FOLLOWING THE SALTMEN

Droitwich Spa FC v ……

The Saltmen return to Hellenic league action on Saturday after another heroic away win in the FA Vase. Our visitors will be the Sods of …

No. That’s not me being rude. It is Chipping Sodbury Town’s official nickname but it does bring up some rather lurid images on t’internet when searching for pictures of sods to use in a blog. Remember that.

The Sods have had a mixed start to the season. On opening day, they shared 8 goals away at Stonehouse for an encouraging draw. There followed a run of 4 defeats before a first win was chalked up with a 0-3 win at Newent. Further wins followed, most notably a 2-3 win away at FC Stratford’s ‘100% ringer free’ Saturday side. In November, they earned a creditable goalless draw at Ludlow but lost 3-0 to Wellington last time out. Four wins and two draws from their opening 13 games leaves them in 14th place in the table, comfortably clear of the relegation places.

I’m looking forward to this game. Any side who can win away at Clanfield and Stratford is clearly capable of giving the Saltmen a scare. Let’s all get down to Kingys on Saturday and cheer the boys on. We know our support gives the boys a lift. It’s international break so I don’t think many of the region’s professional teams will be in action and a trip to Kingys is much better than watching England passing the ball side to side for 90 minutes.

See you there

Cheers

Steve