BOSS Alan Knill will take his Scunthorpe United players on a one night pre-season bonding trip tomorrow.

The Iron manager is planning to take his squad 'out of their comfort zones' as they continue to prepare for the upcoming League One campaign.

"We're just going to do something different because pre-season becomes so long," said Knill.

"It can become tedious so we decided we'll take the players away.

"There will be no footballs but it will be quite hard work I imagine.

"It will take them right out of their comfort zones and ask them to do things they haven't done before."

After Saturday's 1-0 defeat to FC Halifax Town, Knill was pleased with last night's victory by the same scoreline at Gainsborough Trinity.

Summer signing Andy Barcham in particular came in for high praise, with his early goal being the difference for United.

"It was another good workout, better than Saturday because we didn't lose, and it's another step closer to the start of the season," said Knill.

"Everybody has had more or less the same amount of minutes now, and they're looking strong.

"Another game like last night can only help them.

"There are still things we've got to work on, but it's only pre-season.

"It was a great goal from Andy Barcham. He's kind of in between moving all his stuff up here, so he's trying to concentrate on football and moving into a new house.

"Hopefully he'll have done that next week and can concentrate on just the one thing.

"It's a slow process but I think we're getting there.

"Things are going okay. Obviously you want to be scoring 10 goals and not concede any but that isn't how it works.

"Even when the season starts we're still learning how to do things. The good thing is, the players are willing to do it."