Match Preview

This will be Nailsea & Tickenham’s first game at Step 5 since being founded in 2015.

The ’Swags’ were formed in 2015 following a merger between Nailsea Town and Tickenham United who played in the Somerset County league and the Weston Super Mare & District League respectively. The newly formed side took their place in the Somerset County League for the 2015-16 campaign where they remained until the 2021-22 season where they won the league and won promotion to the Toolstation Western League. Nailsea & Tickenham came close to promotion in the 2018-19 season where they finished runners up before the two covid-stricken seasons. In their debut season at step 6, they finished in second place which seen them promoted to the Toolstation Western League Premier division.

Pre-season saw Nailsea & Tickenham face a National League South side in Weston-Super-Mare, which saw the Seagulls win 3-0, a Southern League side in Cribbs FC in which the ‘Swags’ lost narrowly 1-0. The final two friendlies sway them take on lower league opposition in Wincanton Town and Radstock Town who they lost against and won against respectively with both score lines finishing 3-2.

Whilst we have had a very positive pre-season winning all 6 friendlies with plenty of additions gelling together, with Duffey in the net, Jason Richards and Hunt at the back, Thomson, Pope and Smith in the middle of the park and Lorenz, Rowe and Rooney joining Ryan Richards in the attack with the latter scoring freely throughout pre-season, 14 in 6 games!

Our first meeting with the ‘Swags’ promises to be a good one as our opponents look to start strong after their back to back promotions and our new look squad look to start the season in the opposite fashion to last season.

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