Tranmere striker can help Seagulls go top
COLWYN BAY will have Tranmere Rovers striker Josh Macauley making his debut in Saturday's important away game at Rossendale United - where victory will put the Seagulls top of the Unibond Division One North table.
Manager Neil Young secured the teenage striker on loan on Friday and says: "He is a young striker who is very quick and has scored loads of goals for Tranmere's youth and reserve teams.
"We have not been getting enough goals from our front men and hopefully Josh can come in and do a job for us."
Macauley, who has been at Tranmere since he was 14, scored 27 goals last season and made one first team appearance against Carlisle United.
With current leaders Halifax involved in the FA Cup and two other top six sides (Lancaster and Skelmersdale) playing each other, this is a game Colwyn Bay are desperate to win and will be hoping Macauley will help them do that.
Rossendale are second from bottom of the table with only one win in seven league games and Neil Young said: "They are a hard, battling side who will give no quarter, but if we have any realistic ambitions of getting promotion this season then these are the type of games we have to win."
Colwyn Bay will have Jamie Dunn back after injury and Carl Clampitt will also be involved again after making his return in Tuesday's League Cup defeat at Prescot Cables and coming through with no reaction.
But are there are big fitness doubts over Tim Brandreth and Stuart Graves, who both picked up groin strains at Prescot, while Jimmy Kelly and Lee Davey are definitely out.
Matty Hurdman has returned to Wrexham after completing his loan spell
Colwyn Bay (from) Sanna, Aspinall, Corrigan, Jarrett, Challinor, Sheehan, Sheridan, Jebb, Clampitt, Hopley, McGill, Hay, Macauley, Dunn, Brandreth, Graves.
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