Eastbourne Borough (A) 13/1/24

[middxsaint]

ONLINE PRICES

• Adults: £13
• Concessions: £9 - Available to Over 65’s and Blue Light Card holders (ID will be required at the box office / turnstiles)
• UNDER 18's & Students: £4 (ID will be required at the box office / turnstiles)
• Under 12's: FREE, but need to be accompanied by a paying adult (ID may be required) and need to collect a FREE ticket from the box office on match day

ON THE DAY / GATE PRICES

• Adults: £18
• Concessions: £12 - Available to Over 65’s and Blue Light Card holders (ID will be required at the box office / turnstiles)
• UNDER 18's & Students: £6 (ID will be required at the box office / turnstiles)
• Under 12's: FREE, but need to be accompanied by a paying adult (ID may be required) and need to collect a FREE ticket from the box office on match day

[boojiboy]

Just a warning that the online tickets at £13 are no longer available and cannot be bought on the day. Only £18 tickets are available on matchday whether bought online or at the gate. If this had been clearer, I would have bought my ticket last night. Bloody rip off!!!!!

[Boomer]

Line up this afternoon -

McNamara, Bowry, Partington (c), Clark, Carlyle, Rasulo, Hoddle, Smith, Banton, Jeffers, Hutchinson.

Subs -

Blackman, Gauthier, Hamid, James. Weiss.

[Boomer]

HT Eastbourne Borough 1. Saints 0

Ligendza 39

[Boomer]

Eastbourne Borough 1 Saints 1

Jeffers 46

[hotsaint]

1-2 Jeffers. Cracking goal. Seriously why was he ever dropped

[Boomer]

Eastbourne Borough 1. Saints 2

Jeffers 68

[Boomer]

Blackman and Weiss on for Smith and Rasulo 72 mins.

[Boomer]

James on for Bowry 82 mins.

[Boomer]

FT Eastbourne Borough (1) 1 Saints (0) 2

Att 1190


Up to 9th and level on points with Bath City in 6th position.

www.thenationalleague.org.uk/match-info/tables?table_id=d-9900645

[westwalessaint]

Well done Saints! Jeffers keeps finding the net.

[allypally84]

5 points off 2nd and we've effectively just signed a 30 goal striker.......

[citycentresaint]

We would be comfortably in a playoff position if Jeffers started throughout the season.

[casper]

Nobby post match interview

[lagerman]

Well, we are really rocking now, aren't we.
I wasn't there, but it sounds like a great win, repaying Eastbourne for doing us over at home a few weeks ago

[cityfan]

This was a game that highlights the exact reason why you should always play Shaun Jeffers. What was in honesty a very average performance in which on the balance of play we probably deserved nothing, Shaun won us all 3 points with 2 clinical finishes.

The first half as Nobby alluded to in his interview was dreadful, we didn’t get going at all & couldn’t cope with Eastbourne’s pressing, pace & intensity. We constantly gave the ball & apart from a great opening which Bowery should have either scored or laid it on a plate for Shaun we created nothing & were lucky to go in just the one down.

The second half started with an equaliser in the opening 40 seconds after good work from Hutchinson & poor work from their keeper Shaun prodded home from close range. Eastbourne huffed and puffed but started to run out of steam & from another defensive mess Shaun clinically put us ahead. We saw the game out under pressure but without Eastbourne creating any clear openings. Partington again I thought had an excellent game against a very lively Eastbourne attack.

Another tough game on Tuesday at Hampton but the squad finally has a strong look to it & with Shaun in the side there’s always hope of a win even when we don’t play well.

[hotsaint]

Hopefully Hampton will be knackered on Tuesday after going all the way to Hartlepool today to lose on penalties

[middxsaint]

Jan 13, 2024 22:41:17 GMT hotsaint said:

Hopefully Hampton will be knackered on Tuesday after going all the way to Hartlepool today to lose on penalties

They won 4-2.

hamrichfc.com/blogs/news/superb-display-sees-beavers-knock-out-pools

[hotsaint]

So they did 🙂. That will keep their fixture list busy

[lagerman]

Well, I've just listened to Nobbys post-match interview and it sounds like, the goals apart, there wasn't much in it.
2-1 at Eastbourne is a great result thou and I'd take that anytime, down there.
They may well have pressed us a lot and perhaps might've run us around a bit, particularly 1st half (I don't know cos l wasn't there), cos they are a full time team.
Being full time has got to give you that extra half a yard of pace l would've thought ?
Well, its on to Hampton away next week, that's going to be much tougher, l'd be well happy with a draw there.
We do now, seem to be totting the points up a bit now, and moving up the table, it's a confidence thing l reckon, there was a time a few weeks ago, when l was genuinely worried about relegation, but wins breed wins.
In the long run it might not change certain things, like Nobbys way of playing tippy-tappy football from the back, that has caught us out at times this season, and Jeffers starting games from the bench, but we must certainly hope the latter changes for good and Jeffers always starts, barring injury or suspension!
COYS!

[citycentresaint]

If we keep picking Jeffers and stop with the tippy tappy fixation, we will make the playoffs.

[casper]

Match highlights

[middxsaint]