Marine v Royal Wootton Bassett Town Preview

Marine vs Royal Wootton Bassett Preview:

We’re back at the Webbswood Stadium on Tuesday evening, as we take a break from league action and return to 1st Office sponsored Wiltshire Premier Shield action and a local derby in the Semi Final, against Royal Wootton Bassett Town, kick off 19.45.

There’s a quick return to the field on Tuesday as Head Coach Stuart Fleetwood looks to add to his sides good form ahead of a return to League action at the weekend.

Our visitors enter the tie on the back of a three-game unbeaten run with two wins and a draw. Manager Sam Collier will be looking for his side to produce an upset as the two sides meet for the first time in a competitive fixture since the 2001/02 campaign. Marine Head Coach Stuart Fleetwood will be relying on his team to remained focussed after he saw his side giving away too many sloppy goals on Saturday in Beaconsfield.

“I think our quality took us over the line, but we gave ourselves a mountain to climb which I’m most disappointed about, he told fan based Supermarine Radio after the 4-3 win. After we went ahead, we defended so resolutely, we got first contact on set pieces and headers and our clearances were strong.”

“Fleets also said it shouldn’t take us to be 4-3 up to defend like that, we should be doing it from the first whistle and it’s something I’ll need to address moving forward but we’ll patch up for Tuesday as it’s a big game for us in the Semi-Final against Bassett at home in the cup.”

The winners of the tie will secure a place in the Final which will take place at the County Ground on Tuesday April 2nd 2024 against either Chippenham Town or Westbury United.

Current Positions:

Swindon Supermarine - 15th place - P24-W7-D5-L12 26pts
vs
Royal Wootton Bassett Town (Hellenic Premier League) – 3rd place - P24-W15-D3-L6 48Pts

The Teams Leading Goalscorers:

Swindon Supermarine: Levi Irving – 9 goals
Bassett Leading Scorer: Alfie Presley – 8 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 18:30 with either cash or card payments accepted.

Admission Prices:

• Adult - £10 (18 to 59-years-old)
• Concessions - £6 (over 60-years-old)
• Youths - £4 (Youths 12 to 17-years-old)
• Children U12s - FREE (U12s must be accompanied by an adult)

Food Drive:

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. Find out more by clicking: swindonfoodcollective.org

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 Premier Shield game:

Chippenham Town vs Westbury United

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 Radio:

Marine supporters John-Luke and Chris will also be hosting live online commentary from the game via their fan-based Supermarine Radio.

Coverage is due to get under way at 19.30 so if you can’t get to the game, give them a listen on Mixlr

Man of the Match::

Don’t forget to head to the Swindon Supermarine Polls Group on Facebook after the game and vote for your favourite Marine player of the match from those chosen by Head Coach Stuart Fleetwood.

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: