Marine v Dorchester Preview

Marine vs Dorchester Preview:

We host our penultimate home game before Christmas at the Webbswood Stadium on Saturday, as the Magpies head to Swindon, kick off 3:00pm.

Current Positions:

Swindon Supermarine - 20th place - P18-W3-D5-L10 14pts
vs
Dorchester Town - 19th place - P17-W4-D4-L9 16Pts

We welcome Dorchester Town to Wiltshire this coming Saturday as the boys look to extend their five-game unbeaten run to six, against the Magpies who are also looking to escape the relegation places as we head towards the festive period.

With four wins and a draw, the great escape is very much back in the hands of Supermarine as Head Coach, Stuart Fleetwood and Assistant Dan Gillespie, continue to instil their beliefs in to the players who have been playing some sublime football since the management teams’ arrival and picking up a massive three points at Hendon last week, when not at their best. It is testimony to the togetherness and effort that has returned to the side.

Preparations for the important game haven’t gone particularly well for Dorchester meanwhile, with last Saturday’s home game with Beaconsfield Town being abandoned after 66-minutes due to fog, followed by a midweek trip to Hanwell Town falling to the rain, meaning their last win came a month ago when they thrashed Basingstoke Town 4-1 at the Avenue Stadium.

Disappointment followed that result however, when they lost their following two tough encounters narrowly against promotion hopefuls Bracknell Town and then Salisbury, but they’ll no doubt arrive at the Webbswood Stadium with a quiet confidence in their own ability, so Marine will certainly need to be on their game.

The Teams Leading Goalscorers:

Marine: Levi Irving – 8 goals
Magpies: Shaquille Gwengwe – 10 goals

Admission Prices:

There are no pre-match tickets on sale for the game, it is pay on the day at the turnstiles, which will be open from 18:00 with either cash or card payments accepted.

• Family 4 - £25 (2 Adults + 2 Youths)
• Adult - £12 (18 to 59-years-old)
• Concessions - £8 (over 60-years-old)
• Youths - £6 (Youths 12 to 17-years-old)
• Children U12s - FREE (U12s must be accompanied by an adult)

Matchday Experience:

Along with our visitors from Dorset, were also extending a warm welcome to the players, coaches and parents and friends from Blunsdon U11s and hope you all have a great time and enjoy our hospitality as well as your halftime game! Don’t forget to hang around and grab some autographs after the final whistle!

Food Drive:

With the Festive Season just around the corner, if you’re in a position to help replenish the Swindon Food Collective stock, please bring your non-perishable food items, such as 1 litre bottles of squash, long life milk, long life juice, small jars of coffee, 500g and 1kg bags of sugar, tinned fruit, tinned plum tomatoes, tinned puddings, rice, custard, semolina, angel delight and jellies.

Martin will have a collection point available and he’ll make sure your donations help put food on the table of someone who is struggling this time of year. Find out more by clicking: swindonfoodcollective.org

Matchday Programme:

Inside this weekend’s edition, Head Coach Stuart Fleetwood reviews the excellent win at Hendon, Nick Taylor takes up his regular ‘Taylor Talks’ spot and Pete Crockett recaps the win at Hendon and casts an eye around other footballing news.

We also take a look at our visitors, get the latest from the U18s, Development and Women’s teams and there’s all the usual stats and facts mixed in!

All this for only £2.50 – make sure you pick your copy up at the gate!

Half Time Draw:

Why not visit Martin in the club shop ahead of the game and pick up tickets for our 50/50 Draw! Just £1 will get you entry and you could take home a cash prize or a runner-up gift!

The draw is made and announced during the first half, but we also have the winning numbers on Facebook if you miss them being read out.

Other Southern Premier South games tonight:

Basingstoke Town vs Beaconsfield Town
Chesham United vs Merthyr Town
Hanwell Town vs Plymouth Parkway
Poole Town vs Hayes & Yeading United
Sholing vs Harrow Borough
Tiverton Town vs Bracknell Town
Walton & Hersham vs Salisbury
Winchester City vs Didcot Town

Keeping up-to-date on game day:

If you can’t join us at the match, you can follow the action via our official X account @SupermarineFC, where we will have regular updates throughout the match.

We’ll also have game day photographs on our Instagram account: @officialswindonsupermarine and there’ll be the usual HT and FINAL updates on Facebook.

Supermarine TV:

Game highlights will follow on Supermarine TV.

Parking & Travel:

Whilst we have FREE car parking for over 300 cars in our car park at the Webbswood Stadium, it does get very busy on matchdays so why not travel by public transport and then save the issue off finding a parking space!

We encourage our spectators to use the Stagecoach Number 7 bus from the town centre bus station, with a route via Greenbridge Retail Park and The Crown Inn at Stratton. It’s a twenty-three-minute bus ride to the last bus stop in the South Marston Industrial Estate (Exel stop).

Just ask the bus driver to stop for you at the bus stop for the Supermarine Sports Complex, and then it’s just a few minutes’ walk from there to the ground. This makes the Webbswood Stadium more accessible to all and has greener credentials, please try it!

Click here for No 7 Bus time table: