Hornchurch (A) - 15th August 2023

By Josh Cole

Margate are back in action on Tuesday night away from home as we travel to Hornchurch in Essex for our second Isthmian Premier Division fixture.

The ‘Gate started their Isthmian campaign with a 2-1 win against newly promoted Whitehawk with both goals coming from Phil Roberts.

Manager Reece Prestedge was pleased to see “everyone put themselves on the line to get three points” on Saturday. You can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel by clicking here.

Hornchurch also known as ‘The Urchins’ will start their 100th year as a football club and they will celebrate that by playing in a commemorative blue and white home strip this season. They are managed by former Millwall, Norwich, and Leeds player and former Cardiff City Manager Steve Morrison. A key player to watch out for is former Crystal Palace winger Sean Scannell who signed for Hornchurch during their pre-season campaign. Although it wasn’t the winger who stole the show in their first league game away to Horsham as it was a perfect debut for big centre-half Ryan Scott who netted twice in a 2-1 win.

Margate fans will note one familiar face in the Hornchurch squad tonight as former Margate winger Nathan Green currently features for the Urchins, albeit in a new left-back position. Green played for the Blues in their first season of the National League South in 2015.

The Urchins and the ‘Gate have played 13 times since Aug 2013 with Margate winning four, Hornchurch getting five victories, and four games ending level! Last season both the head-to-head record was even as Hornchurch ran out 3-1 winners at Hartsdown Park in October whilst in the reverse fixture Margate got their revenge by winning 3-2 in an incredible comeback from 2-0 down. You can watch the highlights from that game by clicking here.

The game will be officiated by referee James Hall, and he will be accompanied by Thomas Nicholls (Assistant Referee) and Ben Al-Shaikh (Assistant Referee).

Any fan unable to make this Tuesday night kick-off can follow the game live with match updates on our twitter account @margatefc_ from 7:00pm!

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