Match Preview

It’s a Bank Holiday weekend and it can mean only one thing, a match against local rivals Halesowen Town.

Sutton had a great win last Saturday against Cambridge, but need to improve away form as results have not gone well for them recently. And, to change things against second in the table Halesowen, it does not come much harder.

Halesowen Town were founded in 1873 and are nicknamed the Yeltz. They currently play at The Grove and play in blue and white strip.

Halesowen Town’s recent honours include being the Division one south champions in 2013/14, and Worcestershire Senior cup winners in 03/04. They also had an amazing run in the FA Trophy in the 19/20 season reaching the Semi-Finals.

Last season we lost 2-1 at home, and were knocked out of the FA Cup early with a 3-0 away win for the Yeltz. However, more recently, back in April, the Royals managed a good 1-1 draw away, and this season we won 2-0 at home in the FA Trophy, and earnt a draw in the league.

Halesowen are currently second in the Northern Premier league with 24 wins out of 35, so this will definitely be a difficult game for Sutton who have won only 13 of their 35 games so far.

It’s no surprise that Halesowen are the league’s top goal scorers with 80 goals. But considering Sutton are in 12th place, they can score a goal or two themselves, with 52 so far in the league.

With Stamford only taking a draw on Saturday, Halesowen still have an outside chance of winning the league. But it will be dependant on other results, as well as putting in some good performances themselves. You wouldn’t bet against this though, especially as the two sides meet each other on the last game of the season.

Richard Greggory will be one to watch out for, as he has bagged 20 goals already this season.

Sutton will be hoping Rhys Hilton will continue his goal scoring form, adding to his already impressive 18 goal haul so far.

Hope to see as many of you as can make it to support the lads on this Bank Holiday bonanza.

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