KICK OFF COUNTDOWN
The Blues enter the weekends game having been able to regain some critical good form at this stage of the season – Having taken 4 points from the previous two league games and a win in the Staffordshire Senior County cup against NPL Midlands division promotion hopefuls Sporting Khalsa in Midweek. We now look ahead to the weekend and our first game of the season against Morpeth. Morpeth are the only team this season so far that we have not played, we now play them twice this month.
Whilst the Blues will be seeking another solid display and further points on the board to solidify our position in the league table, Morpeth, on the other hand, are just 8 points behind the playoff pack and will come to the F.Ball community stadium looking to also boost themselves into play-off contention.
It is most certainly set up to be a very competitive affair where both teams will most certainly be playing for a win.

The True Blue Army will assemble at?
A Home game for the blues - The clubhouse and Blues Bites are open, football will be on the telly before the game, and merchandise will be on sale.

How much to get in?

Adult - £12
Concession - £8
Under 18 - £4
Under 8s – FREE

All Under 18s need to be accompanied by a full paying Adult to Concession

You can buy your ONLINE TICKET HERE with complimentary digital programme (available from 3pm Friday)

The Opposition?

Morpeth Town – The Highwaymen
Est - 1909
Ground – Craik Park
Gaffer – Craig Lynch

Their Website?
Morpeth Town

How are they doing?
Morpeth currently sit In 8th position in the league, just 8 points behind the play-off picture which is shaping up to be a very competitive run in towards the end of the season. They are ranked #3 in the current form guide over their previous 6 games – With 13 points from a possible 18. Their only loss in the previous 6 come at the hands of Workington with a draw against Bamber bridge at the end of February. They have scored 10 goals during this impressive spell of form.

Their Main Man?
Strike partners Nic Bollado and Jack Foalle have scored 21 goals between them this season which have been imperative to the Highwaymen’s journey into the top 8 of the league table standings. Bollado started his career as a youth player at Carlisle and featured for them once in the EFL Trophy before being released to Stockport County. He then spent some time at FC United of Manchester on Loan scoring 6 times in 13 games before signing permanently for Morpeth in 2023.

Their Gaffer?
Craig Lynch started his career as a Sunderland player however he only made 2 appearances for the club before being loaned out to Hartlepool. He then went to Rochdale before dropping down into the lower leagues. As a manager he had a spell at Seaham Red Star in the Northern League before stepping into his current role at Morpeth Town.

Morpeth Town – 6 of the best

The Club was established in 1909 – They joined the Northen Alliance league in 1936 and finished as Runners up in only their second season in the league
In 1994 they relocated to Craik Park, named for W and R Craik, who had been the club's secretaries between 1920 and 1985
Morpeth were FA VASE winners in the 2015/16 season where they eliminated both North & South Sheilds on their route to the final. They were 1-4 winners over Hereford and scooped a massive £44,600 in total prize money throughout the tournament
"Morpeth" derives from Old English morð pæð, murder path, for the crimes committed in its vicinity
In the cemetery of St Mary's Church near Loansdean the grave of Emily Wilding Davison, the suffragette who campaigned for women to get the vote in the early 20th century and famously threw herself under the King's horse during the Epsom Derby in 1913, can be found. Her gravestone bears the epitaph "Deeds not words
The great sailor Admiral Lord Collingwood, who was Admiral Nelson’s second-in-command at the Battle of Trafalgar, came from Morpeth. He lived in the Georgian Collingwood House, which is now marked by a plaque