{"id":7968,"date":"2023-04-21T14:56:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T14:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/?p=7968"},"modified":"2024-06-08T22:12:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T22:12:07","slug":"match-preview-pilkington-u23s-vs-stretford-paddock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/news\/match-preview-pilkington-u23s-vs-stretford-paddock\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Preview: Pilkington U23s VS Stretford Paddock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>After another loss on the road, an opportunity has risen this weekend for Paddock to get their away form back on track going into the seasons final stretch. Paddock&#8217;s last 4 away results have all been losses however, this weekend they face a Pilkington side who find themselves in a relegation battle. With the added motivation of putting right a 2-0 loss to Pilkington earlier this season, this might well be the perfect opportunity for Ste&#8217;s men to kickstart a strong finish to a very mixed season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Opponent Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pilkington U23s currently sit in 12th place in the Cheshire League Division 2. They sit 2 points ahead of Mersey Valley who are in 13th however, Mersey Valley have played two games less. With the bottom two teams getting relegated (13th and 14th), it&#8217;s vital for Pilkington that they get as many points as possible from their remaining two games. Survival is not in their hands.<\/p>\n<p>Pilkington&#8217;s form of late has certainly been that of a side in a relegation battle. They have not obtained a single point since February where they were involved in a thrilling 3-3 draw away to F.C. St Helens. Their last win was way back in January against non other than, Stretford Paddock.<\/p>\n<p>Pilkington have struggled for goals this season, with their top scorer Dylan Ross, only netting 3 so far this season. Ross also has 3 assists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Situational Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recent form has meant Paddock have now slipped into the bottom half of the table. When considering the side were pushing from promotion before Christmas, it&#8217;s certainly a tough pill to swallow thinking about where the side are at currently. Injuries, suspensions and players leaving the club however, has made things very difficult for the YouTube side.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, a top half finish is very much still on the cards &#8211; Moore United are only a point ahead of Paddock. For that to happen though, Paddock need to register a win, something they&#8217;ve not done since last month. But as previously stated, they face a side tomorrow who are in a very bad place &#8211; this is a great opportunity for Stretford Paddock.<\/p>\n<p>Paddock will also be looking to get revenge after a disappointing defeat against Pilkington back in January. Tomorrow&#8217;s hosts shocked Paddock with a 2-0 victory. It was especially shocking since Paddock were in mighty form &#8211; they had won 9 of their last 11 league games at the time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, Stretford Paddock will be without their captain, James Oatt. Suspension is what will keep &#8216;Oatsy&#8217; sidelined after he picked up a second yellow card in the dying seconds last weekend. Paddock were 2-0 down and their opponents, St Helens, were running the clock down in the corner. A moment of frustration got the better of Oatsy and rash tackle on the man in possession made him see red.<\/p>\n<p>James Oatt will be out of tomorrow&#8217;s game but back next weekend when Paddock take on Lymm Rovers. With the squad already being depleted, who will be partnering Thomas MacFarlane at Centre Half still remains a question.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8\ud835\uddd9\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddeb\ud835\udde7\ud835\udde8\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddea\ud835\udde6\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Up next we take on \ud835\udde3\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf8\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf4\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb \ud835\udde8\ud835\udfee\ud835\udfef\ud835\ude00 away from home, hoping to get some points on the board.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5 Sat 22 Apr<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd5b 12:15PM<br \/>\n\ud83d\udccd Ruskin Drive Sports Ground, WA10 6RP<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CheshireFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CheshireFL<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83c\udfab FREE<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UpThePaddock?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UpThePaddock<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5nuArmhbfo\">pic.twitter.com\/5nuArmhbfo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stretford Paddock FC (@SPaddockFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPaddockFC\/status\/1649382962796941317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After another loss on the road, an opportunity has risen this weekend for Paddock to get their away form back on track going into the seasons final stretch. Paddock&#8217;s last 4 away results have all been losses however, this weekend they face a Pilkington side who find themselves in a relegation battle. With the added [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7968","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\/7968","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8733,"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7968\/revisions\/8733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stretfordpaddockfc.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}