The Acorns will be itching to bounce back from a disappointing result on Saturday as we travel to Sporting Club Inkberrow this evening.
This will be the Acorns third straight season heading to Sands Road, having won on both occassions previously and having lost just one of our five meetings.
Ahead of tonight’s clash with our familiar foes, here is everything you need to know about The Eagles.
THE OPPOSITION- SC INKBERROW
STADIUM- Sands Road
NICKNAME- The Eagles
FOUNDED- 1978
MANAGER- Umit Eminoglu
LEAGUE POSITION- 11th
LAST FIVE- W-L-L-L-W
WHAT’S HAPPENED SO FAR THIS SEASON?
The Eagles have struggled for form as of late winning just two of their last five games, having suffered three straight defeats before a victory at the weekend.
Louis Francis secured the points for the Eagles, with his strike enough to defeat Westbury United 1-0 in Wiltshire.
At Sands Road, the Eagles have managed to make it a difficult place suffering just one defeat in their last nine games there.
Goals have also flown in at Sands Road with 10 hitting the net during a 6-4 victory over Didcot Town at the back end of February, making it 20 goals scored in the last five games at Sands Road by teams.
PREVIOUS MEETINGS
The Acorns and the Eagles have met on five occassions over the last three seasons, which has seen the sides promoted together through the Hellenic League Division One, Hellenic Premier to now, the Southern League’s.
It was a battling 3-1 victory for the Acorns at the 4ED Hartpury Stadium, back at the start of the season, following on from a defeat to Inkberrow at the end of the last campaign.
Prior to that, the Acorns had won all three of the opening meetings and will be hoping for a similar outcome on Saturday.
THE RESULTS
28.10.23 – Hartpury University FC 4-0 Sporting Club Inkberrow (Hellenic Division One)
06.01.24 – Sporting Club Inkberrow 1-3 Hartpury University FC (Hellenic Division One)
17.09.24 – Sporting Club Inkberrow 1-3 Hartpury University FC (Hellenic Premier)
12.04.24 – Hartpury University FC 0-1 Sporting Club Inkberrow (Hellenic Premier)
13.09.25 – Hartpury FC 3-1 Sporting Club Inkberrow
PLAYER TO WATCH- AIDAN CLARKE
Aidan Clarke has hit a purple patch in front of goal recently, bagging himself seven goals in Inkberrow’s last eight games.
Clarke had a performance to remember during his sides 10-goal thriller against Didcot, when he netted four goals that afternoon.
This hot game saw Clarke pick not just his first brace for the club this soeas, but also his first hat-trick for the club this campaign.
RECENT RESULTS
14.03.26 – Westbury United 0-1 Sporting Club Inkberrow (Southern League Div One South)
07.03.26 – Sporting Club Inkberrow 0-3 Exmouth Town (Southern League Div One South)
03.03.26 – Bashley 3-2 Sporting Club Inkberrow (Southern League Div One South)
28.02.26 – Shaftesbury 3-0 Sporting Club Inkberrow (Southern League Div One South)
24.02.26 – Sporting Club Inkberrow 2-1 Westbury United (Southern League Div One South)
