Who remembers the last time we had a fixture like this at the club?
This is a two-leg series to determine the very best in the Mainland Football region. We start at the Nest with the first leg, and if things are level after the second match, it goes to extra time and penalties.
We know the return leg will be an extremely tough challenge, which is why this first match is absolutely crucial. We need to make it uncomfortable for them — not only through the crowd’s support but also with the intensity and desire we bring from the first whistle.
We’ve had the harder path to get here, but that has prepared us. Last week’s result hurt — being 2-0 up, with the Premiership trophy almost in our grasp, only to see it slip away in stoppage time. It felt like a defeat even though it wasn’t. That can’t, and won’t, happen again.
This is about pride, payback, and pushing ourselves to the next level. We owe it to ourselves and to you, our supporters, to leave everything on the pitch.
So let’s make Halswell Domain a fortress on Saturday. Be loud. Be relentless. Be the difference.
See you at the Nest.