Match Preview

PREVIEW BY MARK BROOKES:
Colne visit the Home Estates Shawe View Stadium this Saturday lying in 16th place and 10 points behind Trafford. They do have an incredible 6 games in hand of Les Blancs mainly due to two fantastic cup runs in the FA Cup & FA Trophy both coming to an end at the hands of Conference North giants Gateshead & Southport respectively.
Since Trafford & Colne met at the end of November where we took the spoils 2-1 at Holt House, Colne’s league form reads P9 W2 D3 L4 F8 A12. this includes a 1-0 away victory against Kendal Town.
Games between both teams are often tight & cagey affairs, in fact the last 5 encounters (home & away) see Trafford winning 3 times by the odd goal and the other 2 games ended in stalemate.
Colne who have been active in the transfer market may have their two new signings Chris Chantler (signed from Osset United) & David Sherlock (Atherton Collieries) in their starting line-up whereas Trafford could have their new Albanian attacker Krisel Prifti in their match day squad.
Kick off is 3pm, location our lovely little Home Estates Shawe View stadium, down the lane behind The Bird In Hand pub. We have a clubhouse with licensed bar, hot and cold drinks / food / snack bar, plenty of covered seating and standing - All welcome! Keep up to date with fixtures and news from the club on traffordfc.com and our Twitter account @fctrafford. Cheers!