Match Preview

Heys welcome Darwen to Adie Moran Park on Saturday (3.00pm)

After the high excitement of the thrilling draw at Lower Breck, Heys have been left frustrated by successive postponements.

Manager Matt Barnes, however, will be looking for his side to maintain the enthusiasm and performance levels shown against the League Leaders which he described as being up with the best he had seen at this level of football.

Heys find themselves in a strange position at present. Eleventh in the table, they are eight points off the promotion spots and seven above the relegation position.

All thoughts are focused though on an upwards trajectory and this game is a key one in achieving that ambition. A victory would put Heys firmly in the mix.

Darwen presently sit tenth in the table, a point better off than Heys but having played three games more. The visitors go into the game as one of the form teams in the League with seven wins in their last nine games in which Leon Creech and Nyle Ellis have been prolific. It a was a double strike by Creech that gave Darwen a 2-1 win over Heys at Christmas.

All told this is the third meeting of the teams this season with Heys having won the Macron Cup clash between the teams, 2-1, in November.

Another tight encounter looks on the cards with both teams looking to keep in the promotion hunt.

Matchday Information

Ground: Adie Moran Park, Sandgate Road, Whitefield, M45 6WG

Telephone: 0161 773 8888 (match days only)

Admission Prices: £5 Adults, £3 Concessions. Under 16`s FREE when accompanied by an adult. Reduced entry for Professional Club Season Ticket Holders.

Programme Price: £2.00

Directions: M60 to junction 17 towards Whitefield, turn right into Clyde Avenue continue over traffic lights onto Thatch Leach Lane, turn right at the Frigate Public House, over motorway bridge, ground on the left.

Nearest Railway: Besses oth Barn Metrolink (0.7 miles)

Nearest Bus Route to Ground: 135 from Manchester to Bury Route, alight at Besses o' th' Barn

Parking Facilities: Parking available for around 100 cars

Ground Facilities: Clubhouse with Licenced Bar, Covered Seating for 58, Covered Standing for 80

PLEASE NOTE that no musical instruments are allowed in the ground, and we have a strict no-dogs policy, excluding Guide Dogs.