Match Preview - Sunderland RCA (A) - Ernest Armstrong Second Division Cup 1st Round - Tuesday 25th November 2025 - 19:30pm

by Jeff King

After two postponements in a week Park View AFC will travel to Sunderland RCA on Tuesday night for an Ernest Armstrong Division 2 Cup 1st Round clash. A game that sees two sides in form looking to progress in the competition.

Sunderland RCA were on a really superb run of form in recent games until they bumped into Ryton & Crawcrook Albion. RCA had won four league games in a row and then hosted Ryton in the Brooks Mileson Memorial League Cup tie.

The visitors coming away with a tremendous 5 - 4 victory then after another RCA league win to make it five in a row in it was Ryton again who spoiled the run with a 1 - 0 home win over RCA.

That run though of five wins and a single loss did propel RCA away from the danger zone and comfortably towards middle table safety. They currently have 33 points from 24 games with 10 wins 3 draws and 11 losses.

They have scored 34 league goals and conceded 35 with Aiden Stanton being their top marksman with 13 goals in all competitions including 11 in the league. Dennis Knight is their next best scorer with 7 in the league.

Park View in contrast come into the game on the back of four straight home wins and have won seven drawn one and lost only two of their last ten. They are in 5th place with 13 wins 5 draws and 5 defeats from 23 games for 44 points.

They've started to score more goals recently and have now netted 34 times with Stephen Siyanbola now leading the way with 7 netted whilst Charlie Loveday and Nathan Conroy both have 6.

Park View continue to be miserly when it comes to defending and have only conceded 19 goals in the league so far which is the second best in the division at present.

The two sides met early this season in August at The Riverside. It was a solid 2 - 0 win for PV on the night with goals from Loveday and Sam Beattie with Dennis Knight being sent off with a straight red card.

The two sides are also due to meet on Tuesday 2nd December, a mere week away, in the league so Tuesday's game could well be a big pointer for that forthcoming fixture. Kick-off at Meadow Park is at 7:30pm.