Dorchester Town v Eastleigh - Preview

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Dorchester Town v Eastleigh
Tuesday 17th August, K.O. 7:45pm

Eastleigh travel to Ashley Vickers' Dorchester Town this evening where both sides will be looking to get off the mark and register their first points of the new season having both lost at the weekend in their opening games.

The Spitfires lost at home to Bishops Stortford in their curtain raiser at the Silverlake Stadium, but will have been disappointed not to have come away with three points having had a whole host of clear-cut chances throughout the game.

Former Eastleigh defender and current Magpies boss Ashley Vickers saw his side go down 2-1 at Bromley.

2009/10 - Results
Dorchester Town 1-2 Eastleigh - 10th November 2009 >> Link
Eastleigh 2-0 Dorchester Town - 14th April 2010 >> Link

EASTLEIGH:

Brett Williams and Jamie Brown have given Eastleigh boss Ian Baird food for thought ahead of tonight's Blue Square Bet South trip to Dorchester Town, writes Wendy Gee.

The pair made a positive impact coming off the bench in Saturday's season opener against Bishop's Stortford.

Their lively contribution wasn't quite enough to salvage the Spitfires a point in an unlucky 2-1 home defeat, but they have given Baird plenty of options as he plots the downfall of a Dorchester side also beaten 2-1, at Bromley, on Saturday.

Last two results:
Sat 7th August - Eastbourne Borough (H) Pre Season Lost 4-0 >> http://eastleighfc.blogspot.com/2010/08/eastleigh-v-eastbourne-borough.html

Sat 14th August - Bishop's Stortford (H) BSBS Lost 1-2 >>http://eastleighfc.blogspot.com/2010/08/opening-day-defeat-spitfires-1-2.html 

Next two fixtures:
Sat 21st August - Chelmsford City (A) Blue Square Bet South
Mon 23rd August - Maidenhead United (H) Blue Square Bet South

How the Spitfires lined up last time:
EASTLEIGH vs Bishop's Stortford. 14/08/2010 Blue Square Bet South (H). Lost 1-2.
Matthews, Bottomley, Goodhind, Smith, Jordan (c), Holland, Palmer (Williams 59), Hendry, Slabber (Brown 66), Gillespie, Graham. Subs (not used): - Robinson, Barfoot, Mason.

DORCHESTER TOWN:

Manager Vickers felt his charges dominated proceedings in Dorchester's opening game against Bromley and were unfortunate to return home empty-handed.

Instead he was left to reflect on the county town outfit’s first opening-day loss since the 2005/06 campaign.

He said: “We gave them a good game and I’m dumbfounded as it was one of the most one-sided games I’ve seen. We will play worse than that in future and win.

“I’m not downbeat at all, not in the slightest. The result is a kick in the teeth in terms of the nature of it but the lads did themselves proud.

“They did all that we asked of them and on another day we will get our rewards.”

The Magpies, who lie 16th in Blue Square Bet South after the opening round of fixtures, will hope to get off the mark when they entertain Eastleigh tonight (7.45pm).

Last two results:
Sat 7th August - Weymouth (A) Pre Season Won 3-1
Sat 14th August - Bromley (A) Blue Square Bet South  Lost 2-1

Next two fixtures:
Sat 21st August - Woking (H) Blue Square Bet South
Mon 23rd August - Basingstoke Town (A) Blue Square Bet South

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