Match Details
Toolstation Northern Counties East Football League
Winterton Rangers v Silsden AFC
Wednesday 23rd March
8pm
MKM Stadium
Match Preview
Following our 1-1 with Maltby Main last Saturday, we make the midweek trip to Scunthorpe to take on high flying Winterton Rangers this Wednesday.
Rangers are the leagues in-form side with 10 wins on the bounce, the first of the run coming with their 2-1 win over us at the end of January. Conversely, Silsden are without a win in six, but having ended our losing streak last weekend, theres a chance for confidence to be rebuilt.
In terms of the 2-1 defeat against Wednesday’s opponents, Jack Normanton was our goal scorer that day and he’ll be looking to re-find the goal scoring form that sees him sit second in the scoring charts this season, having not scored in six.
The division’s leading scorer Josh Walker will be the opposition’s player to watch having scored 28 times this campaign, one of those coming in our previous fixture with Rangers. His goals have propelled them up to 4th but with a game in hand on the two sides above them, Winterton could move into that second place promotion spot with a win tomorrow.
Striker Ant Brown will be available for the game despite his sending off on Saturday, however his 3 game suspension will begin following tomorrow’s fixture. Brown will be a real miss considering his impact on the team in the recent weeks since his return, but his absence gives his chance for someone else to step up with Finn Donovan, Jack Normanton or Lewis Gartland all possibilities to make the move up front.
Whilst we currently sit in 13th in the league, just eight points separate us and 7th place meaning any team currently sitting in mid-table could quite easily climb higher by stringing a few wins together. Expect plenty of table movement before the season comes to its conclusion in just a few weeks time.
This game is one of two remaining fixtures against teams in the top five, the other being the rearranged fixture with local rivals Eccleshill next week. The other matches see us take on Emley and Goole, both midtable, aswell as relegation threatened Albion Sports.
We hope to see as many of you as possible over the coming weeks as we look to re-find the form we know that we’re capable of and climb the table, starting with this difficult fixture at Winterton Rangers.
