Stockton Town bid to cement top spot in the table with a 100th Wearside League win at home to derby adversaries Redcar Athletic
New leaders Stockton Town bid to cement top spot in the table with a 100th Wearside League win at home to derby adversaries Redcar Athletic.
Reigning champion Town moved three points clear at the summit as they banked win No 99 in midweek – 2-0 against Sunderland West End – and Redcar did them a huge favour by winning 1-0 at Stockton’s chief title rivals Ryhope.
Third-placed Redcar’s victory had potentially season-changing significance, but although Stockton will have been massively grateful it will be straight back down to business at Bishop Road West tomorrow with vital points and local bragging rights on the line.
Stockton dominated from start to finish at Sunderland West End, getting the breakthrough goal just after the half hour when Chris Stockton pounced on a spilled Kallum Hannah effort to score.
Stephen Roberts was lucky not to double the lead when he cracked a shot off the underside of the crossbar.
But he got his reward when he scored the second a minute into the second half with a perfectly flighted chip.
While Stockton continue to impress, Redcar are having a scintillating campaign of their own and the manner in which they dealt with Ryhope points to a keenly contested derby.
Their sixth minute winner arrived when Michael Woodhouse’s pass was picked up by Steven Barker, who raced into the area and played it back for Adam Preston to rifle the ball into the net. Redcar limited Ryhope to just one shot from inside their area over the whole of the 90 minutes, and were unlucky not to double their lead with three good chances in the final 10 minutes.
Adam Nicholson and Scott Meehan return to the Stockton squad.
Wolviston target a second away victory in four days at Harton and Westoe.
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