Match Preview - Prudhoe Youth Club Seniors (H) - Ebac Northern League Division 2 - Saturday 21st February 2026 - Kick-Off 15:00pm

by Jeff King

Sixth from top and just outside the play-off positions are at home to 19th place in the bottom four. Thirty-one points separate the two sides with the lower placed side having also played two more games. A banker three home points?

If only it were that easy! Try telling Mikel Arteta and Arsenal that after they Premiership leaders visited almost certainly relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nothing is guaranteed in football, everything has to be earned.

Both Park View and Prudhoe YC Seniors need a win and the three points for different reasons. The hosts are looking to get back into the play-off positions and re-find their end of 2025 form. Whilst Prudhoe need to start moving up.

Prudhoe go to Ther Riverside in desperate form. Two draws and ten defeats in their last twelve league games have seen them plummet down the standings and into very danger territory.

Prudhoe currently have 23 points from 31 games played. They have won 6 drawn 5 and lost 20 scoring 32 goals and conceding 67 top scorers are Tom Wilson with 6 and Brad Lowes with 5.

Their last win in the league was back on 04/10/2025 beating Yarm & Eaglescliffe 2 – 1. They really need to start bucking their current trend if they are to banish any thoughts of relegation.

Park View made it seven league wins in a row when they won 'The Derby' 1 - 0 on The Moor against Town. Since then and the turn of the year they have played three league games losing two and drawing 2 - 2 last time out against Redcar.

They need to get back to winning ways ASAP as they look to add to their 54 points from 29 games made up of 16 wins 6 draws and 7 defeats. Their winless run standing at three.

The home side will be without top scorer Stephen Siyanbola who has moved two divisions up to join Blyth Town. It leaves Charlie Loveday as their top scorer with 7 goals.

Skipper Dylan Wilkinson will also miss the game following his sending off at Grangetown Boys Club over a month ago that gave him a one-match suspension that he has been unable to serve due to postponements.

Saturday’s game is the reverse league fixture with Park View looking to do the double after going to Essity Park on the 17^{th of} September 2025 and coming away with all three points courtesy of a Charlie Loveday goal in a 1 – 0 win.

Kick-off at The Riverside is at 3:00pm.