Match Preview

The Glassboys round off their pre-season programme this Saturday with a trip to Evo-Stik NPL Division 1 South Chasetown. Kick-off is at 3.00 pm.

Having never met until Stourbridge were relegated into the Midland Alliance in 2000, the two sides developed something of a rivalry over subsequent years, culminating in both winning promotion to the Southern League in 2005/06 - Chasetown as Champions of the Alliance and Stourbridge as runners-up, just two points adrift.

The Scholars went on to finish in the two seven of the Southern League Midland Division for the next three seasons, with two unsuccessful play-off campaigns along the way, although during that period our paths diverged when the Glassboys won promotion to the Premier Division through the play-offs in 2007/08.

A switch to the Northern Premier League for the 2009/10 season brought immediate success for Chasetown as they gained promotion to the Premier Division as play-off winners at the first attempt, but relegation followed two seasons later and they have remained in Division 1 South since, despite again suffering play-off defeat in 2012/13.

The Scholars also made a name for themselves through their FA Cup exploits during this period, reaching the First Round Proper in 2005/06 when they took Oldham Athletic to a replay, and then getting to the Third Round Proper in 2007/08. This time they eliminated League One Port Vale after a replay before going down 3-1 at home to Championship Cardiff City.

More recently, they also enjoyed a tremendous run in the 2010/11 FA Trophy, reaching the Quarter Finals before succumbing to Conference Premier Mansfield Town, having earlier disposed of another Conference outfit, Grimsby Town.

The Scholars finished 13th in Division 1 South last season, one spot down on the previous campaign, and will be doubtless be looking to improve on that when the new season gets under way.

GROUND ADDRESS

Chasetown FC
The Scholars Ground
Church Street
Chasetown
Staffordshire
WS7 3QL

ADMISSION PRICES

At the time of writing, we have no information on admission prices for this game. We will update this as and when information becomes available.