MATCH PREVIEW | North Shields v Stockton Town

NORTH SHIELDS VS STOCKTON TOWN 

COMPETITION: Northern Premier League East Division

DATE: Wednesday 8th February 2023

KICK-OFF: 19:45 PM

ENTRY: £9 Adult, £6 Concession, £3 Under 16s (Cash only) 

GROUND: The Daren Persson Stadium, North Shields, NE29 0SS

LIVE UPDATES: @stockton_townfc – Twitter (Limited Updates)

Stockton Town travel to Tyneside looking to build on Saturday’s big win against Lincoln United. 

The Anchors got back to winning ways on Saturday afternoon after an emphatic 5-0 victory, thanks to a hat-trick from Matty Tymon and goals from Lewis King and Kevin Hayes. 

Midfielder Stephen Thompson returned to the side on Saturday following his three game suspension, but Dale Mulligan will still be unavailable after his sending off against Pontefract two weeks ago. Callum Roberts will also miss Wednesday as he’s finishing his recovery from a broken arm suffered against Carlton Town in November. 

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Stockton Town have faced North Shields eight in all competitions. They have won once at the Daren Persson Stadium- back in January 2018 when Adam Nicholson netted a stoppage time winner in the League Cup.

Here are the results of the previous five meetings:

25 Aug 2018- North Shields 3-2 Stockton Town- Northern League Division One

22 Sep 2018- Stockton Town 4-1 North Shields- Northern League Division One

18 Sep 2019- Stockton Town 3-1 North Shields- Northern League Division One

11 Dec 2019- North Shields 1-1 Stockton Town- Northern League Division One

7 Sep 2022- Stockton Town 4-2 North Shields- Northern Premier League East Division

FORM GUIDE

Stockton Town: D L L D W

Last Game: Stockton Town 5-0 Lincoln United – Northern Premier League East

 North Shields: D L L L D

Last Game: Brighouse Town 2-2 North Shields – Northern Premier League East 

THE OPPOSITION

North Shields won promotion to the Northern Premier League East last season after winning the Northern League, after narrowly missing out on promotion with the Anchors the year before on the points per game standings.

It’s been an up and down season for the Robins, who currently sit above the relegation playoff spots on goal difference. Despite a positive start the season, winning three of their opening seven games, but North Shields’ last win came all the way back on October 22nd against Carlton Town.

Attackers Cameron Cunningham and Reagan Paterson are the main men for North Shields, with Cameron scoring six and Regan with seven goals in all competitions so far this season. 

PRE-MATCH QUOTES

Anchors assistant manager JD Briggs spoke after the Lincoln United game and said:

“We’re looking forward to it, obviously the confidence will be high. Unfortunately we have a couple of players unavailable but we do have other players that can step in.

“I feel like we’re confident now so we can go on a little run, if we can take another three points [today] it goes into the two big games with Dunston and Cleethorpes in a real positive frame.”

Words by Jordan Clarke