Welcome to Eastleigh News

You can change this text in the options panel in the admin

Eastleigh's only independent online news site

Member Login
Lost your password?
Not a member yet? Sign Up!

Posts Tagged ‘ Blue Square Bet South ’

Spitfires meet Staines today

By
September 24, 2011
Sam Wilson is training with Fulham

Ian Baird’s Spitfires play Staines Town in the Blue Square Bet South at The Silverlake Stadium today. The Swans sit one place above Eastleigh in 18th place and like Eastleigh they have conceded two goals away in their last meeting with Dartford. Eastleigh lost 2-0 away to Sutton United on Tuesday and to really...
Read More »

More pre-season friendlies announced

By
June 11, 2011
More pre-season friendlies announced

Ian Baird’s Spitfires have announced four more friendlies ahead of their Blue Square Bet South season. After Eastleigh play The Falkland Islands at The BTC Ground on the 22 June,they will be playing Winchester City away on the July 5 at the The Denplan City Ground 7:45 pm Kick Off . The Spitfires will then...
Read More »

Spitfires end season on a high

By
May 2, 2011
Spitfires end season on a high

Ian Baird’s Spitfires ended the season with some class against Bromley in the Blue Square Bet South at Hayes Lane. Peter Adeniyi scored a 35 yard screamer on 40 minutes followed by a 40 yard lob from Anthony Riviere in 43rd minute much to the travelling Eastleigh fans delight. Ian Baird then let Liam...
Read More »

Spitfires take a bow

By
April 29, 2011
Spitfires take a bow

Ian Baird’s Spitfires play Bromley at Hayes Lane on Saturday in the Blue Square Bet South. With other results not going Eastleigh’s way on Monday, Spitfire fans finally found out that the play-off dream was no longer possible even though the result at The Silverlake Stadium went Eastleigh’s way. The Spitfires took the lead...
Read More »

Carew Shakes Eastleigh

By
April 18, 2011
Aggggghh!!

Eastleigh suffered a dismal 3-0 home defeat against promotion chasing Ebbsfleet United this afternoon. It was a second loss in a row and a fifth defeat out of eight previous league games for Ian Baird’s side. Former Spitfire Ashley Carew came back to the Silverlake Stadium and ran the show scoring twice and providing...
Read More »

Spitfires face Fleet

By
April 16, 2011
Spitfires face Fleet

Three days after a 3-1 victory against Thurrock on Saturday Ian Baird’s Eastleigh failed to get a point at York Road against 20th placed Maidenhead United. Ex Spitfire Will Hendry scored the only goal from a header to leave The Spitfires in 7th place and two points away from a play-off spot. Eastleigh now...
Read More »

Eastleigh decks cards

By
March 27, 2011
Tony Taggart slips the ball past the keeper for a brace

Eastleigh secured an emphatic victory over promotion rivals Woking to enhance the Spitfires’ playoff credentials. It was a strong team performance from Eastleigh to beat a very in-form Woking team who had recorded eleven wins and a draw from their previous twelve league games. Ian Baird’s side remain in eighth place but have played...
Read More »

Eastleigh slip-up against Dover

By
February 24, 2011
Another chance for the Spitfires goes wide .photo:Graeme Horrobin

Eastleigh went down by two goals to nil at the Silverlake Stadium for the second game running, following on from Saturday’s defeat to league leaders Braintree Town just two days before. Tonight’s loss at the hands of Dover Athletic saw the Spitfires fail to score in consecutive games for the first time this season....
Read More »

Braintree halt Spitfires

By
February 21, 2011
It was a tough physical match and Braintree's Jamie Guy was stretchered off with a double fracture

Eastleigh had the difficult task of trying to tame league leaders Braintree Town as the two form sides in the division went head-to-head. It was great credit to a number of volunteers that the game even went ahead; because of all the rain we have had this week. From 9am, Tony Shiner, Steve Brookwell,...
Read More »

Spitfires in crucial six-pointer

By
February 18, 2011
silverlake stadium

Ian Baird’s Spitfires play Braintree Town on Saturday at the Silverlake Stadium. The Iron sit in first place 11 points clear of Eastleigh – however Eastleigh have a game in hand on Braintree and if they win on Saturday and Monday against Dover Athletic they will be only five points from first place. The...
Read More »

Spitfires slay Dragons

By
February 13, 2011
Riviere's decider meanders over the line

Eastleigh claimed all three points yesterday in the Hampshire derby at the Camrose Stadium at Basingstoke. The game started slow with very few chances either way. Injuries were sustained by two Basingstoke players in the first half and another four more players went down to stop play – so the game had a physical...
Read More »

Spitfires hope to tame Dragons

By
February 12, 2011
Could Barfoot be back?

Ian Baird’s Spitfires play Basingstoke away today in the Blue Square Bet South. The Spitfires will be in high spirits after a very pleasing 2-2 draw away to fourth placed Ebbsfleet United on Tuesday. However tenth placed Basingstoke will not be in the best of moods after a 4-0 drumming on Monday away to...
Read More »

One point is good enough!

By
February 11, 2011
Slabber powers in the opener

Ian Baird’s Spitfires salvaged a point away to fourth place Ebbsfleet United on Tuesday in the Blue Square Bet South. Eastleigh opened the scoring on 11 minutes through top goal scorer Jamie Slabber but on 14 minutes Calum Willock cancelled out Slabber’s goal with a goal for the home side. Former Spitfire Ashley Carew...
Read More »