Hallen FC 0-1 Droitwich Spa UhlSport Hellenic League Premier Division 3rd July 2026 The new year started with The Saltmen making the now familiar trip down the M5 to the northern suburbs of Bristol. It’s not been a particularly happy hunting ground this season after being held to a score draw at Cribbs and losing…

It has been brought to our attention that there may have been an insignificant typo in our preview of last Saturday’s game at Royal Wootton Bassett. Apparently, we may have referred to the prestigious Marsh Challenge Cup as the ‘Who Cares Cup.’ This is clearly incorrect and we really are very sorry. It seems we…

Royal Wootton Bassett 2-2 Droitwich Spa UhlSport Hellenic League, Premier Division 20 December 2025 There are many who believe former Chancellor Otto von Bismarck to be the greatest ever German. My sixth form History tutor, Charles Rothwell, certainly thought so. It’s hard to disagree, although I’d have to say former Bayern Munich and West German…

UhlSport Hellenic League Premier Division 20 December 2025 – New Gerrard Buxton Sports Village The Saltmen return to league action after bowing out of the Who Cares Cup last weekend, with a trip to Royal Wootton Bassett Football Club. Spa edged the ‘best of three’ reverse fixture at Kingys in October against a young RWBFC…

Following the Saltmen is sorry to hear that Joe Clayton has left Droitwich Spa. The versatile player came through Spa’s junior system and became a key member of the 24/25 promotion season. His ability and adaptability soon won the hearts of the Saltmen faithful putting in a string of great performances. We are still to…

UhlSport Hellenic League Premier Division 6th December 2025 at Cinders Lane, Fairford Attendance: 85 The Saltmen returned to Droitwich on Saturday evening with three points from this away fixture. Any victory away from home is to be savoured but this one will last in the memory longer than many. Today’s adventure started at 12.40 when…

Fairford Town v Droitwich Spa Saturday 6th December Cinder Lane, Fairford, GL7 4AX According to its town council, Fairford is renowned not only for its picturesque Cotswold stone buildings, Grade I listed church and tranquil riverside setting rich with wildlife, perfect for both hikes and leisurely strolls, but also for its vibrant calendar of events…

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Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division 22 November 2025. Attendance: 110 In yesterday’s match preview, I suggested this game would be a stern test. Well, I didn’t expect it to be one that would be failed in such dramatic fashion. The afternoon started well enough. As this week’s designated driver FTS collected passengers, Don Judley and…

Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division The Corinium Stadium, GL7 1HS 3pm, Saturday 22nd November 2025 The Saltmen travel down the M5 and A417 to face Cirencester Town in the Premier Division later today. The Centurians are a club with an illustrious history having played in the step 3 Southern League Premier Division in the mid…

Wiseman Lighting Floodlit Cup Third Round Tuesday 18 November 2025 WILDSMITH MEADOW, MALSWICK, NEWENT, Gloucestershire GL18 1HE Spa enter the Wiseman Lighting Floodlit Cup at the third round stage when they visit the Daffs of Newent Town on Tuesday 18 November 2025. Last season the Saltmen did the double over tomorrow’s hosts; winning 6-2 at…

UhlSport Hellenic League Premier Division Saturday 15 November 2025 Attendance: 160 I’ve mentioned the naming of weather systems in previous posts. It’s unnecessary and childish. And stupid! Apparently the storm which swept across the region last week was called Claudia. What a wasted opportunity that was. Surely, Cloudier would have been better than Claudier. They…

UhlSport Hellenic League Premier Division Saturday 8th November 2025 Attendance: 276 The Saltmen closed the gap on league leaders Roman Glass St George following an impressive win over the Plums of Pershore Town, in the Wychavon derby at Kingys. Sadly, the game is likely to be remembered for a terrible looking injury to visitors’ centre…

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I don’t know what is going on with our editorial team but I can see the FTS Man of the Match was missing from the match report. Anywho, I can exclusively reveal that this week’s award goes to Jack Davies. A Herculean effort from fan favourite JD who covered every blade of grass. Great work…

