Newcastle at Llanandras Park this weekend

An impressive backdrop to training

Presteigne St Andrews FC will be back at Llanandras Park on Saturday, 22 January when they will host Newcastle in a Mid Wales League (South) fixture.

The kick off will be at 2.00pm and, given the easing of Covid-19 restrictions earlier this week, there should be no issue with crowd numbers so it’s hoped for a good turnout for the game.

This is all set up pretty well in that both sides have 13 points from eight league matches so far with Newcastle holding a slim advantage in the table as their goal difference is better by three.

Given both sides are nine points adrift of second-placed Penybont United – albeit with two games in hand – everyone involved will know the importance of a good result if they are to keep alive realistic hopes of a top-two finish.

Meanwhile, it will be a trip ‘up the valley’ for CP Llanandras who will head to Felindre on Saturday for their league outing.

No doubt there will be more of a spring in the step of the Llanandras squad as they prepare for this one after they picked up their first point of the league season last time out.

The 1-1 draw at Hay St Mary’s Reserves means CP Llanandras are only four points off second-bottom St Harmon so the incentive is there to build on last weekend’s result at Hay.

CP Llanandras’ match up at Felindre is also due to kick off at 2.00pm.