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Phoenix Sports (H) – 25th January 2025

The ‘Gate continue their Isthmian South-East season with the visit of Phoenix Sports to Hartsdown Park!

Last time out this Margate team made the history books with their 10th consecutive away win against Hythe Town! Read the match report from that game by clicking here.

You can click here to buy your tickets for this match!

New signing Tom Derry is able to play in this game!

PHOENIX SPORTS – THEIR SEASON SO FAR:

Phoenix are sat in 21st place with 14 points from 25 games so far this season. In the FA Cup extra preliminary round they were knocked out by Epsom & Ewell after the first game ended in a 0-0 draw, the replay at The Mayplace Ground ended 1-3. In their first four games in the league they went winless, only drawing against Three Bridges, and losing the rest as well as being knocked out in the Velocity Trophy first round away at Sevenoaks (3-0).

Then they suffered a 6-0 defeat away at Uxbridge in the FA Trophy first qualifying round and another heavy loss away at Sittingbourne (4-0). Two more losses came in the league against East Grinstead and Lancing before their first win of the season came against Folkestone Invicta on penalties in the Kent Senior Cup first round at the end of September.

They went straight back to losing in the league, as their next five games all ended in losses. Yet another penalty shootout win came against Cray Wanderers in the second round of the Kent Senior Cup and finally, into November, they picked up their first league three points with a 3-2 win against Steyning Town.

Two more losses followed that win, but they won again, two in one month in the league at home to Lancing before losing three games on the trot to Sheppey, Margate & Deal. In December they had a good month winning against Ashford and Hythe Town, drawing to Broadbridge Heath and losing to AFC Croydon as well as that Deal game earlier on in the month. Their last two matches have been losses, and Sports haven’t scored a goal in either.

View the full league table by clicking here.

LAST FIVE: MARGATE

0-2 Win vs East Grinstead, away (League)

1-2 Win vs Herne Bay, away (League)

1-1 Draw vs Merstham, home (League)

1-2 Loss vs Sevenoaks Town, home (League)

2-3 Win vs Hythe Town, away (League)

LAST FIVE: PHOENIX SPORTS

1-3 Win vs Ashford United, away (League)

5-1 Loss vs AFC Croydon, away (League)

2-1 Win vs Hythe Town, home (League)

2-0 Loss vs Sevenoaks Town, away (League)

0-3 Loss vs Burgess Hill, home (League)

CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: (all comps)

MARGATE:

Matches played: 38

Goals scored: 75

Goals conceded: 37

GD: +38

Clean sheets: 15

PHOENIX SPORTS:

Matches played: 31

Goals scored: 26

Goals conceded: 76

GD: -50

Clean sheets: 1

HEAD-TO-HEAD (data comes from the Margate history website)

Margate wins: 1

Draws: 0

Phoenix Sports wins: 1

Apart from the reverse fixture in November, our only other meeting with Phoenix Sports came in the first round of the Kent Senior Cup in 2019 at HDP when we lost 1-4.

MATCH OFFICIALS:

Referee: Simon Cutler

Assistants: Thomas Reed & Marian Stoichitoiu

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