Saturday see's the Wellmen welcome 3rd place Porthmadog to Halkyn Road, as the Wellmen look to build on their unbeaten run of late. Porthmadog will be tough opposition for the lads and with both sides scored over 20 goals already this season, we could be in for a high scoring game on Saturday.
Town will welcome back Gareth Sudlow into the squad after he was forced to sit out last week's win at Llandudno Junction following his red card last week against Gresford Athletic, and Matty Harvey also comes back into the squad after missing last week's game. Town however will still be without Captain Steve Thomas, Brady McGilloway and Mark Winslade. Goalkeeper Stuart Pearson isn't far away from making his debut after having a small knee operation after signing for the club in the summer. Town will also be hoping that Graeme Williams will have recovered from his illness which has seen him laid low this week. Former Port player Jamie McDaid will be hoping to score past his former club and Steve Lewis will be looking to continue his goal scoring form against Port.
Porthmadog will be without top scorer Joe Chaplin for Saturday's game and will be hoping Tom Taylor who was forced off the field in their game last Saturday against Airbus. Full of confidence after last week's win over leaders Airbus, The Wellmen will find it tough to get a victory but we are expecting another close encounter like previous seasons.
Manager John Haseldin said, "They are a very decent side and will be full of confidence after a great win against Airbus. There's a really good mix of talent in their squad with a lot of experience and some decent young players too.
Whenever we've played against Porthamdog, craig has set them up to counter attack us, which shows their respect for us I suppose. Both of our clubs have similar goal figures this season and it could be a very open game going on current form.
As far as we are concerned though, we’ll be focused on doing our jobs and getting a positive result against a side who could be challenging in the title race this year. They’re always a well-supported team and hopefully our fans will turn out in big numbers too and get behind us again.
At the moment, we are having a rough time of things with injuries and it seems we get one back and then lose one. Chris and myself will again be in the squad, it’s not something we want to be doing but at the moment, needs must. I am confident with the players that will play will give it their all and we will be doing everything we have got to fight for the points come Saturday afternoon.”
The match kicks off at 2.30pm, and as John mentioned, let’s get a good crowd behind us to cheer the lads on to 3 points.