"Bucks kick off 2026 with a trip to Spennymoor"

Match Date : February 3rd, 2026 7:45 pm
Competition : National League North
Ground : The Brewery Field
Kick Off : 19:45

The Bucks will make the long trip to County Durham this Tuesday to take on Spennymoor Town.

The Moors are well-established as promotion contenders, although they have a quite remarkable record of missing out on the playoff places by the narrowest of margins. Since their promotion to the National League North in 2017, the Moors have only made the playoff places once – that was during 2018/19, when they finished 4th before losing the playoff final to Chorley on penalties. Their other campaigns in Step 2 are scarcely believable such are the fine margins by which the Moors have missed out on the playoff places. In 2017/18 they finished 8th, missing out on goal difference alone. In 2019/20, the Moors sat 6th when Covid ended the campaign early, but they fell to 8th when the table was adjusted for points per game (with the playoffs still taking place during this season). Their lowest finish came in 2021/22; but although they finished 10th, the Moors were still only three points off the top seven. And for the last three seasons Town have finished 9th, missing out on goal difference in 2022/23 and by a single point in each of the last two campaigns.

Town were five places above the Bucks at the start of January when this game was initially scheduled, but Wilkin’s men have been in fine form while the Moors have not. The Moors currently sit in 13th on 37 points, now four points and five places below the Bucks. Lee’s side were winless in six, but a 2-1 win at Buxton on Saturday ended that sequence and brings Town back into the playoff picture.

In Glen Taylor, Spennymoor have one of the league’s deadliest and most consistent goal scorers. Prior to 2025/26, the Moors’ all-time top scorer had hit 150 goals in the National League North at an average of 21 goals per campaign (discounting the two Covid seasons), and Taylor 13 his time around. Another club stalwart, midfielder Rob Ramshaw, is another man who the Bucks will have to keep an eye on Tuesday.

The Moors have won just one out of 14 meetings with the Bucks, with Kevin Wilkin’s men running out comfortable 3-0 winners when the sides met at the SEAH Stadium in August. The Bucks’ last visit to the Brewery Field back at the start of the 2022/23 season ended in a 1-1 draw.

The Bucks have suffered just one defeat in 14 while racking up 10 wins in that time, which has seen Wilkin’s men climb away from the drop zone and up to the fringes of the playoff places. And with three league wins from three so far in 2026, the Bucks will be aiming to keep that run going with another three points on Tuesday.

MATCHDAY INFORMATION

You can purchase tickets online in advance via the Spennymoor website.

Website: www.spennymoortownfc.co.uk

Ground Address: Wood Vue, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6JN