FOLLOWING THE SALTMEN

Hellenic League Division One

Tuesday 4th Feb 2025. Kingys – 7.45 Kick off

There probably aren’t many football teams named after former Prime Ministers but this evening’s visitors are one. In fairness, he is better known for dispatching a short Frenchman to a life in exile on a Mediterranean island, which sounds like quite a soft punishment to me.

Anyway, Wellington FC are going to need all the fighting spirit their famous namesake was known for. They come to Kingys sitting one place above the relegation spots, albeit with a couple of games in hand on their rivals. They’ve had a bit of a mixed season so far. Only three weeks ago Wellington whipped Ludlow 5-0, a Ludlow side the Saltmen struggled against only a week later. There have been other impressive wins but they have been cancelled out by some indifferent results too. They arrive at Kingys on the back of successive away defeats to Cheltenham and Kidlington.

Spa come into the game in the unusual position of having failed to win any of their last 3 games since the 11 goal thriller at Redditch, although one was in the Who Gives a Toss cup against higher league opponents.

Tonight is the first of a run of 5 games of which 4 are home fixtures. If Spa are to remain favourites for promotion it will be important to make the most of the upcoming games as they are followed by some tricky looking away days, including the return fixture against Wellington.

We look forward to welcoming Wellington and their supporters later today, but it would be good if the Saltmen could ensure the visitors meet their Waterloo.

See you there.

Cheers

Steve