Match Preview | Marine vs Blyth Spartans
Tuesday, 16 August 2016
EVO-STIK PREMIER DIVISION
Venue: The Arriva Stadium, Crosby, Liverpool (L23 3AS)
Date: Tuesday August 16 2016
Kick Off: 7:45pm
SCORE UPDATES / MATCH COMMENTARY
ADMISSION
£10 - Adults
£5 - Concessions
Children - Under 11s FREE (with a paying adult)
GROUND DIRECTIONS
- Leave the A1 at Scotch Corner and turn right onto the A66.
- After 28 miles, use the left lane to merge onto A685 via the slip road to Kendal.
- Go straight on at the roundabout and then keep left at the fork. Follow signs for Preston/Lancaster/M6 (S) and merge onto M6.
- Leave the M6 at junction 26 and join the M58.
- Travel along the M58 to Switch Island at the end.
- Take the A5036 (signposted Bootle & Docks)
- At the roundabout under the flyover, at the end of the road (by Docks), turn right onto the A565 following signs for 'Crosby' and 'Marine AFC' and follow this road for 1 mile.
- After passing the Tesco Express on your right, turn left at the traffic lights (by Merchant Taylors' School) into College Road.
- The ground is half a mile on your left.
TEAM NEWS
Spartans make their first away trip of the season on Tuesday night and Tom Wade's side will travel to Liverpool looking to carry on where they left off against Coalville at Croft Park.
Super striker Daniel Maguire will look to add to the two goals he scored on the opening day, while Nathan Buddle's suspension does not begin until Saturday's game at Halesowen Town.
Marine began the season with a hard fought 2-1 win over Barwell, having given seven new players their debuts in that fixture. With the two sides trading wins in both of the last two seasons, this game will be hard to predict.
IN THE AWAY DUGOUT
Sean Hessey - Player/Manager - Appointed as caretaker manager on 24th February 2015, before being appointed Manager before the end of the season, Hessey masterminded Marine's "Great Escape" by taking 23 points from 12 games to keep them in the Evo-Stik Premier Division.
Hessey built on that result by guiding the club to a 15th-placed finish in the league last season, with a comfortable cushion of eight points from the relegation places.
DANGER MAN
Daniel Mitchley - The striker scored 19 times last term and started the new season with both goals in the Mariners' win over Barwell on Saturday. Mitchley equalised from the penalty spot in the first half, before powering home a header late on to secure all three points for the visitors.
LAST TIME WE MET
Blyth Spartans 1-2 Marine - April 23 2016
RECORD AGAINST OPPOSITION
Played - 36
Won - 17
Lost - 6
Drew - 13
Scored - 59
Conceded - 36
MUTUAL FRIENDS
Micky Pink
OFFICIALS
Referee: Richard Holmes
Assistants: Keith Martin and Andrew Daniels