On Tuesday night, Stalybridge travel across to Lincolnshire to face Gainsborough Trinity. Trinity have yet to win a game this season, with two draws and a defeat. The home draw against Worcester, and the away draw at Fylde, while the away defeat was at Harrogate. Kick-off is 7.45. Please note, there is no match centre for this game.
Trinity finished last season in seventeenth on fifty points, five points and two places above Celtic. They won fourteen and drew eight of their games last season, one of those draws being the ding-dong battle that ensured Celtic's survival on the last day of the season, which finished 4-4 with an equaliser in the final moments of the game leading to a very nervy end to the match after Alex Mudimu and Chris Simm had put Celtic in a 3-1 lead with only quarter of an hour to go. Goals from Paul Beesley and former Celt Steve Brogan put trinity back on level terms, when Aidan Chippendale's marvellous deflected shot looked to have clinched the win, guaranteed safety and happy faces, until in stoppage time Lyton Karkash equalised.
Celtic live to face Trinity another day, or in this case, night.
Celtic lost their only away game of the season so far, away at Hednesford. Previous meetings between Celtic and Trinity are quite even, since 1988, we have played at Trinity twenty-three times and won six times, and lost six times. Our last trip there last season was a 2-1 win for Gainsborough, with an early Liam Dickinson goal cancelled out by two second half goals from Paul Beesley and Darryn Stamp. Our last win there was the season before, August 2013, Adam Pepper and Sean McConville both scoring match winning strikes in the second half.
In Trinity's last match, they came back from a two goal deficit away at Fylde to finish the game 2-2. In that match, they lined up as:
1. Jan Budtz
2. Dominic Roma
3. Josh Lacey
4. Matt Wilson
5. Adam Quinn
6. Jake Picton
7. Charlie Binns
8. Jonathan D'Laryea
9. Darryn Stamp
10. Nathan Jarman
11. Nicholas Bignall
Celtic won their last match, 1-0 at home to Gloucester City, Chris Simm grabbing the only goal late on after a lot of off target shooting. In that match, Celtic lined up as:
1. Tony McMillan
2. Peter Wylie
3. Aidan Chippendale
4. Matty Hughes
5. Jack Higgins
6. John Shaw
7. Bohan Dixon
8. Dale Wright
9. Adam Farrell
10. Steve Tames
11. Aarron Chalmers
There is a full program midweek this week, with Curzon hosting Harrogate on Monday, and Bradford hosting Fylde on Wednesday, but the rest taking place on Tuesday:
Curzon Ashton v Harrogate Town (Mon)
Brackley Town v Boston United
Chorley v FC United of Manchester
Gloucester City v Alfreton Town
Hednesford Town v Corby Town
Lowestoft Town v Nuneaton Town
Solihull Moors v Worcester City
Stockport County v North Ferriby United
Tamworth v AFC Telford
Bradford Park Avenue v AFC Fylde (Wed)
Head up Mottram Road towards Mottram.
Join Mottram Road towards Hollingworth.
At the traffic lights with the A57 Woolly Lane towards Glossop, continue straight ahead towards Hollingworth and Tintwistle.
After the lights the road becomes the A628.
Stay on the A628 and it will become the Woodhead pass.
After about 14 miles, you will reach the Flouch roundabout.
Turn right (exit 3 of 4) to join the A616 (signposted M1).
After 9 miles you will reach another roundabout, go straight across (exit 3 of 5) to stay on the A616.
After 1 1/2 miles you will reach the M1.
Join the M1 going southbound towards London.
Stay on the M1 for 10 miles to junction 32 (M18, The North, Doncaster, Hull).
Join the M18 towards the North, and leave at Junction 1 (A631, Rotherham).
At the roundabout at the end of the slip road, turn right towards Bawtry onto the A631.
Stay on the A631 following signs for Bawtry.
There are a couple of doglegs, t-junctions and roundabouts, but just keep on the A631 for about 22 miles until you reach the set of traffic lights after the oil depot with a dual carriageway ahead and a railway bridge going over the top.
Turn left here onto the A159 (Trinity Street), signposted for Gainsborough.
You will pass a large Tesco on the right, about half a mile further, there is a Total Petrol Station on the left hand side of the road - the ground is on the opposite side.
Parking is street based and limited.