The Saltmen bowed out of the FA Vase in round one after a disappointing defeat at step 6 Radford FC. I thought I would try something new this week. A quick match report , written on the coach back from Nottingham. But it didn’t work. That may have been because the brand new leather appointed…

FA Vase, First Round 18 October 2025 The Spa return to Cup football this Saturday 18 October when they travel to Nottingham to take on Radford in the first round proper (accept no imitation) of the Isuzu FA Vase. So strictly speaking it’s Vase football, rather than Cup football, but you know what I mean.…

UhlSport Hellenic League, Premier Division Saturday 11 October 2025 This Saturday sees The Saltmen return to the Forest of Dean for the second time in a fortnight. Last time, we escaped from Lydney with three points. But unlike their near neighbours, Cinderford don’t pretend to have a castle to attract visitors. Actually, Cinderford sounds like…

Worcestershire County Cup 07 October 2025 The Saltmen marched through to the next round of the County Cup after an impressive 2-0 win over Step Four SC Inkberrow at Kingys on Tuesday evening. Spa were the front runners from minute one. The ever alert Perry Moss was first to react to a ball in behind…

Hellenic League Premier Division 04 October 2025 It’s much easier to write about a subject when events have been really good or really bad. Today was neither. There were some very good bits and some inexplicably bad bits but largely an enjoyable game to watch. Royal Wootton Bassett Town are a young side. Chatting with…

Hellenic League Premier Division Saturday 4th October 2025 Spa return to Kingys this afternoon and welcome players, officials and supporters travelling up from Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire. Town currently sit 17th in the table with 8 points from 11 games. Their top scorer this season is Ben Cleary with 7 goals. Sadly for them, the…

Hellenic League Premier Division 27 Sept 2025 at The Recreation Ground, Lydney Lydney Castle. Not in Lydney. Imagine our disappointment after travelling many miles through the night, to arrive in Lydney only to discover that the main reason for our travels was just a sham; a cheap ruse to boost tourism in one of the…

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…

Hellenic League Premier Division 20 September 2025. Attendance: 196 ….You make Lemon-aid! It is probably fair to say that the last couple of years have not gone exactly how club skipper James Lemon might have hoped. A number of fairly lengthy injury breaks have restricted his number of starts. When fit, the man who many…

Hellenic League Premier Division 20 September 2025. Kick off at Kingys – 3pm It’s first versus second in this early season six-pointer at the top of the Hellenic Premier Division, as we welcome the players, officials and supporters of table topping Roman Glass St George to Kingys. The Glass have recorded an impressive seven consecutive…

Cribbs FC 1-1 Droitwich Spa We here at FTS enjoyed our first trip to Cribbs FC on Saturday. Hold ups on the M5 meant we missed our usual spot of cultural enlightenment at a pub near our opponents’ home and we made straight for the ground. It looks like Cribbs share their facilities with a…

Hellenic League Premier Division, 5th September 2025 The Lawns, Station Road, Henbury, Bristol, BS10 7TB Saturday sees the Saltmen back on the road. Last weekend saw us host the good folk of Hallen at Kingys. Next time out we visit their near neighbours, Cribbs FC. As regular readers of this nonsense will realise, FTS puts…

Droitwich Spa 3-0 Hallen AFC HellenicLeague Premier Division. 30 August 2025 This afternoon’s game saw Spa return to the top of the Hellenic League Premier division with a win over our guests from the Bristol suburbs. The 3-0 scoreline suggests the win was comfortable. Guess what! It wasn’t! The game started well for the Saltmen.…

Hellenic League Premier Division 30August 2025 at Kingys August draws to a close by welcoming the reigning Western League Division One Champions Hallen AFC to Kingys in a 3.00pm kickoff. It’s been a busy month for Spa with this being the Saltmen’s 9th fixture during that period. A return of five wins, two defeats and…

Got to be a typo! See if you can spot it. Cheers FTS

Match Report Hellenic League, Premier Division 25 August 2025 What a difference six days makes. From plumbing the depths of despair to grabbing a pair against the Plums. It’s been a hell of week following the Saltmen! Leaving aside the fact that three games in six games during August is absolute madness, Spa have been…

