Basingstoke Town v Marine Preview
Friday 33rd October 2023
Basingstoke Town v Marine Preview:
We visit Hampshire on Saturday afternoon, as we face the Dragons for the second time in a week, kick off 3pm.
Current League Positions:
Basingstoke Town - 7th P16-W6-D3-L7-21Pts Marine - 22nd P13-W0-D4-L9-4Pts
Marine Head Coach Stuart Fleetwood was left to rue his sides lack of a finishing touch following last weekend’s 3-0 defeat at the hands of Saturday’s patched-up opponents and will have spent much of this week in the search of strengthening his attacking options.
“I’ve said to the lads that I’m going to have to get bodies in,” he said in his post-game interview. We are creating chances, but we didn’t test their keeper enough.”
“Basingstoke, fair play to them, they were patched-up with all their injuries, but they deserved their victory and it’s a bit of a backwards step under me and we can argue about the goal but they still scored three goals against us which is disappointing.”
Whether we will see any movement on the transfer front ahead of the weekend will remain to be seen but one area that has been strengthened is the rear line with centre-back Toby Raison now being available having been cup-tied last weekend and if selected, will be given a baptism of fire against a rampant Dragons side.
Leading scorers:
Basingstoke Leading Scorer: George Read & Daniel Rowe – 7 Marine Leading Scorer: Levi Irving – 5
Admission Prices:
- Adult - £11
- Concessions - £8
- U13-17s - £4
- U12s- £2
Other Premier South Matches:
AFC Totton vs Hungerford Town
Hanwell Town vs Dorchester Town
Harrow Borough vs Salisbury
Hayes & Yeading United vs Gosport Borough
Hendon vs Merthyr Town
Plymouth Parkway vs Didcot Town
Poole Town vs Beaconsfield Town
Sholing vs Walton & Hersham
Coach Travel:
There will not be a coach travelling to Basingstoke.
Player of the Match:
Don’t forget to head to the Swindon Supermarine Polls Group on Facebook after the match to vote for your favourite Marine player of the game. We’ll post the winner on Sunday!
Keeping up to date:
If you can’t join us at the game, you can follow the action via our official X account @SupermarineFC, where we will have regular updates throughout the match. We’ll have half-time and full-time updates on our Facebook page.
