Story courtesy of Northern NSW Football
Wallsend FC vs. Singleton Strikers
Sunday 15th April, 2:30 pm
The Gardens
For the first time this season, the Red Devils will finally get the chance to play at their home ground, The Gardens, but their first real home game won’t be an easy one as they come up against an in-form Singleton side who will be fixed on ending Wallsend’s undefeated start to 2018.
To make matters more difficult for the home team, they may also be without top front-man Ty Goldsmith who received a red card and a potential two-match suspension in their Round 4 match against Cessnock City which will take a hit to their offence that has ultimately been their main strength thus far.
Ben Edwards, Wallsend FC coach, said although Goldsmith’s attacking prowess would be missed, he was confident in the players that would be replacing him.
“It’s definitely going to be hard to replace him up top. But I do have the quality there and depth to not make much of a difference.”
“Hopefully we can just go about our business like we have for the first four games.”
Edwards admitted that seeing Singleton beat Belswans was very unexpected and that it’s made he and his side take notice.
“That result surprised me really.”
“They’ve obviously got some good quality there to pull out the result against a top side like Belswans.”
Last season when Wallsend and Singleton competed against one another, both sides achieved a victory and had a drawn overall aggregate of 5-all respectively, highlighting the competitiveness viewers can expect this Sunday.