Before reading this – it’s been raining a lot on Teesside on Monday. So we will be checking the pitch on Tuesday 16th. Info will be shared on our social medial channels – keep an eye out!

If the pitch is playable, it’ll be Jarrow FC making the trip down the A19 to face the Y&E. The match is sponsored by Dragontail Consulting and the match ball sponsored by A&E Gardening Services. Thank you for your support, it is massively appreciated.

The game kicks off at 7.30pm, gates open from 6.30pm. A printed match programme is on sale. The cafe is stocked with burgers and pies and we’ll have a half time blindcard for sale. Winner takes a bottle of something nice!

Jarrow were right up there at the top of the league with us last season, and missed out on promotion after losing to Thornaby on penalties on the playoff final. They finished third in the league, just behind us. This season I had them down as one of the favourites for promotion, and after a relatively slow start which saw them in 16th place in the league after 11 games they’ve climbed steadily up the league with an excellent run of form and currently sit in 7th place on 43 points after playing 24 games.

Form wise Jarrow have won 4 of their last 6, including wins against Ryton & Crawcrook Albion, Esh Winning. Their last two games were victories against both Billingham sides, Synners at home with a late winner and Billy Town away. They have a better away record than how record so far this season, W7, D3 and L2 , compared to W5 D4 and L3 at home

Goal scoring wise, their top scorer is Lutfur Karim with nine, followed by Jay Barber on 6 and Ryan Hardie & Joe Bates on 5 each

We played Jarrow back in early August, a scorching hot day on Tyneside. The Y&E winning 2-1 with two late first half goals from Ste Roberts and Tom Atkinson cancelling out a 24th minute Luke Hudson strike. Hudson was sent off early in the second half. An important early victory for us, with a few players unavailable seeing Ethan Jones making his league debut in central defence.

Last season we took victory in both games. At home in September 2024, winning 3-2 in an absolute cracker of a Northern League game, JL10, Reece McMann and Harry Williams on the scoresheet to cap of a man of the match performance. Away from home we won 2-1 just before Christmas, Cam Wild and Tom Atkinson scoring for the Y&E.

The Y&E go in to this one, on the back of a disappointing performance losing 4-0 away at Tow Law. That follows an interrupted league campaign, with several games postponed due to the wet weather. Form wise it’s a chance against Jarrow to get back on track ahead of two more tough games over the festive period.

Squad wise, Jack Dalton is still suspended but Alex Dougall and Joe Hillerby are back from suspension. HST will be suspended from Saturday following his booking against Tow Law. Jacko will be looking for a response from the squad after Saturday.

It’ll be a really tough game against Jarrow. They always against them. They’ll be backed by a decent number of the Hackle Hecklers. Hopefully a decent Y&E turnout to support the lads. We’ll see you there (weather permitting)