Having drawn against Lancaster, Celtic must now travel to Lancaster for the FA Cup Replay on Tuesday night. Kick off 7:45pm.
Lancaster are currently seventeenth on seven points, having won one, lost one and drawn four. They have the best defence in the league currently, having conceded just once on their travels and once at home. That one goal scored against them came at Bower Fold when we played them two weeks ago, inflicting their only loss so far this season. With three goalless draws, most recently against Atherton, their only win has come away at Gainsborough, when they scored two of their three goals this season.
Charlie Bailey, Dominic Lawson and Dale Whitham have each scored one goal, giving Lancaster an average of 0.7 goals per away game, 0.5 overall and have failed to score twice on the road and twice at home. They concede an average of 0.3 goals per game, and keeping two of their four clean sheets away from home.
Over the past thirty years, we’ve travelled to the Giant Axe twelve times. Our last visit there was at the start of the second curtailed season, when they won 2-0. Our last points thee came with a goalless draw in December 2019, whilst our last win was back in 2006 when we beat them 1-0 with Mark Hume’s late goal the only highlight. In total, we’ve had three wins in those twelve visits, with six wins for Lancaster and three draws. With extra time and penalties on Tuesday, there will be a winner.
In the first leg, Lancaster lined up as:
1. Curtis Anderson
2. Charlie Bailey
3. Kyle Brownhill
4. Calen Gallagher-Allinson
5. Andrew Teague
6. Jamie Mellen
7. Bradley Hubbold
8. Dale Whitham
9. Dominic Lawson
10. David Norris
11. Nico Evangelinos
In the same match, Celtic’s lined up as:
1. Greg Hall
2. Ciaran Summers
3. Ben Woods
4. Kyle Harrison
5. Dahrius Waldron
6. Tom Miller
7. Aaron Grewal
8. Ethan Padden
9. Raul Correia
10. Godwin Abadaki
11. Matty Liptrott
Moses Yoak is cup-tied, and unavailable. Ozzie Abadaki pulled up with a strain at Liversedge and will be assessed, whilst Harry Benns made the subs bench on Saturday. Ciaran Summers limped off for Celtic, as did Charlie Bailey for Lancaster.
From the M60 Junction 1 (Stockport) head clockwise towards Preston.
Turn off at Junction 15 onto the M61 towards Preston.
Stay on the M61 to the end, where it joins the M6 (North - signposted The Lakes).
Stay on the M6 for about 20 miles to Junction 33 (Lancaster South).
At the roundabout at the end of the slip-road, turn right (exit 2 of 3) onto the A6.
Stay on the A6 for about 4 miles, and you will reach a roundabout.
Go straight across (exit 3 of 5) to stay on the A6.
After 1/2 a mile, you will reach a set of lights with Waterstones on the left.
Turn left here onto Market Street (which becomes Meeting House Lane).
After a couple of hundred yards you will cross a railway line.
Take the next right onto Station Road.
At the t-junction, turn right onto West Road.
The ground (and car-park) is on the right through some railings.