Northern League Division Two
Durham City have an intriguing home Division Two clash against Tow Law Town at Willington tomorrow.
City are looking for a boost, having lost four of their last five games in league and cup, while Lawyers have slipped to sixth place following one point in three matches.
City manager Ollie Hotchkiss said: “Philip Hayes is out with a hamstring injury, Steven Malloy is out with an abdominal injury and Josh Rodgers will be out for a while, due to an ankle knock.
“However, Josh Thompson and Matthew Smith both return to the squad for the game.
“We are hoping the game is on - it has been frustrating lately with the weather.
“After our last game, when we lost to Whickham, the players will be desperate to prove a point. Hopefully we can get back to performing well and hopefully get the win against Tow Law.”
Easington Colliery welcome Billingham Town to Welfare Park, with James Talbot back in the squad, alongside Jake Metcalf and captain Chris Pearso.
Shaun Smith and Chris Freeman could miss out.
Billingham Town manager James Hunter said: “Easington are on a good run at the moment - it will be a tough game, but I know, if our effort levels are high and we stick together, we can get a result
“We need to bounce back after the poor loss at West Allotment Celtic. We do have a couple missing, in Jack Connor and Elliott Beddow, however, Kris Summers comes back after a long injury lay-off.
“It’s been an awkward week and a half with no game and it has proved difficult to find anywhere to train with the snow, so getting back into training this week.” Chester-le-Street travel to West Allotment Celtic, missing only injured pair Kieran Megran and Tom Iley. Manager Colin Wake said: “Apart from that, we have a full squad to select from and we hope to give a long-awaited debut to Sam Moore. “We have bad memories of playing on 3G surfaces from last year up at Consett, so we will be looking to put some demons to bed. We will just be glad to get some football on after the little minibreak.” Crook Town host Jarrow, with manager Chris Lax only missing influential midfielder Callum Johnston (ankle).
Lax said: “We’ll look to get another win against Jarrow and produce the kind of performance we expect and showed against Tow Law.”
Jarrow miss Jordon Mellish, who starts a four-match ban, plus Peter Kane (injured) and Luke Collins (unavailable). They hope Kris Allen recovers from injury in time to feature.
Esh Winning miss suspended striker Nick Marley at Bedlington Terriers, as well as Chris Mordue and Kai Hewitson.
Boss Tony Boakes said: “New signing Sean Johnson will feature in the squad.”