Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Cleethorpes Town 7th with 64 points, Pickering Town CFC 16th with 35, 29 apart. Cleethorpes Town had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 7th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.18/1.89 for Pickering Town CFC and 2.37/1.63 for Cleethorpes Town (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.63.
Defeat had followed defeat for Pickering Town CFC — three in succession. Cleethorpes Town carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 1/15 points for Pickering Town CFC, 9/15 for Cleethorpes Town.
Mill Lane in Pickering staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,000.


