Match Details
Toolstation Northern East Counties Football League
Maltby Main v Silsden AFC
Saturday 19th March
3pm
Muglet Lane
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Silsden make the trip down to South Yorkshire to take on Maltby Main later on today. Muglet Lane plays host to this one, with kick off at 3pm.
Off the back of three straight defeats, we are looking to bounce back and re-find the form that saw us climb as high as 11th just a few weeks ago.
Similarly, Maltby also find themselves on a 3 game losing streak, having suffered defeats to Goole and Penistone Church. The latter having beaten them twice in just over a week.
With both sides looking to pick up a win to put an end to their bad form, we could be in for a thrilling tie today. Our last fixture with the Miners ended in an exciting 2-2 draw at The Office Interiors Stadium, a last minute equaliser snatching us a point in that one.
In terms of players to keep an eye on today, Brad Riley picked up his 5 goal of the season last time out. The tricky winger will be looking to add to his tally in this one and his link up play with Josi Bradshaw certainly seems to be effective in forging chances for the team. Our opposition today boast one of the divisions best penalty takers in the form of Jonathan Williams, 9 out of his 15 strikes this campaign have come from the spot, singling the midfielder out as a real threat from 12 yards.
Our opposition today find themselves in 7th position in the league and whilst promotion is mathematically out of the equation for the South Yorkshire side, every team still harbours ambitions to finish as high as possible. A result today would see the side consolidate their table position.
Whilst we currently sit in 14th, there are only six points separating us and Maltby up in 7th. Having also played less games than the majority of teams around us, today is a brilliant chance to climb the table and keep pushing before the culmination of the campaign.
We hope to see as many of you as possible making the trip down to Muglet Lane today but should you not be able to make it, our WYL side are also hosting Huddersfield Amateur in the Semi-Finals of the county cup at 2pm!
