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Preview: Lydney Town v Droitwich Spa

25/09/2025

Hellenic League Premier Division

27 September 2025

Back on the road on Saturday with a trip down to the West Bank of the River Severn. Not a trip to Great Whitley though, but down the M5 and A48 to the jewel of the Forest of Dean, Lydney.

For those of you who may not have been to Lydney. Read on! While the highlight of the day will undoubtedly be the game, there are other thing in the town to do before and after.

For starters there is a castle! Called, conveniently, Lydney Castle, it dates back to the 12th Century and was built to repel raiders from over the nearby Welsh border. Today it is more useful for repelling Raiders from Worcester, but that’s a different matchday.

Next, of course, is the Forest of Dean itself. A 110 hectares of enchanting woodland, it offers hiking, cycling or just ambling through glades imagining yourself to be in Grimm fairytale. I don’t know how big a hectare is, but I reckon it must a good size because the gave it a manly name. There’s no Forest of Tristan or Quentin is there? Fortunately there are no bears or wolves in the forest but it is host to some rare and beautiful flora and fauna.

If you want a museum, they’ve got one to spare. There’s the Lydney Town Museum which exhibits items from Roman times. There’s also the Dean Heritage Centre celebrating all the great Deans throughout history. Like….erm….Dean Jones, former Aussie cricketer and….. well……erm….there are probably lots. [Great research – Ed]

There are a number of pubs and eateries within a stones throw of the ground, although we don’t encourage throwing stones as it gives the club a bad name and you could have somebody’s eye out too.

Lydney Town FC may have had a disappointing start to the season but seem to have turned a corner over the last couple of weeks with wins over Royal Wootton Bassett Town in the league and Eversley and California in the FA Vase. I know we thought Holbeach was a bit of a journey last season but California to Lydney is just daft. Sort it out FA!

Spa are doing alright too. Undefeated in six games and coming off good wins over Corsham and Roman Glass SG.

Should be a good game. As ever, your support would be welcomed by the lads, so come on down and give em a shout.

See you there.

Cheers

FTS

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2 responses to “Preview: Lydney Town v Droitwich Spa”

Wayne Jones

25/09/2025

We have a Castle!! Must try a visit there sometime. Enjoyed your writeup on our little town. It was thriving at one time, but has hit hard times recently, a bit like our footy team. (Last 2 games excluded). You were correct about no bears or wolves, although there was a bear allegedly killed in a certain part of the forest years ago. We do have shed loads of wild boar though. Wouldn’t recommend keeping one in a shed though! The lads will do their best to give you a proper game, we are capable, just not sure which Lydney will turn up. Enjoy your visit.

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1. Steve
  
  25/09/2025
  
  Hi Wayne, pleased you enjoyed it.
  
  I sincerely hope you do have a castle. For two reasons:
  1. Having a castle is great (I would imagine),
  2. I’m going to look pretty silly (again) if there is no castle in Lydney.
  
  Starting to worry now that Lydney Castle is not in Lydney. Like Leeds Castle is in Kent and not Leeds.
  
  Really looking forward to our trip. If we’ve learned anything from our short time at this level of football it is that anyone can beat anyone else. I’m sure it will be a good game, if the weather can behave.
  Cheers
  FTS
  
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