Following The Saltmen has been advised by sources close to the club that a number of our recent articles have misspelled Mr Rudd’s name. Charlie Tilley Cursory inspection A thorough investigation has been conducted and has upheld the complaint. Lawyers acting on behalf of FTS, Messrs Tryitt & See, have advised that no matter how…

Pershore Town v Droitwich Spa Hellenic League Premier Division 25 August 2025. Kick off at 3.00pm Bank holiday Monday is going to be a warm one. But there’s no point trying to get to the coast. Traffic will be a nightmare and when/if you get there it will be choc-a-block. Nobody wants to go shopping…

Hellenic League Premier Division 23 August 2025 The Save on Tyres Stadium It’s a bit of a treck from Droitwich to Highworth, especially on a Bank Holiday Saturday. But it’s well worth the effort, particularly if someone else drives! On arrival in Highworth, our driver found a parking space outside the Rose and Crown pub.…

Hellenic League, Premier Division 23 August 2025 The Elms Recreation Ground After a run of three home games, the Saltmen return to the road today as they travel down to Highworth Town in the Hellenic Premier. Highworth is a Wiltshire market town with a population of around 8250 people (although I haven’t counted them lately).…

Saltmen dismantled by The Smiths Droitwich Spa 0-6 Slimbridge 19 August 2025 The British Board of Football Classification has rated this report as an 18 Certificate due to graphic depictions of horror. As regular readers of this old tosh will know, FTS does not usually single players out for criticism. There are a number of…

Droitwich Spa 2-1 Longlevens Hellenic League Premier Division Sat 16 August 2025. The day this happened…. Oh…and this happened….. There has been a lot of excitement about the start of the Premier League, this weekend. It seems that lots of people up and down the country can’t wait for the opportunity to pay more for…

Saturday 16 Aug 2025 Hellenic League Premier Division More Hellenic League action at Kingys this afternoon as the Saltmen face Longlevens AFC. Kick off 3.00pm The men from north Gloucester make the (relatively) short trip up the M5 with one win from their 4 league games; a convincing 5-1 opening day thrashing of Lydney. Spa…

Kingys. 12 August 2025 After successive wins over Westfields and Thornbury, the Saltmen came into this Tuesday night fixture on a bit of a run. I don’t think anyone expected a repeat of the five goal win over Westfields and it was clear from minute one that Fairford had not come to Kingys just to…

Droitwich Spa v Fairford Town 12.08.2025 Hellenic League Premier Division With league fixtures coming thick and fast, the Saltmen welcome Fairford Town to Kingys this evening. The visitors have played three Hellenic Premier games so far, claiming two points from draws with Slimbridge and Highworth. Spa have six points from their own three games, following…

Hellenic League Premier Division 09/08/2025 Mundy Playing Fields Thornbury looks like a lovely town. Only half an hour or so from Bristol, there is definitely something of the picture postcard about its town centre. On arrival at the ground we were greeted by two of the Thornbury players who asked how our journey had been.…

05 August 2025 Hellenic League Premier Division Teamsheet After what seems like an age, The Saltmen returned to competitive football at Kingys. And what a return it was! Two narrow defeats in the opening week of the season were quickly consigned to history as Spa recorded an emphatic first win of the 2025/26 campaign. Droitwich…

Match Report Racing Club Warwick 2 – 1 Droitwich Spa FA Cup – 02 August 2025 If there was anyone left in Droitwich yesterday afternoon, then it must have been quiet. It seemed like half of the town had taken a drive to Warwick to see the Saltman make their debut in the world’s favourite…

Racing Club Warwick v Droitwich Spa Saturday 2nd August 2025, Kick off 15.00. Townsend Meadow, Hampton Road, Warwick CV34 6JP So here we are. Perhaps the biggest day so far in the story of Droitwich Spa FC. The club’s debut in the world’s best known domestic knockout competition, the FA Cup! Five years ago, the…

https://www.churchfarmbrewery.co.uk/our-beers/ if you needed any more encouragement to watch the Saltmen in their first ever FA Cup appearance then you might want to consider that Church Farm Brewery will be at the match with beers at £2.50. That’s right £2.50! As a keen teatotaller, I have no idea how good they are but it looks…

