Five For The Weekend

A selection of matches that may be of interest over the weekend.

It is the Third Round of the Scottish Cup and reduced prices are in operation at Stirling Albion for their tie at home to Wick. Adults £10, Seniors, Students & Under-16's £5 and free for U-12's.

Looking ahead, Stirling are the visitors to Montrose in a Scottish League Two fixture scheduled for 1pm on Christmas Eve and the hosts are offering 'Pay What You Want' admission to that game.

A half-price ticket offer at Wolverhampton Wanderers has proved very successful over the past couple of seasons and it is back for the visit of Sheffield Wednesday to Molineux this coming Saturday with 50% off all tickets in all home areas of the ground.

The game also marks 30 years since Steve Bull and Andy Thompson joined a club that had fallen down the divisions and played in a stadium that barely merited the name, sparking an upturn in fortunes that I well remember from the Central TV and Midlands Today sports bulletins of my youth that showed ‘Bully’ charging through opposition defences to score.

The weekend ends with Huddersfield Town hosting Wigan Athletic, live in front of the Sky cameras on Monday evening.

Having been so proactive with their season tickets in the summer, the John Smith’s Stadium has been a positive place to be throughout the campaign to date and the Terriers have reduced individual prices for the Latics game to £10 Adults, £5 Over-60’s and unaccompanied U-18’s and £1 for accompanied U-18’s (must be pre-purchased).

Darlington FC are tantalisingly close to returning to their home town as the development of the Blackwell Meadows site they are to share with Darlington RFC enters its final stages. For the moment they remain at Heritage Park in Bishop Auckland where Marine are the visitors on Sunday for an FA Trophy tie that kicks off at 3pm.

Adult admission prices have been reduced to £10 for the game, Concessions are £8 and Children £2.

In the same competition, only a little further south, Truro City take on Frome Town at 3pm on Saturday and reduced prices also apply to this match at £10 Adults, £7 Over-65's, £3 Under-18's and Students and free for accompanied Under-12's.