Whitby Town Travel For First Ever Meeting

Friday, 28 November 2025 18:30

The Blues take on Cleethorpes Town for the first-ever time on Saturday.

The Lincolnshire side, who play in neighbouring Grimsby, were promoted from NPL East.

It's their first time in NPL Premier in their history.

Blues boss Gary Liddle is expecting a tough afternoon:

"Definitely, and they've done great. Since they've come into the Division, haven they? They haven't looked out of place. They're bang in the mix just below us. No, it'll be a really tough game. I've managed to get some videos on them of past games, and they're a good team. They're a solid team.

"I think the positive or the plus for them is that they've always been in games throughout the season and they haven't lost many games by large margins. They all are just lost by the odd goal or conceded late to draw games. They can go right to the end and they can be competitive threats at the top end of the field especially.

"They've got good players in wide areas, good players at the top end of the pitch. It's obviously a really tight division at the moment, but we are determined to to stay in and around where we are. We fight a challenge at the top end of the table rather than looking over our shoulders as we've done in the past."

You can hear more from Gary Liddle, plus Nathan McGinley and Ronnie McGrath on the latest Codcast.

Kick-off on Saturday is 3pm.

There's full commentary on This Is The Coast Extra from just before.

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