Preview: Warrington Town vs Stocksbridge Park Steels

Warrington Town are back home this Saturday as they welcome Stocksbridge Park Steels to the Cal.Delivery Stadium in the Northern Premier League.

The Yellows suffered their third consecutive defeat last weekend, after enduring a 1-0 defeat away at Ashton United.

Paul Carden will be hoping his side can rectify their recent downturn in form with a positive performance against Stocksbridge Park Steels, who will be battling for an important three points in their bid for survival.

The last meeting between the two sides took place in October, with the Steels emerging as 2-1 victors at Bracken Moor.

Below, we've compiled everything you need to know ahead of the fixture.

Team news

Kallan Murphy and Troy Bourne start their respective suspensions, while Reece Daly is still sidelined through concussion protocol. Jayden Lloyd is also unavailable.

Defender Josh Shaw, who has featured in the matchday squad previously and has been training with the Yellows for most of the season, will be in contention for a place on the bench.

Paul Carden preview

Article first published in the Warrington Guardian

Their play-off hopes may be hanging by a thread, but Paul Carden says his Warrington Town side are refusing to give up on gatecrashing the top five.

In order for them to keep their chances alive, however, he knows they simply must mark their return to home soil by beating Stocksbridge Park Steels on Saturday.

Having pulled themselves to the brink of breaking into promotion contention, Yellows’ momentum stalled at precisely the wrong time with Saturday’s 1-0 loss at Ashton United being their third in a row in the space of a week.

It means they currently sit 10th in the Northern Premier League Premier Division table, eight points shy of the top six with 11 games of their season remaining.

And given they have played more games than any other side in the top half of the table, there is a strong chance that gap will grow.

Carden admits the start his side had to the season which saw them win only one of their first nine matches may have started to catch up with them but he insisted he and his players will fight until a play-off finish is no longer possible.

“The start we gave ourselves was always going to make it difficult but not impossible,” he said.

“Seven days is a massively long time and the last three games makes it seem like we’ve fallen off a cliff.

“I think we saw what we could be on Saturday, particularly in the first half, but unfortunately our start to the season has massively hampered us with what we’re trying to achieve.

“It’s never done or over – we can only play and win our games and see what comes of it.

“We’ve certainly got to get back on it at home next week – there’s no question about that.”

Match information

Saturday's Northern Premier League fixture at the Cal.Delivery 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

There will be no live commentary for tomorrow's fixture against Stocksbridge Park Steels. Instead, supporters can listen to the visitors' coverage by clicking here.