MATCH PREVIEW | North Ferriby v Stockton Town

NORTH FERRIBY VS STOCKTON TOWN 

COMPETITION: Pitching In Northern Premier League East Division – Matchday 26

DATE: Saturday 17th February 2024

KICK-OFF: 3:00pm

ENTRY: £7 Adult, £5 Concession, u12’s free with an adult

GROUND: The Dransfield Stadium, Grange Lane, Church Road, North Ferriby, HU14 3AB

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Stockton Town are set to make their first ever visit to the Dransfield Stadium to face North Ferriby. 

The Anchors head into the game off the back of last weekend’s thrilling victory over Cleethorpes Town, which saw the Anchors come from behind twice in the first half, and a 96th minute winner from Kevin Hayes lifted the faces of Stockton fans after Cleethorpes thought they’d salvaged a point in the 93rd minute.

Michael Fowler, Mikey Roberts, Stephen Thompson and Kevin Hayes got the goals for the Anchors to keep the lead over Belper Town at the top at six points. 

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Stockton and North Ferriby met for the first time back at the MAP Group UK Stadium in September. 

Here is the result from that game:

30 September 2023 – Stockton Town 3-0 North Ferriby – Pitching In Northern Premier League East Division 

FORM GUIDE

Stockton Town: D D D D W

Last Game: Stockton Town 4-3 Cleethorpes Town 

North Ferriby: L L W W W

Last Game: Cleethorpes Town 1-2 North Ferriby

THE OPPOSITION

The Villagers are having a fine inaugural season in step four, sitting in 7th place, only one point outside of the playoffs.

Chris Bolder’s side are coming into the game against the Anchors on a four-game winning streak, three in the league and one in the county cup.

North Ferriby’s forwards are very dangerous, with two players inside the top 15 in the goalscoring standings. Danny Earl has 10 goals to his name, with Tom Corner just behind him on nine. 

PRE-MATCH QUOTES

Anchors gaffer Michael Dunwell spoke ahead of the trip to North Ferriby after the delight of last weekend by saying:

“It’s another tough game, it’s a nice surface there and a nice setup so it might suit us and how we like to get down to play.”

“It feels like we haven’t played away for a while, we played at Dunston, but we haven’t had a long trip for a while, and this is a ground we’ve never played at as a club so it’s something new, something different there”.

“They’re another team who’ve picked up lately, sitting just outside the playoffs, so it’s going to be another tough game, all the games are because everyone is going to want to beat us because of where we are. We’ve just got to kick on and see if we can go on another winning run.”

Words by Jordan Clarke.