White's season set to kick off

Friday, 9 August 2024 05:55

Salisbury FC's season gets underway this Saturday (10th August) away at Hemel Hempstead.

It's the club's first season in the Vanarama National League South after winning promotion in the dramatic playoff final against AFC Totton at the end of last season.

Brian Dutton has made some changes to the squad while keeping the core of the team that achieved promotion.

A good number of players, including Luke Wilkinson, George Franklin, Rafa Ramos, Jordan Ragguette, Craig Fasanmade, and Ronan Silva, are looking to make their competitive debuts.

Salisbury have had a mixed set of results during pre-season, winning comfortably against Laverstock and beating Winchester City. A draw in a hastily arranged game against Wimborne Town before defeat to Woking. Their final pre-season outing saw the Whites lose to last season's play-off semi-final opponents, Gosport Borough.

Hemel Hempstead has been in the National League South since 2014. Last season, they finished 20th out of 24 clubs, just avoiding relegation.

Hemel have also had a mixed pre-season, playing a selection of higher and lower league opponents; in their last friendly, they lost 3-2 to Wealdstone of the National League.

Like Salisbury, The Tudors have brought in new players, including young defender Ben Tompkins from Luton Town. The young defender spent the previous season at Braintree who were promoted out of this league, with Tompkins playing 37 times.

You can follow the game live here on Salisbury Radio with coverage starting at 2pm ahead of kick-off at 3pm. As part of the new partnership, Andy Munns and Ian Pearson will bring commentary from every away game, plus live updates from every home game this season.

You can listen to the commentary on DAB, online and on smart speakers.

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