28 July 2025 (Yes, July!) Pegged Back If I’d been asked just before kick off whether I would be happy if the boys scored four goals in the game, I would have taken that gratefully. Going away from home and scoring four goals in the first game of the season would usually see you taking…

The Saltmen’s schedule in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division 2025-2026

Bewdley Town 1 – 6 Droitwich Spa Pre-season Game. Ribbesford Meadow, Saturday 19 July 2025 There can be few better places in the country to watch two teams prepare for a new season than Ribbesford Meadow. On the banks of the River Severn, ambling lazily south into central Worcestershire, the Saltmen faced a Bewdley Town…

Pre-season Game. 12 July 2025. As I may have mentioned in an earlier post, that a family holiday in Cornwall means I am missing The Saltmen’s games against Smethwick Rangers and Kidderminster Harriers. Nevertheless, my commitment to quality journalism remains firm and, like the Droitwich Standard, I won’t let not actually seeing the game prevent…

Pre Season game. Tuesday 8th July Arrow Valley Sports Centre, Redditch I’ve never really understood the idea of a ‘friendly’ match. It suggests that both teams are playing at less than 100%. In my, admittedly, limited sporting career I always played with maximum effort. Whether it was a cup final or a kick around with…

Tuesday 8th July, 2025. Kick off: 7.45pm Venue Address: Arrow Vale, Matchborough Way, Redditch, B98 0GF Following Saturday’s impressive performance at Studley, The Saltmen return to pre-season action on Tuesday 8th July against an Alcester Town side recently promoted to Step 6. Sadly, the game will NOT be at Alcester Town Football Club but will…

Pre-season Game Spa returned to action today for the first time since lifting the trophy on the last game of the 2024-2025 season. This pre-season game pitted the Saltmen against long established Midland Premier League team Studley FC. We arrived at the Beehive about an hour before kick off. A lot has changed at the…

Lock up your lawnmower. Bin the barbecue. Heave the holiday. Why? Because proper football is back. That’s why. Stop crying your heart out, on Saturday 5th July 2025 your Saltmen begin their 2025/2026 campaign with a pre-season game at near neighbours Studley FC. with kick off at 3.00pm. There’s absolutely nothing else going on this…

Football is officially back. Forget the UEFA Under 10s thing. Forget the shambolic World Club Championship (sponsored by GreedIsUs Inc). Forget the vital international friendlies against the Scilly Isles. Yes, the Saltmen are back in training for the new season. The lads assembled at Kingy’s this evening for what appeared to be some ritual, torture…

After two weeks of deliberations, the publishers of Following The Saltmen (me) are now ready to reveal the football world’s soon to be most cherished awards. We had originally intended to invite a celebrity to present the awards but in these days of financial belt tightening, we found out we couldn’t afford Dave Bradley. In…

Roll over Oscars. Take a back seat Grammys. Have a day off SPOTY because the awards they all want to win will be be announced soon. That’s right. The first ever Following The Saltmen Annual Awards will be announced soon. Watch this space…!

Preview: Droitwich Spa v Tytherington Rocks. Hellenic League Division One Where: Kingys When: 3.00pm, Saturday 12 April ‘25 Welcome to the last match preview of the season. It doesn’t feel like eight months since we got the mini bus to a sweltering Newent for the club’s first game in the Hellenic League. But what an…

Clanfield 85 FC 1 – 0 Droitwich Spa FC Hellenic League Division One. 5th April 2025 We’ve had a lot of fun travelling to see the Saltmen over the past nine months. It was fitting then that our last away game of the season should be played in similar conditions to that first game at…

Match Preview: Clanfield 85 v Droitwich Spa Hellenic league Division One. Saturday 5th April 2025. So, the hard work is done. The title secured and promotion to step 5 awaits. We can just go through the motions for the last two games. No. I don’t think so. No sportsman worth his salt, wants to lose.…

Saturday 5th April £10 each Leaves Droitwich at 12.00 midday. Return journey leaves Clanfield 5.00pm. The club advises there are around 10 remaining places available on the Supporters Coach for the trip to Clanfield. It really is the best way to travel and I imagine the atmosphere will be quite ‘relaxed.’ Contact Steve Charlwood on…

Saturday 5th April £10 each Leaves Droitwich at 12.00 midday. Return journey leaves Clanfield 5.00pm. The club advises there are around 10 remaining places available on the Supporters Coach for the trip to Clanfield. It really is the best way to travel and I imagine the atmosphere will be quite ‘relaxed.’ Contact Steve Charlwood on…

‘Nuff said! 😀 🥳 Cheers Steve

Shortwood United 0 – 2 Droitwich Spa 29 March 2025 What a day! And what a great place to do it. The Saltmen secured promotion to Step Five of the non-league pyramid this afternoon, at the excellent Meadowbank Stadium, home of Shortwood United, courtesy of two 2-0 away wins. Spa travelled to rural Gloucestershire needing…

Hellenic League Division One 29 March 2025 The Saltmen travel to Shortwood for their penultimate away game of the season, needing just one point to secure the title and automatic promotion to Step 5. At the same time, nearest rivals Redditch Borough entertain Abingdon. Should Boro fail to win, then the title goes to Droitwich,…

Hellenic League Division One. 25 March 2025 The Saltmen have recorded some impressive results this season but I can’t remember a better performance. Spa were utterly dominant at the Ben’s Takeaway Stadium, sweeping aside a Stonehouse side who, back in November, inflicted Spa’s first of only two league defeats so far this season. From the…

Hellenic League Division One 25 March 2025 at the Ben’s Takeaway Stadium The Saltmen travel to Stonehouse Town FC on Tuesday evening needing 4 more points to effectively clinch the Division One title. At the same time Redditch Borough, the only side who can now catch Spa, travel through Narnia to face Wellington. If Redditch…

Kidlington Reserves 1 – 5 Droitwich Spa Hellenic League Division One. 22 March 2025 The Saltmen took a big step towards securing the division title today by taking all three points from their encounter with Kidlington Reserves. To do it in front of the hallowed Mike Gradwell Stand, populated by Spa Faithful, was icing on…

It may not have been as pretty as the two previous away wins but it was mission accomplished for the Saltmen as they left Carterton’s impressive ground with all three points. Those expecting a cricket score for Spa were to be disappointed as it soon became clear that Carterton are made of much sterner stuff…

Taking results from today and last Saturday into consideration FTS believes the race for the 2024/2025 Division One title is now effectively down to two clubs. The Saltmen and Redditch Borough. Seven more points from the remaining 5 games should be enough to secure the title for Spa due to a much higher goal difference.…

Cup 8th March 2025 at Kingys Credit to Hartpury, they scored one more goal than the Saltmen. It could easily have gone the other way but didn’t. Decent enough game, played in front of 200+ sun drenched supporters and the free hat was much appreciated. The game’s unofficial FTS man of the match goes to…

While Spa were making their gracious exit from the “Who Gives a Feck Cup“ on Saturday, there was also a lot of action in the Hellenic League Division One. As you might imagine, this has had an effect on a number of clubs with eyes on the title. The table above shows that two of…

Droitwich Spa v Hartpury University Marsh Challenge Cup. 8th March 2025. Kingys. 3.00pm Spa’s own most noted academic When I were a lad, being a student was all about drinking cheap beer in the Students’ Union, going to gigs and ousting “Thatcher’s evil Tory government.” There was very little emphasis on sport (although former footballer/manager…

4th March 2025 Hellenic League Division One History often repeats itself. This is certainly the case with Droitwich Spa FC and unlikely final scores. Back in August, Spa recorded three 6-2 wins, against Newent, Nuneaton Griff, and Bewdley. Is it possible that now, at the other end of the season, the Saltmen are developing a…

Hellenic League Division One Tuesday 4th March 2025 Tomorrow sees The Saltmen take a trip to Herefordshire where they will meet Wellington FC at their Kensal ground. This season has been difficult for the Tangerines. They currently sit in 15th position in the division, just within the relegation zone, with 22 points taken from 24…

Most of The Saltmen’s main promotion rivals were in action this weekend. It left me wondering what the Spa still have to do to secure promotion. So after driving down to Portishead (the place, not the band!) to comb the beach for sea glass, I decided I would try to work it out when I…

