We go to Curzon Ashton on Monday night full of confidence following a good 3-0 home win over Kettering, our first of the season.

Goals by Stephen Thompson (2) and Jarrett Rivers were the main features of an entertaining performance.

Here’s AA talking about that game, and looking ahead to Curzon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABXcJOFqwIU

There are several audio and video player interviews also on the website. Stephen Thompson talks about Saturday's game in which he scored twice, and now has 96 goals to his credit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iYuceOr_tY

Our last game:

Kettering (home) won 3-0 Thompson 2, Rivers

Team: Elliott, Liddle, Watson, Bascome, Laing, Galbraith (sub Heaton 73), Rivers, Hatfield (sub Holness 82), Campbell, Thompson, O’Neill. (sub Donawa 65)

Subs: Bell, Wheatley

Team News: Right back Luke Trotman is ruled out for the season with an achilles problem, while striker Jamie Holmes is out with a cartilage problem.  Midfielder David Atkinson is doubtful with a foot injury, he’s possibly still a game or two away from a full return.

AA reports one or two knocks, but nothing serious. He took Terry Galbraith off against Kettering purely as a precaution.

Curzon Ashton squad

Manager Mark Bradshaw (appointed midway through last season)

Goalkeepers: Cameron Mason, Mark McCoy

Defenders: James Baillie, Jack O’Leary, Matthew Regan, Daniel Shaw, Moussa Samassa, Oliver Thornley.

Midfielders: Mohamud Ali, Joshua Askew, Jack Banister, Elliot Cooke, Liam Davies, Robert Evans, Andrew Halls, Louis Khoury, Bradley lynch, Luke Merrill, Sean Miller, Isaac Sinclair, Luke Wall, Nicky Wroe

Forwards: Michael Elstone, Callum Saunders.

Results so far:

10^th August Leamington (away) drew 1-1 Miller

Mason, Halls, Askew, Wroe (sub Sinclair 70), Ali, Thornley, Elstone (sub Davies 58), Evans, Saunders, Merrill, Wall (sub Miller 70)

Subs not used: Shaw, Banister

6t^h August Southport (away) drew 0-0

3^rd August Bradford PA (home) won 5-0 Sinclair, Wall, Miller, Thornley, Merrill

Curzon Ashton recent history

2018/19 NLN 18^th

2017/18 NLN 18^th

2016/17 NLN 14^th

2015/16 NLN 11^th

2014/15 Northern Premier League Premier – 4^th (won play offs)

Our last meetings:  

26^th January 2019

Curzon Ashton 1 (Reilly) Darlington 1  (Elliott)

Team: Maddison, Trotman, Galbraith, Wheatley (sub Kokolo 66), Ainge, Smith, Elliott, Palmer, Saunders, Thompson, Nicholson (sub Henshall 66)

Subs: Glover, J Burn, Morrison

The time before:

30^th September 2017 (Martin Gray's last game)

Curzon Ashton 1 Darlington 0

Bartlett, Marrs, Ferguson, Turnbull, Collins, Galbraith, Thompson (sub Cartman 59), Wheatley, Beck, Gillies (sub Saunders 75) Dawson (sub Portas 57)

Subs: Wilczynski, Scott.

You can follow the game on the club's official website, Twitter, and Darlo Fans Radio