After 4 games on the road, Invicta return to the Alcaline Stadium on Tuesday evening for the first of 2 home games this week. Chichester City visit on Tuesday evening under the floodlights before we welcome Potters Bar Town on Saturday 1st March. Tickets for both are on sale online now.
Pitch Inspection
There will be a pitch inspection at the Alcaline Stadium at 10:30am on matchday. The outcome of the inspection will be communicated across our media channels as soon as possible.
Team News
Manager Andy Drury looks to have an almost full squad to select from on Tuesday night, with Sam Blackman the only injury concern. Dan Smith returned to action at Cray Wanderers on Saturday to bolster the attack and Miquel Scarlett made his debut as a substitute after signing from Chatham Town last week.
From The Manager
Andy Drury spoke to our Head of Media ahead of Saturday’s match: “It will be good to be back home for 2 games this week after a run of fixtures on the road. We produced good performances and results in our last 2 home games to beat Canvey Island and Horsham, we want to get back to that on Tuesday night in front of our supporters.
Defensively we haven’t been at the level we expect over the last 3 games, we need to raise that level, to get back to doing the basic right, give ourselves a platform to build on to go and win games. We can’t go into games scoring 2 or 3 goals and still coming away with nothing, we’ve found form in front of goal over the past month but we need to do things right in our own box.”
The Opposition
After winning the Isthmian South East Division playoffs last season, Chichester City are at their highest level since their formation in 2000 and are knocking on the door of back-to-back playoff finishes. Having been sat in 17th in mid-December, an unbeaten run of 11 games elevated The Lilywhites into contention for the playoffs. Hashtag United brought that run to an end on Saturday, leaving Chichester 7 points off 5th place with 11 games to play. Tuesday’s fixture comes in the middle of a torrid run of fixtures, with credible draws against Dartford and Cray Valley preceding the Hashtag defeat and meetings with Cray Wanderers and Billericay Town on the horizon.
Last 6
18/01 – Bowers & Pitsea (H) – Won 1-0
25/01 – Dulwich Hamlet (A) – Won 2-1
01/02 – Wingate & Finchley (H) – Won 2-1
11/02 – Dartford (A) – Drew 0-0
15/02 – Cray Valley PM (H) – Drew 2-2
22/02 – Hashtag United (A) – Lost 2-1
Recent Meetings
Invicta lead the head-to-head 2 wins to 1 against Chichester City, although both our wins have come in cup competitions with Chichester taking the 3 points when the sides met earlier in the season. Dan Smith’s early goal had Invicta in front before Jimmy Wild levelled the scores in the second half and Isaac Bello snatched the win in injury time.
Chichester City visited Cheriton Road in 2022 for an FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round tie. Goals from Ade Yusuff and Josh Vincent had Invicta 2-0 up early on before Ira Jackson jr. completed a 3-0 win late on. You can watch highlights on Invicta TV.
Last 3
18/01/22 – Chichester 3-5 Invicta (Velocity Trophy)
17/09/22 – Invicta 3-0 Chichester (FA Cup)
28/09/24 – Chichester 2-1 Invicta
Key Man
With 22 goals in 29 appearances, Jimmy Wild is the Isthmian Premier Division top scorer, with 5 in 8 at the start of 2025 taking him above Wingate & Finchley’s Ogo Obi and Dulwich Hamlet’s Luke Wanadio. Wild struck against Invicta earlier in the season to equalise before setting up the winning goal in injury time, keeping him quiet in the final 3rd will be key to keeping a clean sheet.
Admission
Supporters can pay on the gate for this fixture or purchase online in advance from our online ticket shop.
- Adults (18-59): £12
- Concession (60+, student, disabled, Blue Lights Card): £9
- Young Adult (13-17): £6
- Child (under 13): FREE
How To Follow
Charlie Prescott and Adrian Dawkes from Seasiders Radio will be there to bring you live radio commentary from the Alcaline Stadium.
You can also keep up to date with the action with updates from our X (formerly Twitter) account and live score updates are available on Football Webpages.
Food & Drink
The Dugout Sports Bar will be open from 4pm, with the Dugout Kitchen open for food. The Dugout accepts both cash & card.
Food and refreshments will also be available from the food truck inside the stadium, located between The Dugout and the Folkestone Bowls Club building.
We have four fanzone bars around the ground serving draught beer, Guinness, water and soft drinks. 2 bars are adjacent to The Dugout, one beside the tea hut window and one beside the disability shelter. These bars are CARD ONLY.
The Dugout Sports Bar
The Dugout Sports Bar will be open from 4pm showing all of the days live sport, including:
- 7:30pm – Premier League Football
- 8:15pm – Chelsea v Southampton
