Bees v Blues: Basildon Borough Derby

The Blues will travel the 6.4 miles across the borough to Gardiners Close, the home of Basildon United, as the two sides meet for the second time this season.

Town’s first meeting with Basildon United came on Saturday 28 August 1971, at New Lodge. The Bees had joined the Essex Senior League from the Greater London League and the club wasn’t even ten years old.

Fred Clayden scored his first two senior goals for Town, and Steve Bone scored his first as The Blues won 3-1.

The last meeting took place at New Lodge in the F.A. Cup in September. A Jordan Parkes free-kick was all that separated the two sides.

This will be the 39th meeting between The Bees and The Blues, and the 18th at Gardiners Lane. The first twenty-two meetings took places whilst both clubs were members of the Essex Senior League.

The last time Billericay played a competitive match in Basildon was on 8 March 1994 in the Quarter-Finals of the Essex Thameside Trophy. Paul Battram and Paul Shirt scored as Town won 2-0.

Overall Town have won 22 of the meetings with United winning 10, and only 6 draws. The Blues have scored 63 goals with The Bees scoring 37.

Tonbridge Angels
Saturday 7 December 2019, 3:00pm

The BTSS are running a coach to Tonbridge for the first league meeting between the two since April 2018 and the first meeting at Longmead since the month before.

The coach will leave New Lodge at 12:45pm (Sharp! as always) and will return as soon as possible after the final whistle.

Seats are priced at £10 for adults and £5 for Under 16’s, who must be accompanied by an adult.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

FORM

Basildon United
02 Nov | L2-3 v Cambridge City
09 Nov | L1-6 v AFC HORNCHURCH (F.A. Trophy)
16 Nov | W1-0 v Tilbury
23 Nov | D1-1 v Hullbridge Sports
30 Nov | W3-2 v BRENTWOOD TOWN

Billericay Town
29 Oct | W3-2 v SOUTHEND UNITED (Essex Senior Cup)
09 Nov | L0-4 v Forest Green Rovers (F.A. Cup)
16 Nov | W1-0 v Dulwich Hamlet
19 Nov | D1-1 v WEYMOUTH
26 Nov | L1-2 v HAMPTON & RICHMOND BOROUGH (F.A. Trophy)

FAMILIAR FACES

​Bees winger Ernest Okoh scored his seventh goal in seven matches against Brentwood Town on Saturday.

Ernie, as he’s known to United fans, made one appearance for The Blues when Craig Edwards started him against Romford in the 3rd round of the Essex Senior Cup at Thurrock. Goldy Capela scored in the 1-1 draw and Jack Giddens dominated during the 3-1 penalty shoot-out win.