{"id":6040,"date":"2021-05-07T12:44:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T12:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/?p=6040"},"modified":"2021-05-07T12:44:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T12:44:09","slug":"match-preview-stretford-paddock-fc-vs-abacusmedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/news\/match-preview-stretford-paddock-fc-vs-abacusmedia\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Preview: Stretford Paddock FC vs Abacus Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manager Stephen Howson said that Stretford Paddock will have \u201ca formidable task\u201d to qualify for the Rhodes Cup quarter-finals when his side visit Abacus Media on Saturday (2pm KO).<\/p>\n<p>After back-to-back 4-0 victories, Paddock have propelled themselves into a position where a victory on the weekend will guarantee progression to the quarter-final stages.<\/p>\n<p>With Group D\u2019s top two sides playing each other on the weekend \u2013 Manchester Polonia and North Walkden \u2013 a victory for either team would mean Paddock would just need a draw to escape the group.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6044\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6044\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6044 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3844-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3844-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3844-scaled-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3844-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3844-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3844-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3844-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_3844-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isaac Buckley-Ricketts on form as Paddock run riot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But with no guarantees, Howson\u2019s men will be setting their sights on nothing but victory, fully in the knowledge that Abacus also need three points to move into the next round.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a formidable task,\u201d <\/em>said Howson,<em> \u201cAbacus sound like they\u2019re a good side, they\u2019ve been doing well in the Premier Division before that got cut short. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey\u2019ve gone and took on a team today and put five past them where we got shut out, so you can\u2019t take them lightly, you\u2019ve got to go and take the game to them. You\u2019ve got to go and try and beat them and that is exactly what we\u2019ll be doing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think it is probably also in their hands [Abacus] that if they beat us that they\u2019re in the quarter-finals so it\u2019s all on the cards for both teams here. Both teams are going to go for it, maybe that suits us because a draw is not enough for them, I think they have to come out and beat us, they have to come and score. Sound, let\u2019s go toe-to-toe, let\u2019s have a tear up, and let\u2019s see who\u2019s standing at the end.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPaddockFC\">@SPaddockFC<\/a> on Twitter for live-match updates and subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOfN8RocOxUmvEBoaBIi18g\">YouTube channel<\/a> for highlights.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QXYfbNTFkH4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manager Stephen Howson said that Stretford Paddock will have \u201ca formidable task\u201d to qualify for the Rhodes Cup quarter-finals when his side visit Abacus Media on Saturday (2pm KO). After back-to-back 4-0 victories, Paddock have propelled themselves into a position where a victory on the weekend will guarantee progression to the quarter-final stages. With Group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}