Warrington Town welcome Emley to The GXO Stadium this Saturday for more Northern Premier League action (3pm kick-off).
The Yellows will be aiming to bounce back from their disappointing 4-0 defeat to Curzon Ashton on Tuesday evening, a result which ended their strong unbeaten start in the campaign.
This weekend, Emley visit WA4 for just the third time in their history. The last time the two sides faced off against each other was in January 1991, with the Yellows suffering a 4-1 defeat on the road in West Yorkshire.
Below, we've compiled everything you need to know ahead of the fixture.
Paul Carden preview
Article first published in the Warrington Guardian.
To call Warrington Town’s week one of contrasting fortunes would be putting it lightly.
Having dished out a hammering to Whitby Town on Saturday, the shoe was on the other foot on Tuesday and as such, they are left having to pick themselves up from their first setback of the new season.
However, manager Paul Carden is determined not to let their 4-0 midweek reverse against Curzon Ashton derail them as their busy start to the season continues.
Within that, though, he did admit that it may be time to freshen up his starting XI ahead of Emley’s visit to Cantilever Park – newly renamed the GXO Stadium under a new naming rights deal – on Saturday.
"It’s a big scoreline that you don’t want to be on the end of, but there’s some crazy scores happening in pretty much every fixture day,” he said.“
"We never get carried away one way or the other, but the good thing is that the games are coming thick and fast.
"We’ve got to make sure we remind each other of the things we’ve done well to give ourselves a good start and that we get back on it.
"No matter what the scoreline is, we never want to get out-worked and we were on Tuesday.
"We’d had a long day on Saturday after a late night last Tuesday, and a similar 11 started. Is that something I could have looked at? At the same time, do you change a side that won so convincingly?
"It’s all food for thought and we’ll look at it to make sure we get it right."
Team news
Defender Alex McNally, forced off during the first half of the defeat to Curzon Ashton, is a doubt alongside Lewis Earl, who has been carrying a knock.
Josh Doherty is unlikely to recover in time to face Emley, having missed the Curzon game through injury.
Joe Rodwell-Grant is still sidelined after scans discovered a further injury following his recent hamstring complaint.
Match information
Saturday's Northern Premier League fixture at The GXO Stadium kicks off at 3pm. Match tickets, available to buy online or at the turnstiles, are priced as follows:
Online ticket prices –
- Adults: £13
- Concessions: £9
- Under 16s: £3
*There is a £1 booking fee per transaction
Turnstile admission prices –
- Adults: £15
- Concessions: £10
- Under 16s: £3
For supporters who cannot attend, live audio coverage will be available on Yellows Radio.
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