Match Preview
Cinderford Town v Yate Town
Southern League Division One South
1st October- Kick-off 7.45pm
Yate Town travel to the Forest of Dean to play Cinderford Town, who gained promotion to the Southern League via the Hellenic League play-offs at the end of last season.
Yate Town sit on top of the table but have found goals difficult to come by and have relied on their strong defence, conceding just 5 goals in their first seven league games but have only scored eight times. Yate Town manager, Darren Mullings, who brought in 3 new players, including Ollie Dewsbury and Jerry Lawrence on loan from Bristol Rovers, before last Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Willand Rovers, will be hoping that some of the injured players in his squad might be available for this game.
Form Guide:
Cinderford Town, who lost their first 6 league games, finally put some points on the board by winning 2-1 at Westbury on Saturday. After going one nil down they scored goals through Adam Davies in first half stoppage time and the winner from John Keeping in the final 10 minutes of the game.
Previous meetings:
The last time the two clubs met was on 6th May 2019 when Yate Town beat Cinderford Town 3-1 in the play-off finals to gain promotion to the Southern league Premier Division South. Olly Mehew scored twice with Adam Price getting the other goal, in front of a crowd of 1091.
That season in the league the teams drew 1-1 at Lodge Road in September with Dave Sims-Burgess scoring for Yate and in the return fixture it was Cinderford who triumphed 5-1 on 20th April with Ross Langworthy scoring Yate’s solitary goal, only a short time before the play-off final.
The teams met fairly regularly in recent years before then.
Getting there:
For those Bluebells fans planning to drive to the game, the postcode for Edge Hills Road, Causeway Ground, Cinderford is GL14 2QH. The journey of 34 miles should take just over an hour crossing the River Severn via the M48 and onto the A466 and A48.
Next up:
Yate Town entertain Melksham Town in the Third Qualifying Round of the FA Trophy on Saturday 5th October before they travel to Didcot Town the following Saturday. Then on 19th October, it is the club’s Pay What You Want fixture, against Tavistock, at the South West Interiors Stadium.