Odd Down Football Club were held to a draw when they received Imperial in a friendly on Saturday 19th July.
Action from the edge of the penalty box as Odd Down, orange, take on Imperial | Photo © Odd Down FC
The Down, from Jewson Western League Division One, and their South Bristol-based opponents, from uhlsport Somerset County League Division One, failed to find a goal between them in the match at the Lew Hill Memorial Ground.
Odd Down are in action again tonight (Tuesday 22nd July) when they entertain a Melksham Town XI in the Mark Brown Memorial Cup.
Brown, who died in March 2023, was the manager of the Down’s development team and previously played for Melksham.
An Odd Down player holds off an Imperial man at the Lew Hill Memorial Ground | Photo © Odd Down FC
Kick-off will be at 7.30pm and admission prices are £5 for adults and £3 for concessions and students. There is no charge for under-16s attending the fixture.
Last year, the Mark Brown Memorial Cup was won by Melksham.
Former Championship club Yeovil Town will be sending a side to Odd Down this autumn in the county cup.
Odd Down go for goal during the friendly against Imperial on Saturday 19th July | Photo © Odd Down FC
The Down have been drawn at home to the Glovers – whose first team are now in the Enterprise National League – in the opening stage of the newly named Francis Hillier Premier Cup.
The first-round tie will be played at the Lew Hill Memorial Ground in October.
Yeovil played in the Championship in the 2013-14 season but dropped out of the Football League in 2019.
