Quakers look to build on Stockport draw

By Ray Simpson

Quakers look to build on Stockport draw

  With the play-off race heating up, we look to follow on from a good point at Stockport C...

 

 

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With the play-off race heating up, we look to follow on from a good point at Stockport County last week when we host Curzon Ashton on Saturday.

We came from behind three times to earn a draw at County thanks to goals from Josh Gillies, Stephen Thompson and Mark Beck. Despite this result though, we slipped to fifth place in the league on Tuesday night after Salford beat Nuneaton Town 4-0.

Our last five matches: DWLDW

Curzon sits fifteenth in the league table, but picked up one of the most impressive results of the season last weekend. They came from an early goal down to beat league leaders AFC Fylde, 3-2. The victory was their sixth in the league this season.

Vanarama National League North

                                                P          W        D         L          F          A         PTS     GD

AFC Fylde                              26        18        5          3          76        35        59        +41

Kidderminster                         25        15        5          5          44        22        50        +22

Chorley                                   26        14        8          4          40        22        50        +18

Salford City                            26        13        8          5          50        27        47        +23

Darlington                               26        13        7          6          59        40        46        +19

FC Halifax Town                    25        13        5          7          57        36        44        +21

Stockport County                   25        12        7          6          38        30        43        +8

Tamworth                                25        13        4          8          46        45        43        +1

Brackley                                  23        11        8          4          37        25        41        +12

Harrogate Town                      26        11        6          9          44        37        39        +7

Gloucester City                       24        10        3          11        39        42        33        -3

FC United of Manchester       27        8          9          10        43        42        33        +1

Nuneaton                                26        8          8          10        37        39        32        -2

Boston United                         26        8          8          10        38        50        32        -12

Curzon Ashton                        25        8          6          11        37        50        30        -13

Worcester City                        26        6          9          11        33        36        27        -3

AFC Telford United               26        6          9          11        25        30        27        -5

Alfreton                                  25        7          5          13        49        64        26        -15

Gainsborough Trinity              26        6          8          12        37        53        26        -16

Bradford Park Avenue           27        6          4          17        25        54        22        -29

Stalybridge Celtic                   25        4          2          19        23        59        14        -36

Altrincham                              26        1          6          19        24        63        9          -39

We travelled to Curzon in the second week of the season when goals from Liam Hardy and Kevin Burgess saw us win the game 2-1.

The two sides went head-to-head for the Evo-Stik North Division One title three seasons ago, when Curzon came out on top. They won 1-0 in the meeting between the sides early on that year and won 4-0 at Heritage Park to all but seal the title and promotion.

Curzon Ashton last five matches: WDLLW

 

In their first ever season in the second level of non-league football they came 11th in the National North last year.

Kick off on Saturday is 3pm updates on the game will be made from the club's Facebook, Twitter, Mobile App and Website. Live Commentary will be broadcast from Darlo Fans Radio at 2:50pm