Having rescued a draw in a 3-3 thriller at Newport County on Tuesday, Eastbourne Borough will have to make a similar journey west on Saturday afternoon to meet Blue Square Bet Premier newcomers Bath City. Borough’s part-time squad clocked up 394 miles – plus, for many, time off work – getting to south Wales and back in midweek and on Saturday they will travel another 350 miles as they take on Adie Britton’s Romans. Garry Wilson’s side have not beaten Bath in their four
John Terry watches brother Paul and Darlington compete against Eastbourne Burough. A remarkable day at Eastbourne Borough on Saturday saw the hosts battle to a deserved Blue Square Bet Premier draw against Darlington, despite having nine men for an hour, midfielder Matt Smart earn nationwide plaudits for his goalkeeping exploits – and Chelsea captain John Terry take a seat in the main stand at Priory Lane. The England defender was there to watch his brother Paul, who is captain of Darlington, but
Eastbourne Borough are anticipating another big crowd through the Priory Lane gates this Saturday for the first-ever clash with former Football League club Darlington on ‘Non-League Day’. With no Premier League or Championship fixtures this weekend, and England playing on Friday night, a campaign initiated by QPR fan James Doe is urging those who would usually go to top-flight matches to instead ‘adopt’ their local side for the day. Non-League Day has the backing of the Football Supporters Federation, Conference sponsors
Photo Credit: David Bauckham Eastbourne Borough Football Club played host to another successful Soccer School, run by the club’s youth section coaches and sponsored by Eastbourne firm 720 Taxis. First team midfielder Simon Johnson took part in the coaching and presented all attendees with a certificate, picture, medal and a ticket for Borough’s first Blue Square Bet Premier home game of the 2010-11 season, against Hayes and Yeading United on Tuesday August 17th. Picture: Back row – Steve Morris from sponsors 720 Taxis, Eastbourne