matches and also had a brief loan spell at Basingstoke in February.

Manager Francis Vines handed Little his first league start since August in last Saturday's 2-0 win against Accrington.

He produced a man-of-the-match performance and impressed again on Tuesday night as Reds beat Lewes 2-1 in the Sussex Senior Cup semi-final.

Little said: "The last couple of games have gone well and hopefully I have the shirt now until the end of the season.

"Frank (Vines) wants to see who to keep for next season and I think he has already decided on Phil, which is fair enough because he has done well.

"It has been hard for me to come in when I have not played very often. You feel a bit off the pace and it takes a while to get used to it.

"Frank has not said anything to me yet so I'm just going to try and play the best I can for the remainder of this season and see what happens.

"I don't feel I have anything to prove. I want to stay at Crawley for next season but I don't want another year of sitting on the bench.

"You saw with Charlie (MacDonald) and Mo Harkin that players do move on if they have to, so we will have to wait and see."

Little has been told by Vines he will almost certainly keep his place at play-off chasers Aldershot tomorrow.

He has one less striker to worry about after Albion re-called Jake Robinson following a month's loan, during which time he scored four league goals in eight games.

Little said: "I'm looking forward to it because this type of game is what playing in the Conference is all about.

"It is pretty much a local derby and they are going for the play-offs, so it should be a good game. We are almost out of it now but we want to end our season on a high so we will be going for a win."

Vines believes he will not have to motivate his players for the game, even though Crawley's play-off hopes are just about over with four matches to play.

Aldershot are six points ahead of Reds in fifth and will include former Wales international Darren Barnard, ex-Albion midfielder David Lee and former Lewes winger Dwain Clarke in their line-up.

Vines said: "We are all really looking forward to it and there will be no need to get the boys up for the game.

"I think it will be a cracking match between two sides who like to play football but I wouldn't care if it wasn't, as long as we nick it 1-0."

Reds defender Sacha Opinel starts a two-match ban after picking up ten yellow cards.

The Frenchman will have missed nine out of 22 games through suspension since joining Crawley in January when he completes the ban.

Captain Ian Simpemba returns from a two-match suspension and midfielder Charlie Mapes is back in the squad after returning from a loan spell at Canvey Island.

Mapes said: "I was meant to be at Canvey until the end of the season but asked to come back because things were not working out.

"I'm pleased to be back and now I'm looking to try and force my way into the side before the end of the season."

Burgess Hill manager Gary Croydon believes reaching the Ryman one play-offs is a tall order for his young side.

He said: "It's not mathematically impossible for us to get into sixth place but with two away games to come after tomorrow's home game against Tooting and then finishing off with AFC Wimbledon at home, it's a tall order.

"Our young players have done fantastically well this season but now they are mentally worn out.

"Tom Edmonds is a classic example. He has played 32 senior games for us, three youth games and more than 20 games for Sussex representative and school sides.

"I don't know how much good all this representative football is doing our young players and what it achieves. I don't have the answers but I know that there are too many demands being placed on the young players."