Benburb cross the city this Saturday afternoon to face the league leaders Shettleston. Hugh Kelly's side are 4 points clear of St. Roch's at the top of the Central District League Second Division and 10 points ahead of Benburb. Shettleston have led the league for most of the season and only an all mighty collapse would see them miss out on promotion. That said, Benburb have five games in hand on the Greenfield Park men and if they win this game it may give them the belief to achieve great things this season. Shettleston showed they were a decent side when they drew with Benburb at Tinto Park last month. Goals from Billy Ferguson and Tony O'Neill for Benburb and a double from Andy Thomson for Shettleston meant the sides had to settle for a 2-2 draw.

Benburb will face a side that have an impressive home record this season. In fact, Shettleston have lost only one league game at Greenfield Park during this campaign, a
1-0 defeat by Newmains United . After this game Shettleston will have only one league left at home against St. Roch's.

Team News
Frank Lovering and Dennis Donnelly will be hoping that Tony O'Neill recovers from his leg injury. Stuart Robertson and David Nisbet are available after missing the game against Greenock last Saturday.

Last Meeting At Greenfield Park
Saturday 9 April 2005
Stagecoach Central District League First Division
Shettleston 2 Benburb 0

Watson, Canning, Thomson, MacMillan, Sheridan, McDonald, Grant, Gilogley, O'Neill, Morrison, Davis.
Subs: Boyle, Craig (Gilogley 60), Cannon (Davis 76), O'Malley (63), Shearer.

Previous Meetings
Benburb meet Shettleston for the 96th time on league business this Saturday and the records show that Benburb have had the better of the league clashes with 41 wins against Shettleston's 34. Benburb's record against Shettleston at Well Park and Greenfield Park is not impressive with the Govan men winning only 13 times in 47 games.

Benburb's biggest league win at Shettleston is as follows:

Saturday 25 January 1935
Central League
Shettleston 0 Benburb 5
(At Greenfield Park)
Johnstone, Fraser, Kelso, McMillan, Swift, Smith, Newman, Murray, Brownlie, Farmer, McAusland.
Scorers: Brownlie 3, Farmer, Kelso

Benburb's biggest league defeat at Shettleston is as follows:

Monday 9 May 1910
Glasgow Junior League
Shettleston 6 Benburb 0
(At Well Park)

Benburb v Shettleston – League Meetings