STOCKTON TOWN v OSSETT UNITED
COMPETITION: Northern Premier League East
DATE: Saturday 21st January
KICK-OFF:Â 3:00PMÂ
ENTRY: £9 Adult, £7 Concession, £3 ChildrenÂ
GROUND: MAP Group UK Stadium, Bishopton Road West, Stockton-On-Tees, TS19 0QD
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Stockton Town return to home action when they face Pontefract Collieries for the third time this season.Â
The Anchors conceded two goals in the opening twenty minutes last Saturday to lose 2-0 at North East rivals Hebburn Town.
Amar Purewal’s close range strike and Joe Walton’s wonderful piece of innovation were enough to give the home side the victory.
Stockton ended the game with ten-men after Captain Adam Nicholson was sent off for two yellow cards.
It was the Anchors first defeat of 2023 after they had beaten Shildon 3-0 and drew 1-1 with Ossett United in their opening two fixtures.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
This is the fifth meeting between the two clubs. Pontefract have the upper hand with three victories to Stockton’s one.
12 Feb 2022- Pontefract Collieries 2-0 Stockton Town- Northern Premier League East Division
26 Mar 2022- Stockton Town 3-1 Pontefract Collieries- Northern Premier League East Division
20 Aug 2022- Stockton Town 2-3 Pontefract Collieries- Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round
18 Oct 2022- Pontefract Collieries 2-1 Stockton Town- Northern Premier League East Division
FORM GUIDE
Stockton Town: L D W L L
Last Game: Hebburn Town 2-0 Stockton Town
Pontefract Collieries: L D L L L
Last Game: Consett AFC 3-1 Pontefract CollieriesÂ
THE OPPOSITION
The Colls have already beaten Stockton Town twice this season. In the FA Cup back in August when Adam Priestley netted a late winner. Then in the league when they came from behind to win 2-1 thanks to goals from Joe Lumsden and Spencer Clarke.
They currently sit in the eighth after 21 games but have been in a poor run of form of late with their last victory coming on November 19th when they beat Tadcaster Albion 6-2. Since that game they have lost four and drew one.
Priestley remains the man to watch with 15 goals to his name this season. Gavin Allott has also proved to be a shrewd signing and has nine goals this term.
PRE-MATCH QUOTESÂ
Speaking after the Hebburn game, Manager Michael Duwnell looked ahead to Pontefract:
“We have got to try to stay positive, we are going through a difficult period where we are not really playing well collectively and things that were going for us before this season are not now and we are getting punished for mistakes that we are making which are our doing and that needs to stop.
“The sooner that stops we can looking forward again but it needs to stop sooner rather than later and hopefully that’s against Pontefract on Saturday.”
