Cramlington
Town v Rothbury
Northern
Football Alliance
Team Valley
Carpets Division Two
Saturday 8th
December 2018, Cramlington Sporting Club, kick-off 2.00pm.
Just a few short
weeks ago, Cramlington Town were rock bottom of the Northern Alliance Second Division
after losing their opening five fixtures – but the Sporting Club side have
turned things around with wins over Burradon and Seaton Sluice and a draw
against Blyth FC in their last three games.
That has
been enough to take James Merilo’s team up to thirteenth in the table as he has
added a number of new additions to the squad.
Town keeper
Craig Jones also won a bit of Internet stardom this week when a picture of him
wearing US side Temecula FC’s grey goalkeeper top in a match was Tweeted by
‘The Quails.’
So Rothbury
can expect something of a more difficult encounter than the comfortable 2-0
success they recorded over the Cramlington side at Armstrong Park back in
September, and player coach Tom Macpherson is well aware of the challenge
ahead.
“Cramlington Town will be a totally
different team to the one we beat earlier in the season,” he said.
“Since the new manager took over they’ve
made some impressive signings, mainly from the Alliance Premier and Northern League.
We need to go into Saturday with confidence and get the three points to keep
the pressure on Whitley Bay Sporting,” continued Macpherson.
The leaders have a tricky-looking trip up
to Berwick to take on Spittal Rovers and the Reds fans will be keeping a keen
eye out for the result from Newfields Park.
The trip to south-east Northumberland marks
the half way point in what has so far been an impressive first season in the
Northern Football Alliance for Rothbury, and Macpherson is confident that the
Coquetdale side can maintain their challenge at the top.
“We are pleased to have a few players back
this Saturday, so we should have a strong squad for the game,” he said.
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