Witton v Prescot: preview (From Northwich Guardian)

Witton Albion have extra incentive to beat Prescot Cables in Evo-Stik Northern Premier League

12:41pm Wednesday 1st February 2012 in News By Andrew Simpson

Witton Albion v Prescot Cables (Kick off 7.45pm)
Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Division One North
Venue Help for Heroes Stadium
Referee Barry Lamb (Manchester)
Admission Adults £8.50, Concessions £5.50, U15s £3, Armed Forces personnel (with valid ID) Free
Last season Witton 3 Prescot 1 (September 22, 2010)

Witton (from) Cooper (GK), Paul Booth, Ben Harrison, Gardner, Wood, Andrews, Clampitt, Ennion, Hancock, Oliver James, Schofield, Sheehan, Woolley, Buchan, Gahgan, Moseley, Newman, Titchiner
Doubtful none
Injured Glover (toe)
Suspended none
Disciplinary (up to end December 2011) Y18 R5
Top scorer Alex Titchiner (24)
Form (Past six home in league) W W L L W W
Record (Home) P13 W9 D0 L4 F29 A15 Pts27
Record (Overall) Pos3 P26 W17 D2 L7 F56 A31 Pts50

Prescot (from) Longrigg (GK), Kelly, McMullan, Rowntree, Alston, Jack Booth, Couch, Foy, Gibiliru, McCulloch, Potter, Shaw, Tames, Tony James, McGann, Ruane
Doubtful n/k
Injured Coulter (broken leg)
Suspended Hollett (two matches)
Disciplinary (up to end December 2011) Y28 R5
Top scorer Steven Tames (8)
Form (Past six away in league) W L D D L L
Record (Away) P16 W2 D5 L9 F17 A34 Pts11
Record (Overall) Pos18 P27 W6 D8 L13 F33 A48 Pts26

Match pointers
WITTON Albion can close to within three points of the Division One North summit if they complete a league double over Prescot Cables tonight, Wednesday.

After five successive wins in all competitions, they can be confident.

Manager Brian Pritchard has everybody available too, save for injured Josh Glover (two), with Chris Gahgan expected to have recovered from illness.

Albion have shown a ruthlessness in despatching teams in the table’s lower reaches in recent weeks, a trait that has helped them to win close encounters against Mossley and Wakefield in their past two home games.

Visitors Prescot play for the first time with new manager Shaun Reid, brother of former Manchester City boss Peter, in the dugout.

He won’t be able to call upon Liam Hollett, banned as a punishment for his dismissal when these two teams met last month.

Full back Sam Coulter is a long-term injury absentee too.

Cables have failed to shut out the opposition in every league match they have played this term, although they have lost only one of their past four matches on the road.