Quakers look to build on Stockport draw
By Ray Simpson
With the play-off race heating up, we look to follow on from a good point at Stockport C...
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