Match Preview
Yate Town v Falmouth Town
Southern League Division One South
Saturday 8thth February 2025 – kick-off 7.45pm
Be there to support YOUR local club.
Yate Town return to the South West Interiors Stadium for their second home game of the month following on from Tuesday night’s home 1-1 draw against Bideford AFC. Yate Town manager, Darren Mullings, will be looking to get back to winning ways on Saturday and will be hoping that some of the players that received knocks on Tuesday night will have recovered in time.
Form Guide:
In form Falmouth Town, after a slow start to the season when they were hovering just outside the bottom four, following their promotion from the Western League last season, have been on an excellent run of form recently, climbing up the table, having won all of their last 6 games.
They currently sit in 10th position in the League table having won 11 games, drawn 3 and lost 11 scoring 42 goals in the process and conceding 41 having accrued 36 points.
With their last two games, at home to Malvern Town and Bishops Cleeve postponed, this year has seen them win all four of their games, starting with a 1-0 win at Willand Rovers on New Year’s Day, followed by 4-1 win at home to Didcot, a 6-0 win at Thatcham and an impressive 2-1 win at Bideford a couple of weeks ago which resulted in the Cornish club winning the PST Sport Club of the Month Awards for January 2025 for the Southern League Division One South.
Falmouth also won their final two games of 2024, 3-2 at Tavistock and 2-0 at home to near neighbours, Mousehole, on Boxing Day watched by a crowd of 1110. The last time that they dropped points was on 21st December when they lost 1-2 at home to Bemerton.
Previous meetings:
Yate Town met Falmouth Town for the first time in a Southern League match back in November when, a highly entertaining game, ended with a 3-2 win for the Bluebells. Falmouth took the lead in the fifth minute with a goal from Kain Thomas but a James Byrne header brought the teams level only for Luke Barner to restore the hosts lead after 28 minutes.
Stan Wyatt’s about to cross the ball that led to the equaliser from James Byrne.
Will Christopher equalised after 64 for minutes for Yate Town and Ross Stearn put them in front with just over 10 minutes to go, and, with stoppage time virtually over, Falmouth hit the woodwork following a free kick.
Will Christopher, far left, equalises for Yate Town to make the score 2-2.
The only other meeting between the two clubs was back on 11th November 1990 when Falmouth visited Lodge Road in the FA Vase second round, with the Bluebells winning 2-1 thanks to two goals during the first half from Kevin Thaws.
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.
NB – 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
At the home game against Falmouth Town on Saturday the club will be holding a bucket collection for out charity of the season, St Peter’s Hospice. The club will also be presenting a cheque to St Peter’s Hospice for the amount raised by the club so far - £578.99 and we hope that fans will give generously to help add to this amount.
The match day programme front cover
Programmes: £3.00 – this is a double programme covering the games against Bideford AFC and Saturday’s home against Falmouth Town and will be a 48-page edition with lots of information that is only available via the matchday programme – so BUY YOUR COPY AT THE GAME
This copy includes interesting articles on Yate Town’s visit to Falmouth, in November, captain Joe Guest’s Dream XI and much more – with manager Darren Mullings 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.
We also welcome Mike Bolton and his party from FM Construction Limited (Swindon) as our match sponsors.
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, key rings, mouse mats, badges, coasters, umbrellas and much, much more.
So, make sure you take a look. Tracey, who will also be selling match day programmes and 50/50 tickets plus FESTIVE FIVE SEASON TICKETS ARE ON STILL ON SALE.
And, don’t forget to visit the clubhouse for that pre-match and post-match drink and chat.
Next up:
Yate Town are on the road with two away games against Thatcham Town and Westbury United before the Bluebells are at home to Shaftesbury on 1st March and Willand Rovers on Tuesday 4th March.