Tuesday night sees Celtic in Cheshire Senior Cup action against Cammell Laird. Cammell Laird are currently 15th in the Northwest Counties First Division South, three divisions below Celtic. Kick-off is 7:45pm and tickets are available on the gate or online, costing £5 for all with Under 16’s entering for free.

In the league, Cammell Laird have won twice on the road this season, beating Stafford Town and Alsager (both 2-1) in October. Since then, they have mainly had home games, with only one away game, losing 3-2 at Sandbach. In their last five matches Cammell Laird have won two and lost three, their last match seeing them lose 1-0 at home to Ashville. 

Their best result so far this season was beating Foley Meir 5-1 at home, whilst their worst result saw them lose 5-0 at home to Ellesmere Rangers.

With seven of their 30 league goals (and three in cups), Kieran Hamm is the danger man, though Jay Harvey has weighed in with seven goals this season with four in the league. In total, 14 different scorers have found the net for Cammell Laird this season. 

18 league goals were scored in the second half, roughly 50/50. They have scored three penalties, though they have gone through two rounds of the FA Vase on penalties having drawn 1-1 with both Wythenshawe Amateurs and Retford. 

Celtic have hosted Cammell Laird in the Cheshire Senior Cup before, back in 2016, when we won 7-3 with Adam Morning and Josh Heaton getting one each, Danny Wilkins getting a brace and Scott Spencer grabbing a hat-trick. 

Two other meetings were both pre-season friendlies in which Celtic won both 3-0, with both games in Birkenhead.

In Cammell Laird’s last match, the 1-0 home loss to Ashville, Cammell Laird lined up as:

1. James Dineley

2. Ben Kerr

3. Jack Kelly

4. Daniel Stephens

5. Jake Doran

6. Dominic Cain

7. Ross Waring

8. Joseph Downey

9. Jay Harvey

10. Ryan Smith

11. Ben Wood

In Celtic’s last match, the 1-0 away derby win over Hyde, Celtic lined up as: 

1. Greg Hall

2. Ciaran Summers

3. Matty Carson

4. Kyle Harrison

5. Dahrius Waldron

6. Tom Miller

7. Theo Bailey-Jones

8. Domaine Rouse

9. Raul Correia

10. Chris Dagnall

11. Nathan Caine