NAT JARVIS has dubbed the Cirencester Town strikers ‘The Red Arrows’ ahead of the visit of Biggleswade Town tomorrow.

But it was jet lag rather than G-Force that Jarvis was encountering when he boarded the Ciren team bus heading to Arlesey Town last Saturday.

Jarvis was newly arrived back from the Caribbean Cup in Jamaica where his national side Antigua and Barbuda were finally knocked out after losing to Martinique in the final group game.

Town manager Brian Hughes opted to leave his most prolific striker on the bench at Arlesey but within minutes of coming off the bench with 10 minutes to play, a Jarvis assist had set up the Ellis Dunton equaliser and the club’s young full back then went on to score the winner in stoppage time.

“I didn’t mind being left on the bench for the Arlesey game, if I am being honest, as I was still suffering from bad jet lag,” said Jarvis.

“But I’m raring to go and keen to start on Saturday.”

While Jarvis has been away on his Caribbean odyssey, Josh Parsons has come into the team and struck an immediate rapport with fellow front men Ed Williams and Aidan Bennett.

Cirencester Town’s championship-winning success last season was built on a frugal back five, a hard-working midfield and the goals of Lee Smith.

Now they have firepower all across the front line and they are the leading goalscorers in the Southern Premier League.

“When we’re going forward we’re like the Red Arrows,” said former Cardiff City striker Jarvis. “We’re very direct and we have lots of speed.

“Cirencester Town is a good environment to be playing football right now.

“Everyone has got the bit between their teeth and want to do well and the manager keeps bringing in the right kind of players.”

Jarvis really enjoyed his time with the Antigua side, although their competition ultimately ended in failure.

“It was a good tournament for me personally, if not for the team in the end,” he said.

“I scored two goals off the bench during the section in Antigua and I thought I did well without scoring when starting the two final games against the hosts Jamaica and Martinique. I had a little niggle which kept me out of the first game against Haiti when we came back from 2-0 down to draw.

“I played at No.10 against Jamaica, who had the likes of Rodolph Austin of Leeds and Jobi McAnuff of Orient, and we had them scared for the first 35 minutes. They were arguing among themselves and the manager was ranting on the sidelines.

“We created loads of chances but failed to score and then they got two goals against the run of play in the 40th and 45th minutes and our heads went.

“In the final game against Martinique, who lined up with former West Ham player Julien Faubert, I played in my favoured position at No.9 but I was up front on my own against two 6ft 3in centre backs and we had to win 4-0 to have a chance of qualifying.

“I thought I did okay with no service, the problem being that we played the same core team for the third time in five days and they were knackered. We lost 2-0.

“The key game, though, was against Jamaica. If we had scored when we were well on top, the tournament might have turned out differently."