David Laws’ return to South Dorset soccer action with Jewson Wessex League promotion favourites Eastleigh has been delayed. The Geordie hit-man was due to face a Portland United side now boasting his former boss Andy Mason in a top of the table clash at Grove Corner on Saturday. But that fixture has now been postponed…
Terras goal ace Lee Phillips is on trial at Nationwide Conference leaders, Yeovil Town. The 21-year-old striker is spending the week at Huish Park at the personal invitation of Glovers boss, Gary Johnson. The former Latvia manager is a big admirer of the former Plymouth Argyle hotshot and is thought to be close to tabling…
Former Weymouth boss Andy Mason teamed up with another ex-Terras manager Trevor Senior when he made a surprise appearance for Screwfix Premier Division side Bridgwater last night. But Portland United are still confident Mason will sign for them tomorrow night and make his debut in Saturday’s Jewson Wessex League clash with AFC Newbury at Grove…
Weymouth manager Geoff Butler has buried his differences with John Waldock, Echosport can exclusively reveal today. The 27-year-old defender was placed on the transfer list last week after refusing to help ease the club’s crippling debts by taking a pay cut. Butler told the former Sunderland man that he wouldn’t play again until he’d agreed…
Geoff Butler has turned to former Wessex Stadium favourite Steve Tate for the low down on Weymouth’s FA Trophy opponents, Aveley. The Terras travel to meet the Ryman Division One North side in the first round of the competition at Mill Field tomorrow (3pm). The Essex outfit put out Tate’s Newport IOW in the previous…
After consultation with my co-editor, Steve Dadd, the forum was deleted from the site today. The reasons are short and simple. The “contributions” on the forum, predominantly by those who felt it appropriate to hide behind anonymity, were, in our opinion, serving no useful purpose to Weymouth Football Club. When I posted my intention to…
Geoff Butler has failed in his bid to tempt highly-rated Forest Green Rovers striker, Carl Heggs, to the Wessex Stadium. The Terras boss revealed that he held transfer talks with the former West Bromwich Albion goal ace, last week. But despite being impressed by Butler’s sales patter, the 31-year-old Leicester-based player has decided to remain…
Geoff Butler will run his eye over Weymouth’s next FA Cup opponents, tomorrow night. The Terras boss is travelling to Wordsworth Drive to watch Taunton Town’s Second Qualifying Round replay against Tiverton Town. The Dorset side have been drawn away to the winners in a £10,000 Third Qualifying Round showdown on Saturday, October 10. Butler…
Geoff Butler is backing Alex Browne to be fit to lead Weymouth into FA Cup action at Chippenham Town tomorrow (3pm). The influential Terras skipper is hoping to return for the money-spinning Second Qualifying Round tie after missing last weekend’s goalless draw against Cambridge City with a hamstring strain. “If any other player suffered a…
