Match Preview
Yate Town v Poole Town
Southern League Premier Division South
Tuesday 24th March – kick-off 7.45pm
Be there to support YOUR local club.
Yate Town, this being the fourth attempt to play this fixture, are hosting Poole Town at the South West Interiors Stadium on Tuesday evening, and are in the middle of three consecutive home games, as the club have it all to do to maintain their Step 3 status following their promotion at the end of last season, against a side that have been in a play-off position for much of the season.
Form Guide
Poole Town finished in 14th position last season, in the Southern League Premier Division South but are now in fourth place and in their side is the division’s leading goalscorer, Shaquille Gwengwe.
Last Saturday Poole lost just their eighth league game of the season, when the lost at Gosport Borough, with the hosts scoring the only goal of the game.
The Dolphins have played 9 league games since they drew 2-2 at home to Yate Town on January 17th and have won 5 of these games, drawn 1 and lost 3. The wins were against Taunton (2-1), Berkhamsted (3-1), Basingstoke (2-1), Hungerford (3-1) plus an outstanding 2-1 win at leaders Walton & Hersham, the week after they played Yate Town. They recently drew 1-1 at Dorchester but the three defeats have been at home to Gloucester City (1-2), at Weymouth (0-2) and last Saturday, as mentioned, at Gosport (0-1).
Their league record this season is; played 35, won 19, drawn 8 and with 8 defeats, whilst scoring 70 goals and conceding 42 times.
Previous meetings
Prior to the meeting at Poole in January, (which saw Selim Saied put the Dolphins in front by half time, but Yate scored twice in the second half, through a Marlon Jackson penalty and a goal from Josh Bennett before Shaquille Gwengwe equalised from the spot in the 90th minute) the last time that the teams played each other in a League game was when the Bluebells were previously in the Southern League Premier Division South, in the early 2020s for a couple of seasons. In season 2021/22 Yate Town won 2-1 at home with two goals from Luke Hopper and they got the double by winning 2-0 away with goals from Ricardo Rees and Ollie Mehew. The tables were turned the following season (2022/23) when the Dolphins did the double, winning their home game 5-0 and 3-2 at the South West Interiors Stadium with Ross Staley and Rex Mannings scoring for Yate Town in front of a crowd of 261.
The Dolphins and the Bluebells have played each other 17 times before (15 in the league, once in the FA Cup and once in the FA Trophy) and these 17 games have seen Yate Town win 8 times, Poole Town winning 7 times and there being just two drawn games. Yate Town have scored 48 goals to the 30 by Poole.
James Taylor scores the opening goal in the FA Trophy game at the South West Interiors stadium in October, after 72 minutes, but two late goals from Poole’s Harvey Slade and Antonio Diaz saw the Dolphins through to the next round and below Marlon Jackson tucks away this penalty in the 2-2 draw in the league, at Poole last month.
Match day information
Admission prices: -
Adult: £12
Concessions: Over 66, Students, NHS, police and fire services –
just show correct ID information: £8
Youth: (12-18) £5
Under 12: £1 (accompanied by adult)
Bristol City, Bristol Rovers and other EFL season ticket holders – show your season ticket at the turnstiles to gain entry for £10
NB – All U-12’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 free.
All fans with season tickets that have a QR code please go to the gate to the right of the turnstiles to gain entry.
NB 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.
The bar is open from 6.15pm
Turnstiles open: 6.15pm
The match day programme front cover
Programmes: - It’s a double programme covering both the Weymouth game and the Poole Town game on Tuesday – Costing £3.00 – and includes a 3-page article on Dan Ball’s Dream team – the best players that he has played with during his career – plus more articles and photographs with plenty to read to keep you up to date with all that is going on at the club.
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
Our match sponsors this evening are PJ Bryer
And, don’t forget to visit the clubhouse for that pre-match and post-match drink and chat.
Food is available inside the ground.
PARKING
There is plenty of space 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.
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
Next up
The Bluebells are at home at the South West Interiors Stadium this coming Saturday against Hanwell Town, before they travel to play Chertsey Town on Good Friday and Evesham United are the visitors to the South west Interiors Stadium on Easter Monday 6th April with a 3pm kick-off.