STOCKTON TOWN VS WINTERTON RANGERS
COMPETITION: Northern Premier League East Division
DATE: Saturday 4th November, 2023
KICK-OFF: 3:00pm
ENTRY: £9 Adult, £7 Concession, £3 Child (tickets available online or at the gate)
GROUND: MAP Group UK Stadium, Bishopton Road West, Stockton-On-Tees, TS19 0QD
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Stockton begin November with a home game against Winterton Rangers.
The club will mark this year’s remembrance with ceremony before Kick-Off. Fans are advised early to observe this.
The Anchors return home after last Saturday’s disappointing 3-2 defeat at Liversedge where they once again ended the game with ten men.
Despite not being anywhere near their best they were still in the game in the dying embers.
Stockton will welcome back Captain Adam Nicholson after his time away. Cameron Painter will serve his one-match suspension and Dan McWilliams is serving the second game of his three-match suspension. Michael Sweet is also out following an injury suffered scoring a goal at Liversedge last Saturday.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
This is the first-ever meeting between the two clubs.
FORM GUIDE
Stockton Town: L D W W W
Last Game:Â Liversedge 3-2 Stockton Town
Winterton Rangers:Â W W L L L
Last Game:Â Winterton Rangers 2-0 Sheffield FC
THE OPPOSITION
Winterton Rangers are in their debut season at Step Four following promotion via a 2-1 win at Coggleshall Town in the Inter-Step Play-Off.
The Rangers are currently 18th with 12 points from their first 12 games. They have picked up back-to-back victories 2-1 at Grimsby Borough and 2-0 at home against Sheffield FC.
There has been some major outgoings from the club in the past week. Luke Anderson after a successful spell in which he scored over 100 goals for the club. Also departing was Josh Walker who scored both goals in last season’s Play-Off Final.
PRE-MATCH QUOTES
Looking ahead to the game, Manager Michael Dunwell said:
“Any game in this league is going to be tough. Doesn’t matter where you are in the table.â€
“We are in a good position after 11 games and we have got to look to build on what we have done in the first quarter of the seasonâ€
