KENILWORTH first-team manager Dom Carrick admits tomorrow's clash against Scunthorpe will be something of an acid test for his side.

A raft of new signings, both on and off the pitch, sees the Bedfordshire side entering the unknown at Heslam Park.

"We lost a lot more players than we expected last year, so we've completely changed this summer really," Carrick told the Telegraph.

"By our standards we had a very mixed season last year.

"We have a new coaching team now though, and just this week we have signed something like 11 players.

"We've got a few experienced guys and a few talented local youngsters.

"We don't really know what we're going to do this season, but we've had a good pre-season so we've just got to give the team time to gel."

And he knows his new-look team are going to face a stern test from a buoyant, newly-promoted Scunthorpe side.

"We only played each other a couple of years ago, so they have experience at this level already," he added.

"Teams that get promoted tend to do quite well in our league so we'll be a bit wary.

"We have only been able to read match reports and speak to a few people who were in their league last year.

"I remember from a couple of years ago their winger, Vaimoso, was a class player.

"They've got some decent backs and their skipper (Tom Foster) is a good player as well.

"But they are always strong up front and that is where we are going to have to make sure we match them."