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Brixham AFC V Willand Rovers

They do not get much bigger than this. Quite potentially one of the biggest games in Rovers’ history as we make the trip over the Riviera to take on Brixham AFC in the Southern Football League Division One South with a 3 pm KO!

Last time out for Rovers, we welcomed Winchester City to Silver Street where only one goal could split both sides for the 3rd time running on home soil as Olly Balmer’s second-half strike gave the visitors all three points in a crucial crunch match for their own promotion endeavours.

This time though we focus on Brixham who are in their first Southern League campaign but don’t want to lose their status at the end of the month. Tim Porter & Jason Couch’s men have in recent weeks looked to tunnel a way out of the great escape from their nailed-on relegation towards the very top of the drop.

Their last outing was a trip over to Oxfordshire as Didcot could only put one past the Fishermen as they caught a late kipper in Owen James who denied today’s hosts with a potential season-defining point. In the reverse fixture, Rovers got a crucial three points past Brixham with Charlie Bateson getting his tally underway for the season.

One to watch for today’s hosts would have to be dangerous striker Jordan Ewing, who recently transferred from Bideford to Brixham and has since looked to make a name for himself on the other side of the Devon coast.

This is it. Cup finals every weekend, every second counts on the board. It’s tight at the bottom, the table will be watched religiously over the next few weeks and you can play your part in the great escape by getting behind the lads every step of the way starting at Brixham this afternoon. No turning back.

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