Buckley Town v Bala Town

Saturday´s match will be the 15th encounter between both Clubs in 10 years but neither Club have met since 2008-09 season when the Lakesiders were promoted from the Cymru Alliance to the Welsh Premier League.

Globe Way has traditionally has been a happy hunting ground for Bala Town in recent seasons with favourable results against the hosts coupled with Cymru Alliance League Cup tie triumphs against Penrhyncoch, Ruthin and Prestatyn.

Buckley Town won the league at Maes Tegid in the 2004-05 season but did not take their place in the WPL due to financial considerations.

Buckley sit 2nd in this seasons Cymru Alliance under the leadership of Gareth Thomas and are at present unbeaten in 3 matches.

Town come into the game after a league cup defeat to Airbus which followed on from 3 consecutive league wins to finish the 1st phase of the season strongly.

Last week´s match featured an experimental line-up and formation by manager Colin Caton which unfortunately went out through the window in the first couple of minutes when firstly Mark Pullman suffered a severe head injury and replacement Terry McCormick was sent off within the first 10 minutes.

On Saturday Terry McCormick will begin his 1 match ban and also Ian Sheridan, Ben Collins and Mike Sharples are cup-tied.

Kickoff 2.30p.m.

Officials - Nick Pratt, I Griffiths, S A Hughes & P J Kewley

Admission - £6 adults, £4 concessions and £2 children.

Address - Buckley Town FC, The Globe, Off Liverpool Road, Buckley, Flintshire, CH7 3LY

Due to Buckley not having an internet connection, updates will only be via Twitter so only these updates will show on the website.

On Thursday (26th) we hit a milestone on twitter as we will have been on it for a year. If you have a twitter account make sure you follow Bala Town FC and join in with the banter! To date we have 1,190 followers so please join in and keep that number rising.

There will be Race Cards available at the match for our upcoming Race Night on February 4th so make sure you sponsor a horse for £2 or a race for £10. All the proceeds will go to the Club so please support.

We also have 2 ball outstanding ball sponsorships to fill against Bangor City and Prestatyn Town. If you are on Twitter you can join in the "Twitter Friends of Bala Town" sponsorship - please tweet us if you´re interested.

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