Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Saints bidding to make it a happy Easter

TNS v NeathTHE first of two home games over Easter could see The New Saints take a giant step towards clinching a second consecutive Welsh Premier crown.
Neath are Good Friday's visitors to Park Hall (kick-off 7.45pm) with admission reduced to just £5 adults, free for accompanied children, in a crucial game in the title race.
If the Saints can secure victory against Neath - and Bangor fail to beat Llanelli on Saturday - the trophy will remain in Oswestry, but manager Mike Davies is expecting a tough challenge from the high-flying Eagles.
"They have made a huge investment this season, they’ve got some great players and on their day they can beat anyone," he says.
"It won’t be easy but it’s nice to be at home. It will be tricky but if someone asked us if we’d have taken this two months ago we wouldn’t have believed them.
"We just need to do what we can do and hopefully we can take another step towards the title.
"We just need to keep putting points on the board and we can’t do any more than that."
Defender Phil Baker is rated only 50/50 to recover from a knock which forced him off in the 2-0 win at Prestatyn a week ago, but Barry Hogan returns from suspension and Alex Darlington is back in contention after an injury lay-off.
Photo: Richie Partridge takes on Luke Cummings during the 3-1 victory over Neath in October.

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