Match Preview
Yate Town v Cinderford Town
Southern League Division One South
Friday 18th April 2025 – kick-off 3.00pm
Be there to support YOUR local club.
Yate Town enter the last 3 games of the season with all to play for as Evesham United and the Bluebells battle it out for top spot with just a goal difference of just one separating the two sides. The club are hoping for a big crowd to support the team in this penultimate home game of the season, with all to play for.
Form Guide:
Cinderford currently sit in 22nd position (bottom) in the league table but with Shaftesbury having been relegated due to failing their ground grading (which they are appealing against) it leaves the door open for Cinderford to finish in 19th pace to avoid relegation and with 4 games to go this is achievable, depending on other results. The team from the Forest of Dean have played 38 league games winning just 8, drawing 7 and losing 23, scoring 51 goals and conceding 84 times (only Helston have conceded more).
Cinderford’s last 8 games have seen them win 3 times, 8-2 at Helston with Alex Bonthron scoring five times, 3-1 at Bashley and 3-0 at home to Bishops Cleeve. A 2-2 draw at Bashley plus loses 0-4 at Tavistock, 0-1 at Thatcham and 0-2 at home to Willand plus last Saturdays 2-3 reversal against Bideford has meant that they have accumulated 10 points from these last 8 games.
A player to watch is Alex Bonthron who has scored 24 goals, including 4 penalties. 31-year-old Bonthron was signed from Welsh League club Cwmbran Celtic in October 2024 and is the League’s second leading goal scorer, just short of Louis Britton, who recently left Bristol Manor Farm for Weston-super-Mare and is on 28 goals. Bonthron has scored 10 goals in the last 8 games.
Recent meetings:
The clubs first played each other during our days in the Glos County League, and have met on a regular basis ever since. Undoubtedly, the most important encounter was the Play-Off Final here at the end of the 2018-19 season. In the Play-off semi-finals, Yate Town had beaten Moneyfields on penalties, whilst Cinderford, who had finished fifth in the table, had travelled to the runners-up, Cirencester Town, and caused an upset. In the Final, played in front of over 1,000 spectators, a double from Ollie Mehew and one from Adam Price earned us a 3-1 win. This victory was even more praiseworthy as only a week or two earlier Cinderford had beaten Yate Town 5-1 in a League match at The Causeway Ground, when Ross Langworthy netted the Bluebells consolation goal. Earlier that season the teams drew 1-1 here with Dave Sims-Burgess on target for Yate Town.
This season the two clubs have met twice already, the first time being on 1st October when the Bluebells visited the Forest of Dean and won 2-0 with goals from Joe Guest and, his first for the club, Bristol Rovers loanee, Ollie Dewsbury (pictured below), whilst in December when Yate visited Cinderford in the GFA Cup it was the hosts who progressed to the next round with a 1-0 win.
Match day information
Admission prices:
Adult: £12
Concessions: Over 65, Students, NHS, armed forces and fire services – just show correct ID information: £8
Children: (11-17) £5
Under 11: Free
Bristol City, Bristol Rovers and Forest Green fans – show your season ticket at the turnstiles to gain entry for £8
The left-hand turnstile is for CARD payments and programmes can also be purchased at this turnstile
The right-hand turnstile is for CASH payments.
Please arrive early to ease congestion.
All U-11’s entering the ground must be accompanied by an adult. If the adult has a “School Ticket” they can enter at half price along with their child.
The bar is open from 12.15pm
Turnstiles open: 12.15pm
The match day programme front cover
Programmes: £2.50 –with lots of information that is only available via the matchday programme including photographs, articles and much more – so BUY YOUR COPY AT THE GAME – with midfield player Lewis Hall on the front cover.
Programmes can be purchased outside the ground, at the left-hand turnstile and at the club shop.
Club Shop: The club shop will be open before the game, at half time and after the game.
Other information
· We welcome Trashman Clearance as our match sponsors, Tom Harris Building Services as our ball sponsors plus our mascots group Yate United Colts.
· Player Presentation Evening tickets will be on sale from the club shop for the event taking place on 9th May.
· It’s your chance to vote for your Yate Town Player of the season with forms being available from the club shop and at the bar. Please return these forms to these places by the end of the game to the club shop and by 5.15pm in the bar so that they can be collected and counted. The winner will be announced at our game against Didcot Town on 26th April and the player presented with their trophy at the player presentation evening on Friday 9th May, in the clubhouse.
PARKING
There is plenty of space is available but if you are parking on the roadside, or once the car park is full, PLEASE CAN YOU PARK WITH CONSIDERATION TO THE CLUB’S NEIGHBOURS.
· Please do NOT park in Addlings (a new road near the end of Lodge Road) as the estate roads are tight and there is limited parking for residents
· The Fox pub car park is for patrons only
· If you park over on the trading estate, please make sure that you are aware of any parking restrictions that may be in place.
Food and drinks are available inside the ground.
Please note that the South West Interiors Stadium is a NO dogs ground (apart from guide dogs).
Yate Town FC website: www.yatetownfc.co.uk
Visit the club shop
The club shop is open on match days, where you can buy a whole host of new club merchandise, including shirts, tops, Yate Town fixture mugs (sold out), key rings, mouse mats (sold out), badges, coasters, umbrellas and much, much more.
There will be reductions on replica shirts – sale prices – adult £30 and children £25 – linked to any remaining shirts and only available at the club shop.
Tracey, who will also be selling match day programmes and 50/50 tickets.
And, don’t forget to visit the clubhouse for that pre-match and post-match drink and chat.
Next up
The Bluebells travel to Bristol Manor Farm on Easter Monday (3pm) before their fin al league game of the season against Didcot Town at the South West Interiors Stadium on Saturday 26th April.