Chipping Sodbury 1-6 Droitwich Spa Hellenic League Division One. 1st March 2025 Today was always likely to be pivotal to Spa’s hopes of promotion to Step 5. With four of their closest rivals in action against other top sides, the trip to Chipping Sodbury offered Spa the opportunity to capitalise while those rivals took points…

Match Report Hellenic League Division One – 22 Feb 2025 It has been a good weekend for the Saltmen. It started well before a ball was kicked when the recalculation of the table due to the demise of Southam United gave Spa an additional three points lead over close rivals Abingdon. Nevertheless, when 3.03 came…

Match Preview 22 Feb 2025. Hellenic League Division 1 This Saturday’s game at Kingys is the first meeting of the season with the Woods of Shortwood United, despite it being the last week of February. We’ve played everyone else at least once. One club has even managed to cancel two fixtures with us at late…

Tomorrow’s game has been postponed. As per the official club site. https://www.dsfc.news/news/club-communication-2901184.html Reasons are a little unclear at present. Preview: Southam United v Droitwich Spa Hellenic League Division One – 15 Feb 2025 Spa find themselves in the unusual position of being the away team at their own ground when they take on Southam at…

Marylebone Cricket Club Round 3 11 February 2025 As new boys in the Hellenic League, Spa started this season as an unknown quantity. The decision to move the Saltmen from the Midland Football League came relatively late in the day and none of the other clubs were particularly familiar with our heroes’ strengths and weaknesses.…

UhlSport Hellenic League Division One 08 February 2025. Kick off 3.00 pm at Kingys With games now coming thick and fast, next up we welcome Cheltenham Saracens back to Kingys for what will be the third meeting of the clubs this season. Spa have had the better of the two previous games, winning 3-1 in…

Hellenic League Division 1 4th February 2025 Returning/New signing Ben Tilbury marked his home debut at Kingys with a goal which put the icing on a first win in 4 games for the Saltmen. In truth, it was a game which could and should have been put to bed well before Ben took to the…

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…

Ludlow Town 1 – 1 Droitwich Spa Hellenic League Division One 25 January 2025 If you have got one of those mobile phones with multiple clock features, try starting the stopwatch function and just sit there doing nothing else until the display reaches 12 minutes. Feels like a long time, doesn’t it? Then try and…

Hellenic League, Division 1 25 January 2025 I can’t remember which one it was but I’m pretty sure one of the bigger radio stations used to run a feature in which listeners rang in with examples of commonplace activities that they had never done e.g. Never seen Star Wars. Well I have seen Star Wars…

Wiseman’s Lighting Cup 21 January 2025 Such is the construction of Pershore Town’s Community Stadium home, it is possible to watch their home games for nothing. Given their early season form, it could be argued that it was still too much to pay. Things have improved on the field and results have also improved dramatically…

Wiseman Lighting Cup Second Round 7.45 – Tuesday 21 January 2025 We are now in the business end of the season. Games are coming thick and fast. Next up is another local derby, away at Pershore Town in the Wiseman Lighting Cup. It will be interesting to see how the respective club managers approach the…

Droitwich Spa 1 – 2 Abingdon United For the second time this season Spa had their pockets picked by those rascals from the Northcott. Back in September, United scored deep into injury time to ensure the spoils were shared. In the return fixture, they finished the job off and took all three points. It was…

The FA Full Time website offers some useful information. Just for fun, I have crudely ripped off a couple of tables from the site. Some of the information surprised me. No great surprise that Spa top this table with 102 goals. What is surprising is that Redditch have only scored half as many with 51.…

Hellenic League Division One. 18 January 2025 On Saturday, Kingys will host Spa’s third consecutive game against opponents in the playoff places. The last two have been settled by the odd goal in one and the odd goal in eleven respectively. It would take a brave person to suggest the forthcoming game will anything other…

It should probably not come as a great surprise as Spa score plenty of goals but to have four Saltmen in the top ten is some achievement. For that to include the top two is amazing. Alex Dugmore remains top of the table but Perry Moss is chomping at the bit just behind. Honourable mentions…

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