Wythenshawe Town v. Witton Albion

Witton make the first of two visits to Greater Manchester on Tuesday night when they take on Wythenshawe Town in a Northern Premier League West Division fixture.

Town go into the game in sixteenth place in the table and have won two, drawn two and lost three of seven home games so far.

Witton go into the game on the back of three successive victories and will be hoping that run continues in what will be another difficult test for the team.

Wythenshawe Town are competing at this level for the first time in their history having gained promotion via the play offs from the North West Counties Premier Division at the end of last season.

The two teams have never met in a competitive game before so this will be an experience for both clubs.

There will be one familiar face to Witton supporters as Wythenshawe Town are managed by former Albion midfielder Rory Fallon, who has done an excellent job with them so far.

Goalkeeper Greg Hall is another familiar face but it is not clear whether he will be involved in the game.

Unfortunately, one player who will be missing from the Witton squad is midfielder Reece Daly, who made a major impact during his loan spell at the U Lock It Stadium but has now been recalled by his parent club.

Wythenshawe Town have football league experience in their squad in the form of former Stevenage and Sheffield Wednesday player George Boyd, who will need to be watched carefully but then there are so many others on view who can affect the game.

After this game, we face Town’s neighbours Wythenshawe FC at the weekend but that is for the future as Witton focus on the matter in hand first.

Kick off at Ericstan Park is 7.45pm.

WYTHENSHAWE TOWN FC,
ERICSTAN PARK,
TIMPSON ROAD,
WYTHENSHAWE,
GREATER MANCHESTER,
M23 9LL.

Directions: A556/M56. Merge onto M56 and follow for 5.4 miles. Keep right to stay on M56 for 0.5 miles. At junction 3A, take the A560 exit to Altrincham/Wythenshawe/Cheadle and follow for 0.1 mile. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Altrincham Road/A560 and follow for 1.1 miles. Take the slip road to Altrincham Road/A560 and continue for 0.2 miles. Turn left into Timpson Road - Destination will be on the right after 371 ft. (Total Distance - 18.7 miles).

Parking: Please note: There is no parking available on the ground. Parking is available on the road outside and at Tesco nearby. Please be aware that Tesco offer FREE parking for 2 hours - but please be careful because if you overstay the limit, you are likely to be fined.

Admission is by way of Card and cash payments at the turnstiles.

Admission Prices: Adults: £8, Concessions: £5, Under 16’s: £2.

Matchday Programme: Cost: £2.

Social Club: The Social Club is located behind the goal and is open from 5pm. Please note: Alcohol is permitted inside the stadium but MUST be in a plastic beaker. Card payments are accepted at the bar.

Refreshments: The cafe is inside the stadium and sells a variety of hot drinks and snacks.

Toilet Facilities: There are toilet facilities including wheelchair accessible facilities located within the Social Club.

Hopefully we can keep this winning run going and continue to climb up the table. Recent performances suggest that we will get all 3 points. Good luck boys, you can do it. UTA

Let’s hope our injuries are clearing up a bit, same 11 as Saturday but maybe McGee in to replace Daly unless King is fit!

Good luck to whoever plays. UTA

Unfortunately, there will be no full match commentary from tonight’s game.

Match updates will appear on X @WittonAlbion and will also appear on here as and when they become available.

Witton team news & latest score updates will appear here as and when they become available.

Team news: Witton make two changes to the starting line-up that beat Stafford Rangers on Saturday. Owen Cushion & Harry McGee start in place of Owen German and Reece Daly. Kevin Spinelli, Kyle King & Tom Gamble return to the squad but James Hooper is missing due to injury.

WITTON team:

Ellis Allen, Mike Koral, Lee Jackson, Oliver Hitchcox, Callum Grogan, Joel Bailey, Isaac Graham, Owen Cushion, Mamadou Djabi, Wealth Dasilva, Harry McGee.

Subs: Elliot Rokka, Kevin Spinelli, Kyle King, Tom Gamble, Jay Salkeld.

Former Albion goalkeeper Greg Hall misses the game due to suspension.

Latest Score from Ericstan Park:

Wythenshawe Town 0 Witton Albion 0.

10 minutes played.

GOAL

Latest Score from Ericstan Park:

Wythenshawe Town 1 Witton Albion 0.

Isaac Abankwah gives the home side the lead on 15 minutes.

GOALLLLL

Latest Score from Ericstan Park:

Wythenshawe Town 1 Witton Albion 1.

Mamadou Djabi equalises for the Albion on 17 minutes with his second goal in three games.

GOAL

Latest Score from Ericstan Park:

Wythenshawe Town 2 Witton Albion 1.

Nicholas Hepple restores Wythenshawe’s lead on 23 minutes.

30 minutes played - Witton still trail 2-1.

Half Time Score from Ericstan Park:

Wythenshawe Town 2 Witton Albion 1.

Tonight’s Attendance: 340.

PENALTY to Witton early in the second half.

Harry McGee’s spot-kick is saved by Joseph Lawlor in the Wythenshawe Town goal.

Yellow card:

Witton’s Lee Jackson on 56 minutes.

Witton Substitution:

Owen Cushion replaced by Elliot Rokka on 60 minutes.

GOAL

Latest Score from Ericstan Park:

Wythenshawe Town 3 Witton Albion 1.

Chinedu Uche adds Town’s third goal on 68 minutes.

Witton Substitution:

Isaac Graham replaced by Kyle King on 69 minutes.

Witton Substitution:

Wealth Dasilva replaced by Jay Salkeld on 71 minutes.

Yellow card:

Harry McGee on 77 minutes.

GOAL

Latest Score from Ericstan Park:

Wythenshawe Town 4 Witton Albion 1.

George Boyd scores Town’s fourth on 77 minutes.

Witton Substitution:

Oliver Hitchcox replaced by Kevin Spinelli on 78 minutes.

Yellow card:

Wythenshawe Town’s Sam Sheridan on 88 minutes.

Yellow card:

Wythenshawe Town’s Luke Nock on 90 minutes.

Full Time Score from Ericstan Park:

Wythenshawe Town 4 Witton Albion 1.

Witton missed a penalty at 2-1 McGee, never looked any good after that.

Some of our players are just not fit enough.

A pretty poor display that, just 2 players changed Daly gone and German injured and we fell apart.

The midfield had no energy, played little football and Wythenshawe just worked really hard and pretty physical played direct football and we didn’t cope defensively!

At 2-1 when we missed the penalty it could have changed but that flattened us, we tried to change it with subs but frankly they added Nothing.

We need to recognise the issues and start recruiting for a squad upgrade asap.

Very disappointed with the result, like everyone else I had hoped for better.

Didn’t know we had missed a penalty until Ben’s interview with Karl as it didn’t appear in the updates.

We move on and put it behind us because Saturday is another day.