Tiverton Town vs. Frome Town: Preview and Ticket Info
- Zeb Baker-Smith
- Mar 6
- 3 min read
Steve Jupp, BA11's Club Historian, considers the Robins' need to rewrite the history books this weekend.
It’s been said before, but this really is a huge week for the Scarlet Runners in their quest to keep their heads above water in the Southern League Premier Division relegation dogfight.
On Tuesday they host West Londoners Hanwell Town, but their immediate concern is Saturday’s vital visit to fellow strugglers Tiverton, whose heavy home defeat last week to Basingstoke prompted a change of management.
The foot of the table took on a dramatically different look following that frustrating reverse at Wimborne. The bottom four mustered just a single point between them while the next five clubs above all won, creating something of a gap and making the clash at Ladysmead all the more crucial.
Until very recently, Danny Greaves’ charges were riding high in the form table, but they have not won any of their last six league encounters, picking up just four points, exactly the same their Devon opponents.
Scoring goals has been Tivvy’s Achilles heel all season - no side in the division has netted fewer, a record not helped with a meagre return of just one in their last six. They did recover somewhat from their Basingstoke bashing with a hard-earned midweek goalless draw against Havant & Waterlooville and will be desperate to repeat their 2-1 success, their first win of the campaign, achieved at Badgers Hill back in September.
After the relentless Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday regime of recent weeks, seven days between fixtures may be a blessing for a battle-weary Robins squad as they embark upon the final quarter of the season, a potential THIRTEEN further fixtures shoehorned into just SEVEN weeks.
Frome v Tivvy clashes in the Southern League era:
Season Competition Home Away
2017-18 Prem L 0 – 1 D 2 – 2
2018-19 Prem South L 1 – 3 L 1 – 3
2022-23 FA Cup L 0 – 1
2024-25 Prem South L 1 – 2
Grim reading for any Frome fan, but if you dig further, it gets worse. Not since April 1981 have the BA11 side lorded it over the lads from Ladysmead, a run of just TWO draws and NINETEEN defeats in the last 21 meetings, one of football’s most one-sided rivalries.
It’s high time to end 44 years of hurt and get the survival express back on track.
The latest information on pre-booked ticketing according to the Yellows' website is as follows:
Adult - £11.50
Concession - £8.50
Under 18s - £1.50
Listen to the latest episode of the Dodge The Question podcast!
Steve & Zeb chat to management team Danny Greaves and Neil Simons as well as a quick injury update with physio Thomas Dalby.
You can also listen on Frome.FM radio every Friday at 5pm (repeated on Saturday 3pm)
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