Northern League: Chester-le-Street Town ready to 'kick on' after back-to-back wins
There are several eye-catching fixtures in Northern League Division Two this weekend.
Chester-le-Street Town manager Lee Haldane has insisted his side are ready to move on from the mistakes they have made during the first week of the season.
The Cestrians have been widely tipped to challenge for promotion into the Northern League’s top tier this season - but they made a slow start to the campaign by collecting just one point from a home game with Jarrow and an away day at Tow Law Town.
However, the last week has brought a notable improvement in performances and results as Haldane’s men hit Grangetown Boys Club for six before Scott Robson scored twice in a 2-1 home win against Sunderland RCA on Tuesday night. All focus is now on another home game as last season’s beaten play-off semi-finalists FC Hartlepool travel to Moor Park looking for their first win of a surprisingly slow start to the season.
Haldane has revealed he, his coaching staff and the Cestrians players held discussions about where they can improve after the first two games of the season and believes they are now ready to ‘kick on’ after taking maximum points from Grangetown and RCA.
He told The Echo: “We played two teams I think will be in the top five this season - and we probably should have taken a point against Tow Law. If that meant two points from the opening two, you think that’s not bad and you would have taken that at the start of the season when everything is bedding in. It’s mistakes, individual mistakes, but that’s football. We’ve spoken about it, we have got around people and tweaked things a little bit. So we think we can kick on now and that’s the challenge for us ahead of a busy run of games.”
Fixtures
Friday: Chester-le-Street Town v FC Hartlepool, Darlington Town v Prudhoe YC Saturday: Alnwick Town v Grangetown Boys Club, Billingham Synthonia v Seaham Red Star, Boldon Community Association v Billingham Town, Durham United v AFC Newbiggin, Newcastle University v Park View AFC, Ryton & Crawcrook Albion v Sunderland RCA, Seaton Carew v Jarrow, Tow Law Town v Stokesley SCFC
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