Stern test awaits Wetherby at high-flying Kellingley
WETHERBY Athletic face an acid test of their promotion credentials tomorrow when they travel to current Division One joint-leaders Kellingley Welfare (2pm ko).
However boss Eugene Lacy feels they have no reason to feel cautious and should emerge victorious providing they play to their full potential .
Athletic have been thwarted by the weather in recent weeks but now the snow has all but gone Lacy is primed and ready to go, and hopes his troops have a similar mindset.
Wetherby haven't played since their 5-0 thrashing of Hartshead on December 12, however tomorrow's opponents squeezed in a fixture last Saturday beating bottom club Howden Clough 7-0.
"That wasn't much of a test for them, they'll be in for a much sterner one on Saturday," said Lacy.
"We owe them one. We played them earlier in the season and they beat us but I don't know how. They were given two penalties on the day and we were given one and none were pens'- the ref' got them all wrong.
"We played all the football and ended up losing. I'm confident we'll win on Saturday, we've got the side, we've just got to perform.
"We'll have players coming back in like Craig Farrand , John Crawley and Rob Cromack so we're back up to full strength. The lads are ready for action.
"They've not played but they've been playing five-a-side and they're all young lads so they should be fit."
BARDSEY boss Martin Bradley is hoping his side can put the hype surrounding their trip to rivals Whitkirk to one side tomorrow as they look for a safe passage through to the next round of the County Cup.
The fourth round clash fell victim to the weather for the third time last Saturday and takes precedence over any league fixture that had been arranged.
Bradley is confident the game will go ahead tomorrow as the Keswick Lane outfit will try once again to get the fixture completed, in order to pursue their quest for a league/cup double-winning season.
"It will be good to get the game on," he said.
"There's been a lot of hype but we're focused. The lads have been training on a Friday night for the last three weeks, they've given up their time, they've been working all week so they could have gone to the pub so I can't complain at that.
"We want to get back to league action soon. Looking at the table we're in a really good position at the moment but we need to get going as soon as we can and make sure Beeston don't get too far away from us.
"We need to keep the pressure on Beeston and the teams around us - when we get back to league action that will be important."
SHERBURN WHITE ROSE meanwhile will hope to move through to the next round of the League Cup tomorrow when they travel to Ilkley Town.
In Division Two BOSTON SPARTANS have a tasty trip to Glasshoughton Welfare to get their teeth into tomorrow as they seek a return to competitive action.
Chris Conway's men are slowly but surely getting over the minor injury crisis that threatened to rock their campaign at the back end of 2009.
Boston are currently third bottom in the division but will be looking for some morale-boosting wins in the coming weeks.
After Glasshoughton they face another trip to Leeds Gryphons in eight days' time, a side hunting for promotion at the right end of the table.
West Yorkshire League
Premier Division P Pts
Beeston St Anthony's 15 32
Bardsey 12 28
Sherburn White Rose 14 26
Altofts 15 23
Field Sports & Social 13 22
Boroughbridge 14 22
Whitkirk Wanderers 14 21
Knaresborough Town 12 20
Ripon City 15 18
Leeds City 12 18
Aberford Albion 16 15
Rothwell Athletic 16 14
Otley Town 15 14
Pool 13 14
Ossett Common Rovers 12 11
Carlton Athletic 14 11
Division One
East End Park 15 34
Kellingley Welfare 15 34
Robin Hood Athletic 16 30
Horbury Town 15 27
Baildon Trinity Athletic 12 25
Wetherby Athletic 12 24
Old Headingley 16 20
Nostell Miners Welfare 13 20
Old Centralians 14 20
Oxenhope Recreation 15 19
Kippax 16 19
Ilkley Town 15 17
Wyke Wanderers 13 12
Hartshead 15 9
Howden Clough 14 4
Division Two
Brighouse Old Boys 17 43
Leeds Gryphons 14 34
Mount St. Mary's 16 33
Swillington Saints 13 28
Featherstone Colliery 14 25
Barwick 16 24
Stanley United 13 20
Hunslet 16 19
Glasshoughton Welfare 13 17
Rothwell Town 15 16
Great Preston 15 12
Boston Spartans 10 10
Woodhouse Hill WMC 16 7
South Milford 14 4
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