With the last four games being postponed due to the recent bad weather, there's an element of copy and paste (what, more than normal??) about previews at the minute. Town have been made to sit on their hands since the defeat to Yorkshire Amateur almost a month ago, but will look to get back to winning ways tomorrow to prevent any mischievous usurpers replacing us in the top ten.
Last month's 12-point deduction has plunged our hosts into a relegation battle, and whilst they have games in hand on their rivals, one league win in the last seven means Rangers will be desperate for all three points in their bid for survival. The two teams shared a point on Cedar Ridge back in October, a late equalizer for the visitors cancelling out Mark Simpson's opener. As mentioned above Town have never visited this venue, previous meetings taking place at their old home Dene Park just up the road. The last meeting in Hull was back on 15th September 2004 when goals from Gavin Birmingham and Nick Jaggar sadly weren't enough to avoid a 3-2 defeat for Simon Clifford's side.
It's set to be a busy run-in for Rob Hunter's team, and our manager has added to his ranks with the expected signings of brothers Niah and Sanchez Payne. Both midfielders, Sanchez is dual-registered with Shaw Lane AFC and will be helping us out in midweek, however Niah is expected to go straight into tomorrow's squad. Calum Ward is currently recovering from an ankle operation and Jack McMurrough is unavailable due to work commitments, but otherwise Rob has a full squad to pick from.
Please note tomorrow's game is subject to a 10am pitch inspection. Fingers crossed!
Up the Miners!
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