PREVIEW: Lye Town (H)
Where:
The Stotto Stadium, Farley Way, Quorn LE12 8RB
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When:
Saturday 26th of April 2025 (3:00pm KO)
The Reds reached the 100 point mark on Easter Monday, can they finish the season in style against the already relegated Flyers?
Quorn’s Form:
Ryan Beswick’s side are now unbeaten in fourteen league games, with eleven wins dating back to the Long Eaton United defeat at the start of the year. That run has seen home victories versus Boldmere St. Michaels (4-1), Corby Town (3-0), Coleshill Town (3-0), Bedworth United (6-0), Wellingborough Town (3-0) and Racing Club Warwick (2-0). Overall, at home, Quorn have won 14, drawn four and lost one, scoring 55 and conceding 16.
Lye Town’s Form:
The Flyers won for the first time in 2025 as they beat Coleshill Town 3-2 on Easter Monday. The result snapped a 17 game streak without a win, since a 2-1 victory at home to AFC Rushden & Diamonds before Christmas. You have to go back five months to find their last win away from home, a 3-2 triumph away to Coventry Sphinx. The seven game winless streak did include six draws, five of which finished goalless. Overall, away from home, Lye have won two, drawn four and lost thirteen, scoring 14 goals and conceding 39.
One to Watch:
Young forward Joe Palmer is the top scorer for the Flyers, with five goals in 23 appearances since signing a contract with Lye Town in November 2024. Those five goals all came within his first eleven appearances, as he hasn’t been on the scoresheet since the 8th of February in the 1-1 draw with Darlaston.
Last Time: Lye Town 0-2 Quorn (24/09/2024) Northern Premier League Midlands Division
The Reds left it late on a cold Tuesday evening in September as stoppage time goals from Zak Goodson and Courey Grantham secured an away way win for Quorn.
Lye Town belied their position in the burgeoning NPL Midlands division, showing a defensive metal that frustrated Quorn for large stretches of the match. There’s no doubt that Ryan Beswick’s side enjoyed the vast majority of the possession, but the Flyers tightly packed their area to limit the Reds to a couple of long-range efforts.
George Barrett made a couple of assured saves to deny Goodson and Beswick as they managed the only efforts on target in the first half, as Lye’s defensive ranks seemingly managed to block everything.
The second half followed a similar pattern, with Lye limited to a couple of chances on the break, but whenever they did foray forward their shooting left a lot to be desired. Their best chance of the match came in the 80th minute as Keanu Cooper found space in the six-yard box but his header was straight at Tom Allsopp.
Quorn kept plugging away and in the 92nd minute, finally found the goal their dominance deserved. Paddy Webb broke down the left and put a ball across goal that somehow evaded a couple of his teammates. Goodson picked it up wide of the far post, twisted and turned to create space and curled his effort around his man and past Barrett into the bottom corner.
There were still four minutes of added time remaining, and Quorn retreated deep to maintain their lead. Webb hooked a clearance forward that fell perfectly in-between Grantham and Barrett, with the Reds striker getting the vital touch to round the keeper. Despite the wide angle, Grantham kept his cool and fired in the second with the last kick of the match.
Tickets:
Adults £10.00, Concessions £8.00, U16s £2.00, Under 14s Free