It’s back to league action for the Y&E with a trip across the A66 to face Penrith—our first league game in two weeks following penalty shoot-out victories against Thornaby and Northwich Victoria.

Once again, our away games are proudly sponsored by Dragontail Consulting.

It’s been quite a week for the club, having finally signed the lease for Allens West right on the heels of progressing to the third round proper of the FA Vase. Taking three away points today would be an excellent way to top it all off!

In our way stands a Penrith side who have already taken three points from us this season in a 3-1 victory at our home ground back in August. A hat-trick from Jordan Palmer (including two penalties), with a Ste Roberts goal in response, saw us lose our first game of 2026.

Since then, Penrith have had a mixed run during the first half of the season. They currently sit 20th in the table with a record of P20 W6 D0 L14 F22 A50 (18 points)—notably remaining the only team in the division yet to draw a league game.

Last time out in the league, they suffered a 2-1 home defeat against Whickham, though that followed a convincing 4-0 home win against Newcastle Blue Star. Today’s fixture marks their third consecutive home league match. On home turf this season, their record stands at P9 W3 D0 L6.

Penrith confirmed this week that interim management duo Danny Grainger and Richard Prokas will remain in charge until the end of the season, having taken over following the resignation of former manager Jim Nichols in early October.

As for the Y&E, it’s been a busy week on the transfer front with a trio of new arrivals. Mackenzie Crooks, Harvey Carberry, and Tom Birtles are all available for selection today. These reinforcements come at a key moment for an important run of fixtures over the next few weeks, particularly with a few injuries in the squad. Josh Marshall misses out through suspension; however, Josh Larkin remains available today, as his suspension following the harsh red card at Northwich does not kick in until Sunday (meaning he will miss next week’s Carlisle game).

It will be another tough test for the Y&E—we already know how good Penrith can be, and we’ll need to be right at our best.

As always, we hope to see plenty of the Y&E faithful making noise at the match. Safe travels to everyone making the trip over to Cumbria!

For those not heading over the Pennines our Reserve side are in action away at Loftus with a 2:00pm kick-off. Details below:

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