Eastbourne Town out for league pick-up after cup lightning strikes twice
Eastbourne Town aim to get their league campaign moving on Saturday after suffering knockout déjà vu in the FA Trophy last weekend.
Jude Macdonald’s team have had an up-and-down start to the 2026-27 season and will be out to pick up a second league win when Horley Town visit The Saffrons.
They’ve lost their past two in the league without scoring – going down 1-0 at home to Steyning Town and 4-0 away to Ashford United. But they did put five past Peacehaven & Telscombe before that and sit in 14th place ahead of tomorrow’s tussle.
Last Saturday they returned to the scene of their recent FA Cup exit – Erith Town – and suffered the same fate in the Trophy.
It looked another tough assignment with the Kent side having won every game they’ve played at home so far this term, and so it proved as Eastbourne’s Isthmian South East rivals ran out 2-0 winners.
Macdonald’s men, whose start to the season has been hit by injuries, are then in action next Wednesday, away to Sevenoaks.
Meanwhile free-scoring Eastbourne United continue to fly high in the SCFL Premier – more on page 61.