Cray Wanderers look to stay in the hunt for the Isthmian Premier play offs on Saturday as the Wands host Potters Bar Town who require points to avoid relegation. Kick off 3 pm at Flamingo Park.

The Wands come into the game in eighth place in the table and with seven games to go are eight behind fifth placed Billericay Town who visit Cray on 4^th April. 

Cray have fifty five points from thirty five games played and are three behind Dartford and Burgess Hill Town in sixth and seventh respectively.  So at this stage Cray really need to pick up points and mainly wins from the remaining games but definitely out of their hands and reliant on the teams above and behind dropping points.

Last Saturday Cray produced a first class team performance to win 3-0 at Whitehawk which was the Hawks heaviest home defeat of the season and a ground where Cray had yet to win in the league.

The Wands showed their attacking teeth in the first half and Alex Hernandez was on hand to guide home his seventeenth goal of the season in the 28^th minute and put him two behind leader Daniel Ogunleye (Brentwood Town) and one behind Jake Hutchinson (Folkestone Invicta). 

Cray went two up four minutes later as Ola Ogunwamide notched his first goal for Cray converting Frankie Raymond’s pass.  The scoring was completed on the stroke of half time as Max Fiddes, himself on fourteen goals for the season converted Jordy Mongoy’s cross for his third goal for Cray.

This made it the third time this year that Cray had a lead of three goals or more at half time. The second half even offered threat but it was a case of Harry Seaden and the back four producing a master class of defending against a strong direct side to complete the first clean sheet of 2026.  As per usual Quade Taylor stepped in to join Tom Bonner at the back and from back to front it was a professional performance. 

Potters Bar Town will head down from Hertfordshire in 21^st place but still very much fighting to avoid relegation and have twenty six points from thirty four games played, six points behind 18^th placed Hashtag United with a game in hand albeit against fellow strugglers Welling United on 14^th April.

They have definitely given themselves a chance of staying up and have won four matches in 2026, three at home including against Dartford but have lost their last four away from home. Cray have to face both Cray Valley PM (19th, thirty one points) and Welling (20^th, thirty one points) before the end of the season with still so many points still to play for and nothing in the league yet decided.

Sammy Moore’s side last Saturday were beaten 2-3 at home by Welling United in a crunch game affecting the bottom four.  The Scholars fought back from 0-2 down to level through goals from Damary Anyadike and Brandon Adams by the 82^nd minute but a minute later Welling regained the lead and held out for the win.

When the teams met at Potters Bar on 6^th December Cray produced a gritty and resilient performance to win 2-0 in a game with eight bookings and with an early goal from Freddie Price and a great Soul Kader finish in stoppage time. 

Away from home Potters Bar have picked up wins at Chichester City (3-1), St Albans City (2-1) and Cray Valley PM (2-1). They drew at Hashtag United (0-0) and were beaten in their other games at Lewes (1-2), Ramsgate (1-2), Dartford (1-4), Billericay Town (1-3), Carshalton Athletic (0-2), Burgess Hill Town (1-2), Chatham Town (0-3), Brentwood Town (0-1), Canvey Island (1-3), Wingate & Finchley (1-2), Aveley (0-2) and Folkestone Invicta (1-2). Leading scorer is Brandon Adams with ten goals.

Matches between Cray Wanderers vs Potters Bar Town have only taken place since the 2019-20 season with twelve previous game with Cray winning six, Potters Bar three and three draws. The last meeting at Flamingo Park was on 11^th January 2025 with the Wands winning 1-0 with a Kenny Coker goal.    

With both sides needing the three points for different reasons this will be one of the key games of the day and with the weather that much brighter lately should be a great day out to watch football at Flamingo Park.

Admission £15 adults, £10 concessions, £5 U18’s available on the gate or online at www.cray-wanderers.com/tickets/ – £3 Printed Match programme available on the gate, merchandise, golden goal tickets (£1), hot and cold food/drinks and bars.