Enfield Town (H) - 23rd March 2024

By Josh Cole

We face Enfield Town on Non-League Day at Hartsdown Park this afternoon for matchday 35!

Last time out, we lost away to Carshalton Athletic, read the full match report from that game by clicking here.

With today being Non-League Day, tickets are HALF PRICE, you can get your tickets online by clicking here.

We will be without Kadell Daniel who is away on international duty with Guyana. New signing on Thursday, Destiny Oladipo, is available to play in this game! Read more about the new signing by clicking here.

OPPONENTS SEASON SO FAR:

Enfield Town currently sit in 3rd place on 60 points from 34 games. The Town started the form is perfect fashion, winning their first five matches and drawing their next two going seven unbeaten. A loss against Carshalton at home 0-3 put the brakes on their hot start to the season but a win away against Kingstonian followed by a loss against Lewes saw inconsistencies creep in. That was quickly swept under the carpet as Enfield went back to a draw and two wins until they fell to a 2-0 loss to runaway leaders, Hornchurch. Two more wins followed against Canvey and Hastings before a high scoring 4-4 draw against Whitehawk and then a 3-1 loss to Chatham, conceding seven goals in the last two games. Their defence managed to keep us out in the next game as Enfield won 2-0 at the Queen Elizabeth II stadium. The Towners were unable to recapture their form from the start of the season, as another two wins were followed by a loss away at Cray, before beating relegation threatened Haringey, but then lost at home to Folkestone which started a winless run. Two draws and two losses ensured that Enfield Town went five games without a win and desperately needing a win to get their bid for promotion back on track. It came away against Canvey where they ran away 0-3 winners. This win kicked the Town squad into gear, and since that match, they have drawn three games and won three games including their last, a 0-1 away win against Concord Rangers which leaves them in 3rd place before travelling to Thanet.

View the full league standings by clicking here.

LAST FIVE: MARGATE

Win vs Canvey Island, home (3-2) League

Loss vs Haringey Borough, away (1-0) League

Loss vs Horsham, home (0-3) League

Loss vs Hashtag United, away (4-2) League

Loss vs Carshalton Athletic, away (3-0) League

LAST FIVE: ENFIELD TOWN

Draw vs Kingstonian, home (0-0) League

Draw vs Wingate & Finchley, home (2-2) League

Win vs Lewes, home (1-0) League

Win vs Horsham, home (2-1) League

Win vs Concord Rangers, away (0-1) League

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

There have been 17 matches between the two sides since September 2012, with Enfield Town winning nine, Margate winning five and three ending in draws. In the reverse fixture at the Queen Elizabeth II stadium, we lost 1-0, so back at Hartsdown Park we will be looking to avenge that result and split the season head-to-head as well as aid our bid for survival.

MATCH OFFICIALS:

The referee for this fixture is Deryll David with his assistants being Nicholas Bone and Jamie Turner.

If you can’t make it to HDP for Non-League Day, don’t worry, you can still pay attention to all the action by heading over to our official X account @Margate_fc for live match updates commencing from 2:15pm!

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