PORRIDGE and prawn crackers will be on the menu for Stratford Town’s players as they look to serve up an FA Cup upset at home to League One Shrewsbury Town this afternoon.
Gateshead made it six wins from six on home soil while recording a fifth straight win, but weren’t at their best in front of their first four-figure crowd of the season.
Leamington earned their third victory of the season with two fine second-half goals as they defeated another promotion-chasing side at Your Co-op Community Stadium.
The Minstermen moved out of the iconic Bootham Crescent in February and into the shiny 8,500-capacity ground that they share with rugby league club York City Knights.
The former Scunthorpe United, Doncaster Rovers, Walsall and Huddersfield Town centre back, 37, is gearing up for his first season in National League North with the Lincolnshire club.
There will come a time this season when David Norris is driving home late on a Tuesday night, with a motorway closed after a defeat, wondering why he’s still doing it.
Bolstered by a new stadium, two eye-catching summer signings and a slew of endorsements from rival managers, Elliott is aiming to avoid further play-off torture by setting his sights squarely on the title.
With his first team chances limited at parent club Harrogate Town last term, the 27-year-old winger dropped down a couple of divisions to the National League North Pilgrims on loan before the season was eventually cut short.