Canvey Island will look to keep up their charge towards the playoff places on Saturday, as they welcome Cray Wanderers to the Steves Taxis Stadium.

Our Opponents
Based out of Chislehurst, the Wands are London's oldest football club, and indeed one of the oldest football clubs in the world, having been established back in 1860. Despite this, they haven't had a home ground to call their own for much of their history. Playing football in and around the Bromley area, that finally changed with the purchase of the Flamingo Sports Park land, allowing Cray to finally have a stadium to call their own from the start of this season.

They've made a steady start to life at their new home, and the league in general this season, with the club sitting 16th in the table at the time of writing. They've been gathering momentum lately, with their last result coming in an impressive 4-0 rout of Potters Bar Town away from home last Saturday. They were knocked out of the London Cup in midweek, after losing a 7-4 goalfest to Isthmian South East side Erith Town - though their fielded side was made up mainly of academy players.

Manager Neil Smith will want to continue their recent good league form to help push the club up the table, and he has a squad with plenty of talent to do so. The likes of Lateef Adaja and Frankie Raymond provide an exciting edge in midfield, playing alongside Isthmian stalwarts like Nyran Clunis and Remi Sutton among others. They also have a familiar face to Canvey fans in the form of Charlie Edwards, with the talented midfielder already with 3 league goals to his name this season.

The two sides met twice in the league last season, with Canvey winning 2-1 at Park Lane thanks to goals from Mason Hall and Bradley Sach, before losing later in the season in Bromley later in the season by the same scoreline, with Sach once again on the scoresheet.

The Gulls
Canvey meanwhile, are on a decent run of form, pushing themselves up to 8th in the table on Tuesday with a convincing 3-1 win away at Hashtag United.

A brace from Elliott Ronto and a goal from Chris Harris put the Gulls in full control of the game by the 67th minute, and despite a late consolation, Canvey were more than worthy winners as they continued their recent good form on the road.

They'll want to continue that form in front of a home crowd, and build of their last result at Park Lane - a 2-1 win over Whitehawk a fortnight ago.

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Yellow Army, thank you again for your excellent support on the road on Tuesday.

Despite the freezing temperatures, you turned up in numbers again to back the team, and the squad appreciates your time and effort in doing so.

Back in front of a home crowd, we know you'll bring the noise again as we look to build on a recent good form.

Come on you Gulls!

Kick Off - 3:00pm

Admission Prices
Adults - £12
Concessions - £8
U16s - £3*

*Accompanied by an Adult.

Merchandise
We'll have a range of club merchandise on sale in the clubhouse, including the new 24/25 kits!

Parking
Parking at the Steves Taxi's Stadium is free to all but limited to first come / first serve. Additional parking can be found on the adjacent side roads, but please be mindful of our neighbours if using this option. Parking on Park Lane itself is also strongly advised against.

In The Clubhouse
We have a wide range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks stocked in the clubhouse.
Hot food and drink is also available in our outdoor kiosks. Please remember that these kiosks are currently cash only.

We also have live Premier League action on our big screens in the clubhouse, including:

12:30pm
Leicester City vs Chelsea

5:30pm
Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur