If you are a supporter of Bad Weather FC, you will be rather impressed with their recent form. Swatting teams away across the region, chalking up countless victories since the start of this New Year.
While they seem to have become quite the foe for Newcastle Blue Star and just when it looked as if the cold snap had been broken, it unfortunately still had enough sting in its tail before Kendal’s planned visit to the KD Stadium.
Bad Weather 3 Blue Star 0 across the month of January, trips to B&Q begrudgingly increasing as a consequence and with the small matter of Storm Eowyn set to arrive 24 hours before our next planned fixture, there is a possibility of a fourth successive Saturday postponement.
However, the time to stop talking like Michael Fish is over (ask your Dad), the time to start talking football begins and just as the temperature seems to be hovering above zero in recent times, the race to earn promotion out of Northern League Division One is only heating up.
A race that sees current leaders Redcar Athletic seemingly get second wind after a December downturn in results and thanks to them being one of the few teams that have managed to kick a ball in anger, they also now have a five-point lead at the top of the table.
Five points to their nearest challengers, seven points between themselves and Blue Star as the Scotswood-based outfit currently have possession of the final ticket to the end of season play-off party
A function that Saturday’s opponents Guisborough Town want to be invited to just as much and with them sitting just a single position behind Blue Star in sixth, it is only goal difference that is stopping them from gatecrashing proceedings.
Admittedly the weekend’s hosts have played three games more than the visitors but there is a lot to be said for simply getting points on the board and letting other teams try and chase you over the line – with that in mind, there is a lot riding on what happens at the King George V Ground.
Not only that, but manager Marc Nash and his players will be keen to not only finally get this end of season dash underway but also exact revenge for the 2-0 home defeat they were dealt by Guisborough Town at the start of the campaign.
Something which sets up this Saturday’s clash rather nicely indeed. A big thanks to Guisborough Town for their upcoming hospitality and for those attending from an away perspective, safe travels both there and back.
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