Swindon Supermarine are still wounded by Evesham United’s remarkable comeback victory last season, according to Robins manager Paul Collicutt.
United host Supermarine at the Jubilee Stadium tonight (7.45pm) aiming for a second win in the Evo-Stik Southern League Division One South and West.
Evesham showed their fighting qualities on Saturday, fighting back from 1-0 down at Bashley to storm to a 4-1 triumph.
Evesham still have concerns over Lance Smith, who picked up a foot injury in pre-season, and Ashley Edenborough who suffered a knock in the match against Yate.
Supermarine slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Bishop’s Cleeve, despite a goal from Luke Hopper which ended their perfect start to the term.
Evesham manager Collicutt said: “We have taken four points out of a possible nine and Swindon Supermarine will be a tough test. Swindon are a decent side who have brought in several useful players over the summer.
“We beat them twice last season and I know the manner of our 4-3 win at their place hurt them badly and they are still wounded by what happened. In that match, we fought back from 3-1 down at half-time and had a man sent-off but scored three second-half goals to win. It was our most exciting game of last season.”
“We created a lot of chances in the second-half and I thought came to life a little bit,” said Collicutt.
“At half-time, I told the lads we were disappointed with the way the first-half had gone and they needed to pull their fingers out. I was glad with the way the lads responded and, on another day, we could have scored six or seven goals. I was very pleased with the impact of the substitutes. The three substitutes came on and had a major influence on the game. I was pleased to get our first win after mediocre games against Yate and Slimbridge.”
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