Steve Jupp, BA11's Club Historian, previews a Tuesday night trip up the M5.
On the back of a trio of hard-fought draws, The Robins could not have asked for a tougher
challenge on Tuesday evening when they travel to league leaders Gloucester City.
After a decade-and-a-half of battling away at Step Two, The Tigers suffered relegation last
term but are making a determined effort to bounce back at the first attempt, maintaining their
100% home league record on Saturday with a last gasp 2-1 victory over Havant and
Waterlooville.
The last competitive meeting between the two sides was as long ago as 1988, an FA trophy
tie at Meadow Park which went the way of the homesters by the odd goal in five, Tom
Gomes (from distance) and Dave Allen netting for Frome.
That ground, their home since the mid-80s, was destroyed by severe flooding in 2007,
forcing the Tigers into exile and the handicap of groundsharing for the next thirteen years
before finally returning to an impressive, newly built facility on the site (several feet higher) of
the old one.
Frome and Gloucester have never met in the league at first-team level but, intriguingly, their
Reserves have. That was way back in the 1955-56 season in Division Two of the Western
League with Gloucestershire doing the double over Somerset.
Danny Greaves’ side, improving game by game, came mightily close to ending
Basingstoke’s unbeaten run on Saturday and now they have an opportunity to extinguish the
Division’s only remaining perfect home record. It’s another of those ‘absolutely nothing to
lose’ scenarios which, every now and then, can produce a shock result. We live in hope.
Ticket information can be found on the Gloucester City website!
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I attach a statement from Basingstoke FC tonight after one of our stewards was assaulted and hospitalised outside of the ground after the game.
"We strongly condemn the events that occurred following our recent fixture at Frome Town. The incident which took place outside the stadium, involved a minority of individuals claiming to be supporters of Basingstoke Town, and their behaviour does not reflect the values of our Club and the vast majority of our well behaved supporters.
We are a community-focused Club that prides itself on welcoming everyone. The behaviour displayed by these individuals is wholly unacceptable, and we strongly condemn the actions that led to an alleged assault. We are currently working closely with Frome Town FC and…