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Big game on Saturday as we travel to fellow play-off contenders Swindon Supermarine in the Evo-Stik League South – West.

Swindon Supermarine vs Bideford
Evo-Stik League South – West Division
Saturday 13th January 2018
3:00pm kick off
Webbswood Stadium, Swindon

A Brief History of Swindon Supermarine FC
Swindon Supermarine were formed in 1992 as a merger between Swindon Athletic and Supermarine FC. Supermarine FC were established in 1946 and Swindon Athletic in 1968. Swindon Supermarine took Athletic's place in the Hellenic League Premier Division and in 1997/98 they were crowned Hellenic League Champions but were not promoted due to ground requirements. They were champions once again in 2000/01 and this time were promoted to the Southern League Western Division. Supermarine struggled near the bottom of the division for the next four seasons but in 2005/06 they finished 5th. Qualifying for the play-offs they were beaten in the semi final by Hemel Hempstead. A season later they went one better and finished fourth. This time they were successful in the play-offs beating Burnham and Taunton to be promoted to the Southern League Premier Division. After five seasons in the Premier Division they were relegated to Division One South & West in 2011/12. Supermarine have finished in the play-off positions in three of the last five seasons but have lost at the semi final stage on each occasion, twice to Merthyr and once to Taunton. Last season they finished in 7th position.

Swindon Supermarine FC
Webbswood Stadium
South Marston
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN3 4BZ
Tel: 01793 828778
Web: http://www.swindonsupermarinefc.com
Twitter: @SupermarineFC

Form Guide
Swindon Supermarine are currently 4th in the West Division (W12 D4 L6) in the midst of a congested group of play off contenders. They are without a win in three games having lost at Cirencester on Boxing Day and drawing against Kidlington and Larkhall. Supermarine have an excellent home record this season winning 10 out of 14 games and only suffering losses to league leaders Taunton and Hartley Wintney in the FA Cup. Josh Parsons is Supermarine’s top goalscorer with 21 so far in all competitions.

Swindon Supermarine’s last six (LWWLDD)
06/01/18 Larkhall Athletic 3 Swindon Supermarine 3 (League)
01/01/18 Swindon Supermarine 2 Kidlington 2 (League)
26/12/17 Cirencester Town 4 Swindon Supermarine 2 (League)
23/12/17 Swindon Supermarine 4 Cindeford Town 0 (League)
19/12/17 Barnstaple Town 1 Swindon Supermarine 3 (League)
05/12/17 Shortwood United 3 Swindon Supermarine 1 (League)

After a disappointing December which saw Bideford slip from 3rd to 10th, The Robins began 2018 with an important win over bottom club Bishops Cleeve. The victory moved Bideford up to 8th (W11 D5 L5) on 38 points with games in hand on all of the other play off candidates.

Bideford's last six (WDLDDW)
06/01/18 Bideford 1 Bishops Cleeve 0 (League)
26/12/17 Bideford 1 Barnstaple Town 1 (League)
23/12/17 Didcot Town 0 Bideford 0 (League)
16/12/17 Bideford 1 Yate Town 2 (League)
09/12/17 Bideford 2 Shortwood United 2 (League)
05/12/17 Bideford 5 Stoke Gabriel 0 (St Luke’s Bowl R1)

Previous meetings
26/08/17 Bideford 0 Swindon Supermarine 1 (Southern Div 1 West)
18/03/17 Swindon Supermarine 4 Bideford 1 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
12/11/16 Bideford 4 Swindon Supermarine 0 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
19/10/13 Swindon Supermarine 2 Bideford 3 (FA Trophy Q1)
30/08/03 Bideford 1 Swindon Supermarine 3 (FA Cup PR)

Last season the sides traded comprehensive victories over each other with Bideford winning 4-0 at the Sports Ground thanks to a Will Richards hat trick and an own goal. Supermarine then returned the favour with a 4-1 win at Webbswood in March. Earlier this season Supermarine produced a terrific defensive performance and came away from the Sports Ground with a 1-0 win thanks to a Josh Parsons goal.