Yate Town v Malvern Town
Southern League Division One South
Saturday 25th January 2025 – kick-off 3.00pm
Be there to support YOUR local club.
Yate Town play their second home game of 2025 when Malvern Town are the visitors to the South West Interiors Stadium and Bluebell fans will be looking forward to seeing the club’s new forward in King Baidoo, who scored on his debut in the 2-0 win at Larkhall last Saturday.
Also making his first appearance at the South West Interiors Stadium will be 20-year-old goalkeeper. Joe Thomas, who is in loan from Championship side Cardiff City for the rest of the season, following Aaron Sainsbury’s hip operation last week.
Form Guide:
Malvern Town currently sit in 11th position in the league table – this being their second season in Step 4. They have won 9, drawn 8 and lost 8 times this season scoring 53 goals and conceding 48 – that’s a total of 101 goals in their 26 league games so far this season (likely to beat their 120 goals in 36 league games last season).
Last Saturday Malvern had a resounding 3-0 win at Melksham with second half goals from Alex Bell, Jack Watts and Sam Clark. However, Melksham hit a post with his penalty in the first half.
Their last 6 games have seen 26 goals scored in these games and Malvern have won two, lost three and drawn one. A 2-2 draw at home to Cinderford on Boxing Day was followed two days later by a 1-3 reversal at Didcot and one New Year’s Day they lost 1-4 at Bishops Cleeve. The side from Worcestershire then lost 2-3 at home to Mousehole before beating Bemerton 3-2 at home followed by the win at Melksham.
Previous meetings:
Last season was the first time that the two clubs met, with Malvern Town having been promoted from the Hellenic League. It was on 16th August 2023 and only Malvern’s second game at Step 4 and their first away game, here at Lodge Road, and they raced into a 3-0 lead with first half goals from Joseph Davies after 4 minutes followed by Harry Clarke on 35 minutes and Jordan Annear three minutes before the interval. The second half saw plenty of action and incidents as Malvern were reduced to 9 men with Chris Smith handling on the line (George Box missed the resultant penalty), Dylan Lewis scoring a magnificent 25-yard curler to put Yate back in the game before Lewis Platt was harshly sent off for a second bookable offence and then substitute Sam Pashen reduced the areas in injury time with a 20 yard shot but Malvern hung on in front of a crowd of 382, on a warm summer’s evening.
The return game on 6th January, played on a 3G pitch when many games had been called off due to the very wet weather, had far less incidents and ended in a 0-0 draw – this when 77 goals had been seen in Malvern’s 19 league games to date – Malvern having conceded one fewer than they had scored. Joe Guest made his second debut for the Bluebells and James Taylor also on the team sheet for the first time. Substitute Dylan Lewis had a great chance to score or Yate in the last 10 minutes but an entertaining game ended up all square.
Ross Stearn in action at Malvern earlier in the season when the teams drew 1-1.
This season the teams have already played each other with the game at Malvern ending 1-1 on 22nd October. Malvern scored after 29 minutes through Alex Bell – his being the first goal that Yate had conceded in the previous 392 minutes of football and Malvern looked to be heading for the 3 points, with Aaron Sainsbury making 3 excellent saves in the last 10 minutes of normal time but 5 minutes into added time Lucas Tomlinson scored to level the scores with a well-placed shot.
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 loads of information that is only available via the matchday programme – so BUY YOUR COPY AT THE GAME
This copy includes interesting articles on Aaron Sainsbury, goal difference, information about the new players and much more – with assistant manager Paul Tovey 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.
Our match sponsors for Saturday’s game are D&P Plastering
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 and much, much more.
The Yate Town umbrellas that have been ordered are ready for collection and you can also place orders as well.
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 end the month of January with a Friday night game at Cribbs with a 7.45pm kick off on 31st of the month before they have TWO HOME games – against BIDEFORD on Tuesday 4th February (7.45pm) and FALMOUTH TOWN on Saturday 8th February (3pm)