NEWTON AYCLIFFE VS STOCKTON TOWN
COMPETITION: Pitching In Northern Premier League East Division
DATE: Tuesday 5th March 2024
KICK-OFF: 3:00pm
ENTRY: £9 Adult, £6 Concession, Junior (5-16) £3
GROUND: The Securicorp Stadium, Moore Lane, DL5 5AG
LIVE UPDATES: @stockton_townfc – Twitter/X
LIVE COMMETARY: Anchors FM- Anchors Radio (mixlr.com)
Stockton Town are in midweek action as they make the short trip to Newton Aycliffe.
The Anchors won their fourth successive game on Saturday with a 2-0 triumph at Grimsby Borough which extended their unbeaten run to 17 league games.
Stephen Thompson opened the scoring on four minutes before Michael Fowler sealed the victory in the opening minutes of the second.
It was another good day for the defence who kept their third successive clean sheet and sixth in the last seven games.
Stockton again should have a full squad available for selection.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Stockton Town and Newton Aycliffe have met eight times in the past. Here are the last five results:
28 Aug 23– Stockton Town 2-0 Newton Aycliffe- Northern Premier League East Division
07 Jan 20– Newton Aycliffe 0-3 Stockton Town- Durham Challenge Cup
04 Sep 19– Stockton Town 5-0 Newton Aycliffe- Northern League Division One
16 Feb 19– Stockton Town 2-2 Newton Aycliffe- Northern League Division One
05 Jan 19– Newton Aycliffe 1-5 Stockton Town- Northern League Division One
FORM GUIDE
Stockton Town: W W W W D
Last Game: Grimsby Borough 0-2 Stockton Town
Newton Aycliffe: D D D W L
Last Game: Newton Aycliffe 3-3 Cleethorpes Town
THE OPPOSITION
Last season’s Northern League Champions are having an excellent debut season at Step Four and are currently 6th with 46 points from 29 games.
Brian Atkinson’s men are 3rd in the form table having taken 12 points from their last six games. Last time out they extended their unbeaten run to six games as they scored two late goals to secure a 3-3 draw at home against Cleethorpes Town.
Aycliffe have some recognisable players in former Anchors Jake Petitjean and Cieran Jackson. The pair have hit double figures between them for the season with 11.
Liam Adamson is the main man to watch, he has 14 for the season.
PRE-MATCH QUOTES
Speaking to Anchors TV on Saturday, Assistant Manager JD Briggs said:
“I expect it to be a really tough game. We are going to have to change personnel for that because it comes quickly off the back of today.â€
“We watched them against Hebburn and they were a really good and hardworking team. They have a good spirit and a good way about them.
“If we can get something out of it, it sets us up really well going in the final stretch.â€
