Westbury v Marine Preview

Match Preview from Mike Wray

All things being well with the weather Gods, we head to Meadow Lane on Tuesday evening January 31st, looking to progress in the 1st Office Equipment sponsored Wiltshire Premier Shield, kick off 7.45pm.

Westbury United 9th SLD1S - P23-W9-D5-L9 32Pts

Marine 10th P22-W11-D3-L8 36pts

There’s a fourth attempt to get this one played and although we’ve been here before, the weather really does look as if it will finally let us get on! With both sides having played at the weekend, our hosts enter the tie on the back of a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of play off place chasing rivals, AFC Totton while Marine returned home from Dorchester Town victorious, following an hugely exciting 4-3 result at the Avenue Stadium.

To recap from the previous previews for this game, both sides enter the tie on the back of impressive First Round wins which took place back in November. Marine securing a 6-1 victory at Bemerton Heath Harlequins with goals courtesy of Zack Kotwica 2, Henry Spalding 2, Conor McDonagh and Ryan Campbell and Westbury registering a 5-2 score at Royal Wootton Bassett Town with Joe Strandling, Harvey Flippance, Charlie Walton, Gary Higdon and Ryan Bole all on the scoresheet.

Westbury United leading goalscorer: Harvey Flippance / 11 league goals

Marine leading goalscorer: Harry Williams / 23 league goals

Admission Prices - Adults £9, Concessions £6 & U16s £1

Coach Travel: There is no coach travel to this fixture

Last Time We Met:

Wilts Premier Shield Semi-Final @ Royal Wotton Bassett Town FC, Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Westbury United - 1 Flippance (22’)
Marine - 2 Philips (19’), Liddiard (75’)
Click here to view the Match Report

Other 1st Office Equipment Wiltshire Premier Shield ties::

Laverstock & Ford vs Melksham Town Highworth Town vs Salisbury (February 8th) Chippenham Town 1 Swindon Town 3

Keeping up-to-date on game day:

If you can’t join us at the game, you can follow the action via our official Twitter account @SupermarineFC, where we will have regular updates throughout the match. We’ll have updates on our Facebook page and game highlights will follow on Supermarine TV.