Marine v Salisbury Preview

Match Preview from Mike Wray

A packed January schedule continues at the Webbswood Stadium on Saturday January 7th when we host the return game of our Wiltshire derby against Salisbury at The Webbswood Stadium, kick off 3:00pm.

Marine 12th P20-W9-D3-L8 30pts

Salisbury 8th P24-W10-D3-L11 33Pts

Supermarine can look forward to this weekend’s derby against the Whites in good spirits following a professional display in Merthyr on Monday afternoon which on any other day would have earned them a minimum of a point, and with the Whites losing 3-1 at home against Poole Town, both sides will hope to be bring their A-game in the hunt for three important points.

Looking ahead to the fixture, boss Lee Spalding said: “They’re in good form, but they also got beaten last weekend, so it’ll be another tough test. They’ve got a lot of good players, but we just need to cut out the silly mistakes for the goals and if we can stop giving away soft goals like we have in the last few games, we’ll find ourselves winning more than we lose.“

With Liam Armstrong ruled out through the broken foot he suffered at Merthyr, the footballing Gods were looking back down on Marine this week, with Josh Gould becoming unexpectedly available following his departure from Bath City, and he agreed to return to Wiltshire to continue where he left off.

Like Supermarine, our visitors also suffered an injury worry last Monday when defender Dinesh Gillela was stretched off during the first half of their defeat, however they were buoyed with his replacement, Josh Sommerton, who was on the bench following his return from being side-lined for a large part of the current campaign. Coming on for Gillela, the youngster produced a Man of the Match performance and will have his chances of selection, no harm at all.

Whites manager Brian Dutton can also call on the services of Seung Woo Yang if required, after the talented defender returned to the club on loan from Eastleigh at the start of the month.

Speaking to his club’s media team after their 3-1 defeat, Dutton said: “It was a difficult one to take because the form of the boys had been really positive up until that game in terms of, I think seven games, four wins and just the one defeat against Beaconsfield so we went in to that game excited to see where the boys were at and unfortunately, for whatever reason, the boys didn’t perform.“

Concluding, the visiting boss turned his attention to the game at Supermarine adding: “It’ll be another tough game, there are no easy games in this league. Swindon is just down the road so it’s a bit of a derby so we’ll look forward to the game and will want to see a real positive reaction from the lads.“

Last Time We Met - August 27th 2022

Salisbury - 2 Goodship (16’ pen, Diaz 47’)
Marine - 1 Harry Williams (90+3’)

Salisbury goalscorer Antonio Diaz and Marine’s Mat Liddiard in action from our last encounter
Photo’s © Mike Wray

Marine leading goalscorer: Harry Williams / 21 league goals

Salisbury leading goalscorer: Brandon Goodship / 9 league goals

Admission Prices - Adults £11, Concessions £6 & U12s Free

Other Pitching In Southern League Premier South games on Saturday:

Beaconsfield Town vs Hayes & Yeading United
Chesham United vs Bracknell Town
Harrow Borough vs Weston-super-Mare
Hartley Wintney vs Dorchester Town
Hendon vs Truro City
Met Police vs Winchester City
Plymouth Parkway vs Gosport Borough
Poole Town vs Merthyr Town
Tiverton Town vs Hanwell Town
Yate Town vs North Leigh.

Matchday Experience:

Along with Salisbury, we also welcome Ferndale Rodbourne U9 Eagles as our guests at the Webbswood Stadium for tomorrow’s match. The side take part in the North Wilts Youth Football League, playing in the U9 Development Blue league and we thank their players, coaches and parents for opting to join us and we hope they all enjoy their day!

To find out how your group can come along and take part in our Matchday Experience scheme, please check out the Matchday Experience tab on Swindon Supermarine FC website and follow the instructions.

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.