{"id":4136,"date":"2019-10-17T04:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T03:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btfcsc.co.uk\/?p=4136"},"modified":"2019-10-17T04:00:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T03:00:58","slug":"match-preview-basingstoke-town-vs-melksham-town-saturday-19th-october-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btfcsc.co.uk\/pl\/match-preview-basingstoke-town-vs-melksham-town-saturday-19th-october-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Preview: Basingstoke Town vs Melksham Town Saturday 19th October 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Match Preview: Bet Victor Division One South<\/strong><\/p>\n

Basingstoke Town v Melksham Town (The Town)<\/strong><\/p>\n

When: Saturday 19th October 2019 Kick-off 3.00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where: The Simplyhealth Stadium, Winchester, RG22 6EZ<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well following Monday\u2019s FA Trophy draw, we now have back-to-back matches against Melksham Town.<\/p>\n

Following Tuesday night\u2019s 2-0 win for Bristol Manor Farm at Bideford Town, The Farm moved off bottom place upto 14th<\/sup> place, whilst dropping Melksham to 15th and us down one place to 19th.<\/p>\n

Melksham known as the \u2018The Town\u2019, are managed by Richard Fey, and visit Winchester having drawn two and lost one in their last three league games. This included a worthy 1-1 home tie against high-flying Thatcham Town, a 1-1 draw at Cinderford and 0-1 home loss to Evesham Utd. This shows that in recent weeks they have tightened up their defence from the original flow of goals.<\/p>\n

Their overall league record stands at PLD 8 WON 2 DRAWN 2 LOST 4 GF 13 GA 18 with a total of 8pts.<\/p>\n

Their 13 goals scored have been spread around between 6 players and forward Jack Ball (signed from Paulton Rovers) has 5 of them. Luke Ballinger who has played in various positions this season has 4 goals. Ballinger is also an assistant coach for the team. Newly signed forward Phil Ormrod has 2 goals and is just one of a number of players who previously played for local team Street.<\/p>\n

Like us they play in yellow, but are expected to be wearing a lovely all green kit this weekend.<\/p>\n

As for Melksham\u2019s cup exploits this season, they lost in a replay to Western League Shepton Mallet and of course after last weekend\u2019s 2-0 FA Trophy home win against Wantage Town, they will host us on Saturday 26th<\/sup> October.<\/p>\n

As for your Basingstoke Town side, the unbeaten league and cup run now runs to five matches, and although Bristol Manor Farms mid-week win, leaves us in a precarious position, the doom and gloom has started to lift around the club.<\/p>\n

The young playing squad are now building confidence which is invaluable at this level of football.<\/p>\n

Our league position of 19th place with a record of Played 9 Won 1 Drawn 3 Lost 5 GF 10 GA 16 with 6pts. Along with us both Barnstaple and Sholing have 6pts, whilst AFC Totton and Willand Rovers sit above with 7pts.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday\u2019s goal scorers Ben Cook, Riccardo Andrady and Zach Robinson are expected to be part of what could be an unchanged line-up this Saturday.<\/p>\n

Forward Ben Wright according to sources is doubtful for this week after struggling through Tuesdays\u2019 training session and could be better getting 100% for the cup game a week Saturday.<\/p>\n

Aaron Kuhl will look to enhance his performance from last week and I hope that those who saw him have just seen a glimpse of his potential.<\/p>\n

With Jordan Edwards looking more like the player we saw pre-season each week, Manager Dan Brownlie now has tough decisions, when he looks to name his starting line-up and that can only be a good thing.<\/p>\n

We have now scored in all five home league performances, and I see no reason why our speed and skill, along with improved finishing in recent weeks, will change that trend this Saturday.<\/p>\n

Whatever happens, we know we have the re-match next week and both Managers will learn from this Saturday\u2019s match.<\/p>\n

But this Saturday is all about the league and a chance to get up the table and out of the relegation zone.<\/p>\n

Therefore take the trip down the A33 this Saturday, and get behind Dan and more importantly your team.<\/p>\n

Match Preview by Martin French..<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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