Following last week’s 1-1 draw with Albion Sports and the subsequent points deduction suffered by the Lions, this leaves the Dennyboys with their play-off destiny in their own hands, with wins in the final two games of the season being enough to secure a spot in the post season spectacle.

Keeping this fact in mind, Danny Forrest and his team will no doubt put everything into these fixtures as they look to help the club secure its first promotion of the NCEL era.

The Opposition:

Travelling to the Meridian Stadium at Dennyfield this week are Goole AFC, who find themselves facing the unfortunate reality of relegation, with their place in the bottom two already being mathematically confirmed as they currently sit on 25 points with two games to go, a total that leaves eight points behind Frickley Athletic.

Despite this, the Vikings have enjoyed some improved fortunes in recent weeks, with them managing to pick up some strong results as the club looks to build confidence before they presumably move down to NCEL Division One.

These results have included a pair of 2-1 wins against Knaresborough Town and Barton Town, whilst they have also held champions Silsden AFC to a 2-2 draw and defeated Tadcaster Albion and Bottesford Town 3-1 and 1-0 respectively.

Amidst these results, it is also an exciting time for the club with their place new developments to their stadium, the Victoria Pleasure Grounds, with developments taking place to improve the facilities at the ground to benefit both the football club and the Goole Vikings Rugby League team.

Featuring amongst the ranks for Goole is Nathan Hunt, who started this season with the Dennyboys before making the move to East Yorkshire in December.

Since arriving at the Victoria Pleasure Grounds, Hunt has made 13 league appearances for Goole and will hope to make an impact against his old teammates.

Previous Meetings:

This fixture will be the second game between Thackley and Goole this season, with the first at the Victoria Pleasure Grounds resulting in a comfortable 3-0 victory for the Dennyboys thanks to goals from Finn Donovan, Ben Grech-Brooksbank and Muhammet Tektas.

Notably however, Goole have a far from dreadful recent record at the Meridian Stadium at Dennyfield, with their most recent visits to Thackley coming in the 2023-24 season, a pair of visits that saw two wins for the team.

After dumping Thackley out of the Emirates FA Cup with a 3-2 victory in which they trailed twice, they returned later on in the season to seal a 5-2 win, with this encounter seeing them lead 2-0 less than five minutes into the game.

Admission Prices:

Adults: £6
Concessions: £4
Dogs allowed on a lead