Wharfedale v Leeds Tykes – Match Preview

Having run Rotherham so close for the solitary promotion spot last season, Leeds Tykes will have been very optimistic last September that this would be their year: on last season’s showing, maybe Sheffield would offer the stiffest competition, but they could cope with that. 

If that’s how they felt, how wrong could they be? Sheffield indeed have maintained and even increased their momentum, but no-one foresaw the improvement in last season’s mid-table newcomers Lymm. As it happens, these three clubs have run neck-and-neck from the start, each losing only one match so far: Leeds lost to Lymm, who lost to