Northern League: Sunderland RCA boss wants upturn in fortunes
There is a busy weekend lying ahead in the Ebac Northern League.
Sunderland RCA manager Lewis Dodds has insisted his side can not keep bemoaning their misfortune as they look to kickstart a rise up the Division Two table.
RCA head into this weekend’s visit to Grangetown Boys Club on the back of suffering a 3-1 home defeat against in-form Jarrow last weekend that left them sitting in the bottom five of the table. Only the four clubs beneath them in the table, Prudhoe YC, Durham United, Stokesley SC and Saturday’s hosts, have won fewer games than RCA during the first two months of the season - but Dodds will hope some new additions to his attacking options will help his side as they go in search of their fourth win of the campaign at the B&W Lifting Ltd Stadium.
Speaking after last weekend’s defeat against Jarrow, Dodds refused to put his side’s predicament down to bad luck and stressed he will keep working hard to add ‘a different dynamic’ to his ranks as they look to push away from the relegation zone over the coming weeks.
He told the club website: “We need to make some changes so we do have a couple of players coming in that should help the group and give us a different dynamic because I appreciate we’ve not got as many attackers as we would want so that will change.
“I can’t keep standing here and saying we are unlucky and this, that and the other. We, as a group, the lads and me, Atky, Clayton and Wilky, we can’t keep coughing that story up. It doesn’t become unlucky happening every week and at some point, the message has got to drop. The lads are engaged, the second-half I was delighted but just super frustrated again.”
Fixtures
Friday: Chester-le-Street Town v Darlington Town, Seaton Carew v Billingham Synthonia Saturday: Alnwick Town v Seaham Red Star, Billingham Town v Durham United, Boldon CA v Ryton & Crawcrook Albion, FC Hartlepool v Tow Law Town, Grangetown Boys Club v Sunderland RCA, Jarrow v Stokesley SC, Park View AFC v AFC Newbiggin, Prudhoe YC Seniors v Newcastle University
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