On Saturday 2nd December Hednesford will make the 30 mile journey across the county to Leek for their latest Northern Premier League West Division game. Leek are in second place in the table with 29 points from their 16 games and a win could see them topping the table on Saturday night. Alternatively, a win for Hednesford could see them move out of the bottom two. Despite the 4-0 defeat to Clitheroe last week, The Pitmen didn’t lose any ground on the teams above them as seven of the bottom eight teams all lost.
The majority of Leek’s points have come at home this season with six wins and two defeats. The wins were against Widnes (1-0), Trafford (3-0), Nantwich (2-0), 1874 Northwich (4-1), Hanley (2-1), and Witton Albion (4-1) while the defeats came against Kidsgrove (2-4) and Avro (3-4). They’ve scored 21 goals in those six games and conceded 11 with their leading scorers in all competitions being Dan Trickett-Smith (14 goals), Rob Stevenson (12) Aaron Opoku (9) and Tom Carr (5). Strangely Leek have also used no less than four goalkeepers this season, starting off with former Hednesford loanee Joe O’Shaughnessy then Eric Merner and Matt Corran before the recent signing of former Hereford stopper Dino Visser.
Overall, their league record for this season is: P 16 W 9 D 2 L 5 F 38 A 27 GD +11 Pts 29
Current form is P 6 W 3 D 0 L 3 F 13 A 14 GD -1 Pts 9
Leek Town play at the F. Ball Community Stadium, Macclesfield Road, Leek, Staffordshire ST13 8LD. and admission is Adult £10, Concession £7, Under 18 £3 (with paying adult or concession), Under 8 free (with paying adult or concession). Tickets can be bought on-line or pay on the gate. The Blues Bar in the ground will be open to show the televised Alfreton v Walsall FA Cup game which kicks off at 12.30pm. Parking at the ground is extremely limited but there is plenty of parking on the A523 which runs past the stadium. Alternative car parking can be found on the retail park where Sainsburys is situated. Ground capacity is 3,600 with 600 seats and cover on all four sides. Kick off is 3pm.
