Marine v Walton & Hersham Preview

Marine vs Walton & Hersham Preview:

We return to the Webbswood Stadium for the final time this month, this weekend, with a visit from the playoff position chasing Swans, kick off 3:00pm.

After securing their place in the Final of the Wiltshire Premier Shield on Tuesday evening, the boys return to league action this Saturday afternoon, looking to add to their points tally and make it four wins in a row, as they continue their fight to ensure their Southern Premier South status is preserved.

Speaking about the game following Tuesday evenings match, Head Coach Stuart Fleetwood told Supermarine Radio’s John-Luke: “It’ll be a good game and we’re looking forward to being at home again so we’ll be looking to continue the good run of form that we’re on.

“I’ll be doing my homework on Walton and watching their videos this week and seeing what we’ll come up against – it’s going to be another important game for us because we’ve got a tough run in the fixtures for the rest of January now and on the back of a great win at Beaconsfield Town last Saturday its important that we back it up with a good home performance.

“They’re doing really well this year and play some fantastic football but I think it is going to be an interesting game with two footballing sides and we’re going to have to look after a few bodies this week as I played a strong side Tuesday evening, but hopefully everyone will be rested and recovered by Saturday and we’ll be really looking forward to it.”

Current Positions:

Swindon Supermarine - 15th place - P24-W7-D5-L12 26pts
vs
Walton & Hersham - 8th place - P23-W10-D6-L7 36Pts

The Teams Leading League Goalscorers:

Swindon Supermarine: Dave Sims-Burgess – 9 goals
Walton & Hersham: Nana Owusu and Ed Simon – 9 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 13:00 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 Surrey, we’re also welcoming the players, coaches and parents and friends from HS Sports U7s for the afternoon too!

We hope you all have a great time and enjoy our hospitality as well as your halftime game out on the pitch! Don’t forget to hang around and grab some autographs after the final whistle!

Food Drive:

With the Festive Season upon us, 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:

We’ll have the latest edition of our match day magazine available at the turnstile entrance – featuring the views of Head Coach Stuart Fleetwood, Nick Taylor rounds up the last two games and Pete Crockett puts our current situation in perspective. Chairman Jez Webbs pens some notes on the situation and we take a look at our Development and Women’s teams as they prepare to get back to action. All for £2:50! Make sure you get your copy while stocks last!

Half Time Draw:

Don’t forget to visit Martin in the club shop once you’ve gone through the gate and pick up a 50/50 ticket or two! Just £1 will get you entry to the competition 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:

Didcot Town vs Bracknell Town
Gosport Borough vs Plymouth Parkway
Hanwell Town vs Basingstoke Town
Harrow Borough vs Dorchester Town
Hungerford Town vs Chesham United
Merthyr Town vs Beaconsfield Town
Salisbury vs AFC Totton
Sholing vs Winchester City
Tiverton Town vs Hayes & Yeading 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 2.30pm so if you can’t get to the game, give them a listen on Mixlr

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: