Toolstation NCEL Premier Division
Pickering Town are potential title challengers
Take out the first ten games of last season when Paul Marshall was still assembling his squad, and you will notice that Pickering were a very consistent side. Marshall has simply improved his team this summer with some brilliant signings like Ryan Blott from local rivals Scarborough Athletic and his old Tadcaster captain Nick Thompson.
Manager
Paul Marshall
Pickering Town boss Paul Marshall
Marshall enters his second campaign at Pickering – the club he joined last year after his seven-year stint at the helm of Tadcaster Albion came to an end. He has vast experience at NCEL level and has once won the title, when he was manager of Goole AFC in 2005.
Opening Five Fixtures
Sunderland RCA (A) – Emirates FA Cup, Barton Town Old Boys (A), Worksop Town (H), Staveley MW (A), Thackley (A).
Player Movement
In: Ryan Blott (Scarborough Athletic), Tony Hackworth, Ben Hirst (York City), Nick Thompson (Selby Town)
Out: Liam Shepherd (Tadcaster Albion), Mitch Hamilton (Garforth Town).
One to Watch
Ryan Blott
New Pickering Town striker Ryan Blott
Blott has lethal for Scarborough over the past seven or eight years and nothing is likely to change when he dons a Pickering jersey.
Prediction
Title challengers