Preview | Brackley Town (A)

Gloucester City face a 120 mile round trip to fourth place Brackley Town and will look to continue their

unbeaten run at St James' Park this Saturday.

FORM

City currently are on a five game unbeaten run, winning one and drawing four. Steven King's side will look for a huge three points away from home with their opponents sitting in the play off places, and whilst having a fair few players out due to injury or suspension it will be a challenging task to complete.

The Saints currently sit fourth in the league standings and go in to the game off the back of a 1-1 draw against Chester, which was played on the 7th of January. Due to postponements, they have not played since then and will have gone 14 days with no matches.

The hosts have only lost one game at home in the league all season, a 3-0 loss to Farsley Celtic in which they had a man sent off in the fifth minute of the game.

ABOUT BRACKLEY TOWN FC

• Founded in 1890

• Home Stadium: St James' Park

• Players to watch: Callum Stead, James Armson and Adam Rooney

• Won the 2017-18 FA Trophy against Bromley 1-1 AET and 5-4 on penalties

• Christian Pulisic played in the Brackley youth academy.

H2H

The Tigers' last visit to St James' Park was a 1-0 loss back in late October, 2021 with the goal coming from now Boreham Wood player, Lee Ndlovu. The hosts are currently on a 16 game unbeaten run in the Vanarama National League North and will be looking to extend this against City this weekend.

PLAYERS THAT HAVE PLAYED FOR BOTH BRACKLEY AND GLOUCESTER CITY

Matthew Barnes-Homer: Brackley 2016-17 || Gloucester City 2022-23

George Carline: Brackley Town 2022-Present || Gloucester City 2020

Charlie Griffin: Brackley Town 2013-14 || Gloucester City 2014-15

Nat Jarvis: Brackley Town 2013 || Gloucester City 2014

Ciaren Jones: Brackley Town 2022-Present || Gloucester City 2020

Jamie Lucas: Brackley Town 2017 || Gloucester City 2014-15

Tre Mitford: Brackley Town 2020 || Gloucester City 2022

Ben Morgan: Brackley Town 2018 || Gloucester City 2020-Present

Paul Spittle: Brackley Town 1997 || Gloucester City 1985

Omari Sterling-James: Brackley Town 2019 || Gloucester City 2016

Connor Waldon: Brackley Town 2014 || Gloucester City 2013-14

SQUAD UPDATE

• Defender Ben Morgan will be missing this fixture due to suspension, after two yellow cards earned a red against Blyth in the last game.

• New attacker JJ Hooper made a short 16 minute cameo against Blyth and will most likely be in the squad again as match fitness begins to improve.